Ready or Not / Everytime

"Ready or Not" / "Everytime"
Single by A1
from the album Here We Come
B-side	"White Christmas"
Released	8 November 1999 (1999-11-08) [1]
Length	3:54 ("Ready or Not") 4:30 ("Everytime")
Label	Columbia
Songwriters	Peter Cunnah Ben Adams Christian Ingebrigtsen Paul Marazzi Mark Read
Producer	Metro
A1 singles chronology
"Summertime of Our Lives" (1999) "Ready or Not" / "Everytime" (1999) "Like a Rose" (2000)
Music videos
"Ready or Not" on YouTube "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.

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

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [5] 110 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [6] 17 Germany (GfK) [7] 91 Norway (VG-lista) [8] 3 Scotland Singles (OCC) [9] 3 Spain (Top 40 Radio) [10] 29 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 56 UK Singles (OCC) [12] 3 UK Airplay ( Music Week ) [13] 49

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position UK Singles (OCC) [14] 125 Chart (2000) Position Norway Vinter Period (VG-lista) [15] 4

References

1. "New Releases – For Week Starting 8 November, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 6 November 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
2. Everytime / Ready or Not (UK CD1 disc notes). Columbia Records. 1999. 668187 2.
3. Ready or Not / Everytime (UK CD2 disc notes). Columbia Records. 1999. 668187 5.
4. Everytime / Ready or Not (UK cassette single sleeve). Columbia Records. 1999. 668187 4.
5. "A1 chart history, received from ARIA on 17 August 2023" . Retrieved 16 June 2024– via Imgur. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
6. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 16, no. 48. 27 November 1999. p. 11. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
7. "A1 – Everytime" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
8. "A1 – Everytime". VG-lista. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
10. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
11. "A1 – Everytime". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
12. "A1: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
13. "The Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week . 27 November 1999. p. 37. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
14. Zywietz, Tobias (November 2000). "The Top 200 Singles of 1999" (PDF). Chartwatch. Ilminster, Somerset. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 2 August 2025– via Zobbel.
15. "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single Vinter 2000". lista.vg.no. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.