Ready or Not/Everytime

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"Ready or Not" / "Everytime"
ReadyOrNotEveryTime.jpg
Single by A1
from the album Here We Come
B-side "White Christmas"
Released8 November 1999 (1999-11-08) [1]
Length
  • 3:54 ("Ready or Not")
  • 4:30 ("Everytime")
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Metro
A1 singles chronology
"Summertime of Our Lives"
(1999)
"Ready or Not" / "Everytime"
(1999)
"Like a Rose"
(2000)
Music video
"Ready or Not/Everytime" on YouTube

"Ready or Not" and "Everytime" are two songs by British-Norwegian boy band A1, both taken from their first album, Here We Come (1999), and released as a double A-side single on 8 November 1999. The single peaked at No. 3 in the United Kingdom while "Everytime" by itself reached the same position in Norway.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD1 [2]

  1. "Everytime" – 4:30
  2. "Ready or Not" (Metro club mix) – 5:31
  3. "Ready or Not" (Almighty club mix) – 8:07

UK CD2 [3]

  1. "Ready or Not" – 3:54
  2. "Everytime" (acoustic) – 4:15
  3. "White Christmas" (acappella) – 1:07

UK cassette single [4]

  1. "Everytime" – 4:30
  2. "Ready or Not" – 3:54

Charts

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