The original Temptations version of "Get Ready", produced by Smokey Robinson, was designed as an answer to the latest dance craze, "The Duck".
Until the group recorded "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" in 1971, this was their last song to feature lead vocals by Eddie Kendricks, as David Ruffin (who was with the group at the time), and later, Dennis Edwards, would be placed in that role in later songs.