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`` If You ' re Ready ( Come Go with Me ) '' is a song by The Staple Singers . Released from their ___MASK62___ Be What You Are , the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard magazine ' s Hot Soul Singles chart in 1973 . It peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart . The arrangement , tempo , cadence , and melody reflect more constant uptempo than the group ' s 1972 number 1 hit `` I ' ll Take You There '' . Jonathan Butler also did a version of this song as a duet with Ruby Turner , which became a hit and an anthem for non white South Africans in 1986 . The Staple Singers were an American gospel , soul and R & B singing group . Roebuck " Pops " Staples ( 1914  2000 ), the patriarch of the family , formed the group with his children Cleotha ( 1934  2013 ), Pervis ( b . 1935 ), and Mavis ( b . 1939 ). Yvonne ( b . 1936 ) replaced her brother when he was drafted into the U . S . Army , and again in 1970 . They are best known for their 1970s hits " Respect Yourself ", " I ' ll Take You There ", " If You ' re Ready ( Come Go with Me )", and " Let ' s Do It Again ", which with one exception (" I ' ll Take You There ") peaked on the Hot 100 within a week from ___MASK6___ Day . " Respect Yourself " is the name of a classic soul song by American R & B / gospel group The Staple Singers . Released in late 1971 from their ___MASK62___ "", the song became a crossover hit . The Staple Singers ' version peaked at # 1 on KHJ , # 12 on the Hot 100 , # 2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and is one of the group ' s most recognizable hits . Bruce Willis recorded a cover version of the song in 1987 featuring The Pointer Sisters ; it peaked at # 5 on the Hot 100 . In 2002 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame , and in 2010 it was ranked # 468 on the " Rolling Stone " list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . " I ' ll Take You There " is a song written by Al Bell ( using his real name Alvertis Isbell ), and originally performed by soul / gospel family band The Staple Singers . The Staple Singers version , produced by Bell , was released on ___MASK77___ in February 1972 , and spent a total of 15 weeks on the charts and reached number - one on the " Billboard " Hot 100 .