"Ready for Love" is a song written by Mick Ralphs that was first released by his band Mott the Hoople on their 1972 album All the Young Dudes.
"[1] In his contemporary review of All the Young Dudes, Rolling Stone critic Bud Scoppa regarded "Ready for Love" as being "the best [Ralphs has] ever done.
"[2] Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine referred to "Ready for Love"/"After Lights" as a "highlight" of All the Young Dudes.
"[8] Rolling Stone critic Bud Scoppa said that Bad Company's version of "Ready for Love" "has the measured, somber gait of a Free song in the verses, with explosions of accumulated tension in the choruses.
[16][17][18][19][20][21] Bad Company re-recorded the song for their 1996 album Stories Told & Untold with Robert Hart singing lead vocals in place of Rodgers.