Get Ready for This - Orchestral Version

2 Unlimited was a dance-pop act put together by two Belgian producers who used Dutch vocalists. They found popularity in the '90s with the hits "No Limit" and "Get Ready For This." The latter song is a jock jam that became an anthem at sporting venues all over the world to help pump up the crowd and the teams.

This appears on several compilations, including Radio Disney: Kid Jams, New York Yankees Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Chicago Bulls Greatest Hits Vol. 1, Party Time Vol. 3, and Move This (a collection of pop rock hits).

The techno duo, consisting of rapper Ray Slijngaard and vocalist Anita Doth, was formed by Belgian producers Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde. Kind of. Having already worked with Ray on an unreleased Bizz Nizz single called "Money Money," they enlisted him to write lyrics for an instrumental club track initially titled "Orchestral Mix." Ray was working as a cook in an airport restaurant when he got the gig. When he listened to the demo, he told Melody Maker, he "felt a chorus coming on" and thought, "girl singer!" He contacted his friend Anita, a member of the all-girl group The Trouble Sisters, who was working as a traffic warden for the Amsterdam police to make ends meet. The producers were shocked when the updated demo, to be released as "Get Ready For This," featured a female vocal. According to De Coster, it was Ray who suggested they form a duo to front the project. The success of the debut single paved the way for the 1992 album Get Ready, which sold 3 million copies worldwide.