Annotation

Made famous by Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions.

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lyricist and composer:Curtis Mayfield
publisher:Mijac Music
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-impressions-people-get-ready-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/4860 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=424 [info]
Wikidata:Q7165874 [info]
later translated versions:Für C.
is the basis for:One Love / People Get Ready
arrangements:People Get Ready

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1967-08-09People Get ReadycoverThe Chambers Brothers3:52
1967-12-19 – 1967-12-20People Get ReadycoverAretha Franklin3:44
1967People Get Ready (mono)coverVanilla Fudge6:31
1970-05-01Black Train Song (live) (live at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, 1970)cover, live and medleyThe Doors12:26
1970-05-08People Get Ready (live, 1970‐05‐08: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA)cover and liveThe Doors0:36
1970-06-05People Get Ready (live, 1970‐06‐05: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA)cover, live and partialThe Doors1:18
1971-01People Get Ready (live, 1971-01: The Bitter End, New York, NY, USA)liveCurtis Mayfield3:47
1975-10-19People Get Ready (S.I.R. Studio rehearsals)coverBob Dylan2:43
1975-10People Get Ready (October 1975)Bob Dylan?:??
1982-12-19People Get Ready (live, 1982-12-19: Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, USA)cover and livePhil Collins3:36
1982-12-19People Get Ready (live, 1982-12-19: Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, USA)cover and livePhil Collins3:10
1983-11-28People Get Ready (live, 1983‐11‐28: Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, USA)cover and liveJeff Beck5:25
1983-11-29People Get Ready (live, 1983‐11‐29: Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, USA)cover and liveJeff Beck5:39
1986-01-04People Get Ready (live, 1986-01-04: Saturday Live)cover and liveThe Housemartins1:41
1987-03-13People Get Ready (live, 1987‐03‐13: McCordie Hall, Belfast, Ireland)cover and liveU23:06
1987-04-04People Get Ready (live, 1987-04-04: Arizona State University Activity Center, Tempe, AZ, USA)cover and liveU24:50
1987-04-07People Get Ready (live, 1987-04-07: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA)cover and liveU2?:??
1987-04-10People Get Ready (live, 1987-04-10: Pan American Center, Las Cruces, NM, USA)cover and liveU27:33
1987-05-12People Get Ready (live, 1987‐05‐12: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA)cover and liveU24:54
1987-05-15People Get Ready (live, 1987-05-15: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA)cover and liveU23:47
1987-05-15People Get Ready (live, 1987-05-15: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA)cover and liveU23:53
1987-05-29People Get Ready (live, 1987-05-29: Stadio Comunale Braglia, Modena, Italy)cover and liveU24:32
1987-05-29People Get Ready (live, 1987-05-29: Stadio Comunale Braglia, Modena, Italy)cover and liveU24:39
1987-06-24People Get Ready (live, 1987-06-24: King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)cover and liveU25:03
1987-07-18People Get Ready (live, 1987-07-18: Espace Richter, Montpellier, France)cover and liveU25:22
1987-07-21People Get Readycover and liveU25:32
1987-07-30People Get Ready (live, 1987-07-30: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, UK)cover and liveU24:38
1987-08-01People Get Ready (live, 1987-08-01: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)cover and liveU25:57
1987-09-17People Get Ready (live, 1987-09-17: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveU25:28
1987-10-13People Get Ready (live, 1987-10-13: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)cover and liveU28:27
1987-10-22People Get Ready (live, 1987-10-22: University of Illinois Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL, USA)cover and liveU23:40
1987-11-11People Get Readycover and liveU23:32
1987-11-11People Get Readycover and liveU22:16
1987-11-11People Get Readycover and liveU22:17
1987-11-11People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) (live, 1989-12-31: Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveU22:17
1987-11-15People Get Ready (live, 1987-11-15: In U2 I Trust: Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA, USA)cover and liveU25:50
1987-11-21People Get Ready (live, 1987-11-21: 12 Silver Strings: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA)cover and liveU26:40
1987-11-24People Get Ready (live, 1987-11-24: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA)cover and liveU2?:??
1987-12-05People Get Ready (live, 1987-12-05: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL, USA)cover and liveU2?:??
1987-12-05People Get Ready (Contined) (live, 1987-12-05: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL, USA)cover and liveU2?:??
1987-12-09People Get Ready (live, 1987-12-09: The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA)cover and liveU25:38
1987-12-11People Get Ready (live, 1987-12-11: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, USA)cover and liveU26:18
1988-05People Get Ready / Tupelo Honey (live, 1986-5: Vilnius Rock Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania, USSR)cover and liveBilly Bragg3:07
1988-07-31People Get Ready (live, 1988-07-31: Ronnie Scott's, London)liveCurtis Mayfield3:25
1989-12-01People Get Ready (live, 1989-12-01: Eight 579 Baby: Red Sun at Midnight: Osaka Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan)cover and liveU23:56
1989-12-01People Get Ready (live, 1989‐12‐01: Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan)cover and liveU24:02
1989-12-01People Get Readycover and liveU23:56
1989-12-01People Get Readycover and liveU24:07
1989People Get Ready (live: 1989‐xx‐xx: Dublin)cover and liveU2 & Maria McKee4:16
1990-01-10People Get Ready (live, 1990-01: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)cover and liveU25:11
1990-01-10People Get Ready (live, 1990-01-10: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)cover and liveU25:07
1990-01-10People Get Readycover and liveU24:57
1993-02-05People Get Ready (unplugged)cover and liveRod Stewart4:59
