Ready, Set, Don't Go facts for kids
Quick facts for kids "Ready, Set, Don't Go" |
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| Single by Billy Ray Cyrus featuring Miley Cyrus | ||||
| from the album Home at Last | ||||
| Released | October 10, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Walt Disney | |||
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| Producer(s) | Fred Mollin | |||
| Billy Ray Cyrus singles chronology | ||||
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| Miley Cyrus singles chronology | ||||
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"Ready, Set, Don't Go" is a country song sung by American artists Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus. It was the first song released from Home at Last, which was Billy Ray Cyrus' tenth album. The song came out on October 10, 2007.
Billy Ray Cyrus wrote this song many years before it was released. He wrote it when his daughter, Miley, moved to Los Angeles. She went there to try out for the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana. The song is about a parent watching their child grow up and leave home.
"Ready, Set, Don't Go" was liked by music critics. They thought the words of the song were very good. The song also did well in sales, which was a big success for Billy Ray Cyrus. It was his first song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since 2000. It reached number 37 on that chart.
The song's music video was directed by Elliot Lester. It shows some of Billy Ray Cyrus's home movies with Miley. The video was nominated for an award. Later, the song was re-released as a duet with Miley singing too. At that time, Miley was 14 and very popular from her album Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus. The duet version of the song was Miley's first country music song. It did even better on the music charts.
Billy Ray Cyrus performed the song many times. Sometimes he sang it alone, and sometimes Miley joined him. They performed it on Miley's first big concert tour, the Best of Both Worlds Tour.
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Chart Success
This section talks about how well the song did on different music charts.
Solo Version
The original version of "Ready, Set, Don't Go" first appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It reached number 85. This was Billy Ray Cyrus's first time on the Hot 100 since 2000. The song also reached number 47 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Duet Version
The version of "Ready, Set, Don't Go" with Miley Cyrus was much more popular. This was because Miley was very famous at the time. It first appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 85.
The song climbed to number 40 on the Hot 100 in January 2008. It was Billy Ray Cyrus's first song in the top 40 since his very first hit, "Achy Breaky Heart" in 1992. The song eventually reached its highest spot, number 37, on the Hot 100. It also reached number four on the Hot Country Songs chart. This was Billy Ray Cyrus's first top 10 country hit since 1999.
In Canada, the song reached number 47 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. This was Billy Ray Cyrus's first song to chart internationally since 1992. The duet version was sent to country radio stations in the US on October 10, 2007.
Music Video
The music video for "Ready, Set, Don't Go" was made by Elliot Lester. The video starts with a close-up of Billy Ray Cyrus playing his acoustic guitar. Then, you see him sitting on two black trunks in a dark room. He is wearing a lavender shirt, jeans, and cowboy boots.
As he plays, pictures and videos of Miley appear behind him. These images show Miley from when she was a baby all the way to her teenage years. Billy Ray Cyrus sings and moves his head to the music. Many home movies play in the background. The video ends with a clip of Miley leaving in a yellow taxicab. The very last scene shows Billy Ray Cyrus with Miley when she takes her first steps. He says, "alright."
The video was nominated for "Tearjerker Video of the Year" at the 2008 CMT Music Awards. However, it did not win.
Live Performances
Billy Ray Cyrus first sang "Ready, Set, Don't Go" on June 9, 2007, at the CMA Music Festival. He introduced the song as a duet with Miley on October 9 on Dancing with the Stars. Billy Ray and Miley also performed the song together on The Oprah Winfrey Show on December 20.
The song was a special part of Miley's Best of Both Worlds Tour. On some nights, Billy Ray and another one of his daughters, Brandi, would join Miley. They would sing the song as an extra performance at the end of the show.
On April 14, 2008, they sang "Ready, Set, Don't Go" as a duet at the CMT Music Awards. Billy Ray started the performance playing his acoustic guitar. Miley joined him from the back of the stage when it was time for her part.
On January 19, 2009, the song was performed at the Kids' Inaugural: "We Are the Future" event. This event celebrated Barack Obama's inauguration as president. Miley finished singing "Fly on the Wall" and then asked her dad to join her. They sang "Ready, Set, Don't Go" together.
Charts
Solo version
The solo version of the song reached these positions on the charts in 2007:
- US Billboard Hot 100: Number 85
- US Hot Country Songs (Billboard): Number 47
Duet version
The duet version of the song reached these positions on the charts in 2007–08:
- Canada (Canadian Hot 100): Number 47
- US Billboard Hot 100: Number 37
- US Hot Country Songs (Billboard): Number 4
See also
In Spanish: Ready, Set, Don't Go para niños
