the group at the time), and later, Dennis Edwards, would be placed in that role in later songs. The Temptations re-recorded the song as part of a series of promos for American television network CBS during the 1990-91 TV season. At the time, the network had been using the "Get Ready for CBS" tagline since 1988, and the song's lyrics were modified to incorporate said tagline. Charts Certifications Rare Earth version In 1970, Motown's rock band Rare Earth released a cover version of the song as a single. Rare Earth's "Get Ready" was the band's first recording for Motown, and was based upon a version they performed as part of the closing numbers to their live performances. Their 45 RPM single sold in excess of a million U.S. copies, earning a gold certification from the RIAA. In the live show, each member of the band performed a solo, resulting in a twenty-one-minute rendition of the song. It has been debated whether the actual recording for the album was really recorded at a concert. It has been noted that the audience sounds throughout the song are repetitive and canned. This had been done before with the Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie" released on an album with party crowd noise dubbed in. The band wanted to release "Get Ready" as a single, but Motown declined at first, issuing the unsuccessful "Generation, Light Up the Sky" as the band's first single. Finally deferring to the band's wishes in February 1970, Motown released a three-minute edit of the song as a single, which became a hit. "Get Ready" hit No. 2 on the Cash Box Top 100 and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It took up the entire second side of their platinum-selling Motown album, also titled Get Ready. The Rare Earth version of the song also peaked at number twenty on the R&B chart. Today, "Get Ready" is among the most familiar of both the Temptations' and Rare Earth's recordings. The B-side of the single of "Get Ready" is "Magic Key", which is found on the same album as "Get Ready". "Magic Key" has a fast tempo, and uses a mixolydian chord progression with a key change on the chorus. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Other cover versions The song was Ella Fitzgerald's last US chart record (1969), reaching the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 survey (#126) and