1993-10-21People Get Ready (live, 1993-10-21: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveRod Stewart8:15
1994-03-01Curtis Mayfield Medley (live, 1994‐03‐01: Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY, USA)cover, live and medleyBruce Springsteen9:24
1994-03-01Curtis Mayfield Medley (live, 1994‐03‐01 Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY, USA)cover, live and medleyBruce Springsteen?:??
1995-03-28People Get Ready (live, 1995‐03‐28: Vorst Nationaal, Forest / Vorst, Belgium)cover and livePrince2:22
1995-03-31People Get Ready (live, 1995‐03‐31: The Pod, Dublin, Ireland)cover and livePrince0:33
1995-09-09People Get Ready (live, 1995‐09‐09: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)cover and livePrince1:51
1996-01-02 – 1996-01-03People Get Readycover and liveEva Cassidy3:35
1996-01-03People Get Ready (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC)cover and liveEva Cassidy3:30
1996-01-03People Get Ready (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC)cover and liveEva Cassidy3:32
1998People Get Readycover and liveThe Action2:40
1999-01People Get ReadycoverThe Blues Band3:53
1999-03-15People Get Ready (live, 1999‐03‐15 Waldorf‐Astoria Hotel, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with Bono, Wilson Pickett & Billy Joel?:??
2002-10-18Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2002‐10‐18: PalaMalaguti, Casalecchio di Reno, Italy)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2003-06-08Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2003‐06‐08: Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2003-06-08Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2003‐06‐08: Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2004People Get ReadycoverPaulini feat. Human Nature3:08
2005-10-17People Get Ready (live, 2005‐10‐17)cover and liveBruce Springsteen with U2?:??
2007-08-29People Get Ready (live, 2007‐08‐29: 3121 at the IndigO₂, London, UK)cover and livePrince2:20
2007-12-13The Promised Land / People Get Ready (live, 2007‐12‐13: Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band6:41
2007-12-17The Promised Land / People Get Ready (live, 2007‐12‐17: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band5:48
2007-12-17The Promised Land / People Get Ready (live, 2007‐12‐17: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2007-12-19The Promised Land / People Get Ready (live, 2007‐12‐19: The O2 Arena, London, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band6:57
2008-11-10People Get Ready (live, 2008‐11‐10: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England, UK)cover and liveJeff Beck with Joss Stone?:??
2008People Get ReadycoverSeal3:35
2009-04-16Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2009‐04‐16: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2009-05-04Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2009‐05‐04: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band7:38
2009-10-01Sunday Bloody Sunday / People Get Ready (snippet) (live, 2009-10-01: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA, USA)cover, live, medley and partialU26:20
2009-10-30People Get Ready (live, 2009‐10‐30: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveJeff Beck with Sting4:37
2012-03-09Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2012‐03‐09: Apollo Theater, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band8:59
2012-03-09Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2012‐03‐09: Apollo Theater, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band8:23
2012-07-04Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2012‐07‐04: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band11:10
2012-07-05Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2012‐07‐05: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band14:02
2012-07-05My City of Ruins (live, 2012‐07‐05: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band13:49
2012-07-28Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2012‐07‐28: Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band9:27
2012-08-15Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2012‐08‐15: Fenway Park, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band8:53
2012-11-15Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2012‐11‐15: CenturyLink Center, Omaha, NE, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band10:27
2013-05-03Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2013‐05‐03: Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2013-06-29Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2013‐06‐29: Stade de France, Saint‐Denis, France)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2013-07-11Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2013‐07‐11: Ippodromo Delle Capannelle, Rome, Italy)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band8:49
2013-07-13Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2013‐07‐13: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band7:31
2013-07-24Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2013‐07‐24: first direct arena, Leeds, England, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2014-11-19People Get Ready (live, 2014-11-19: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveGlen Hansard4:22
2014-11-19People Get Ready (live, 2014-11-19: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveGlen Hansard4:28
2023-02-27Land of Hope and Dreams > People Get Ready (live, 2023‐02‐27: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA, USA; from Springsteen’s official live download site at live.brucespringsteen.net)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band8:29
2023-04-03Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2023‐04‐03: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band7:31
2023-04-03Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2023‐04‐03: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA; YouTube – Spring‐Nuts)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band7:51
2023-05-05Land of Hope and Dreams / People Get Ready (live, 2023‐05‐05: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band7:35
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