Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?

"Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?" is a song by the British rock and pop band Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from their debut studio album Rattlesnakes (1984).

The song was covered by Sandie Shaw in 1986. Her version reached number 68 on the UK Singles Chart in June that year.

In 2006, Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura released an answer song called "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" on their third studio album Let's Get Out of This Country.

Charts

Chart performance for "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?" by Sandie Shaw
Chart (1986)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)	68

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v t e Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Lloyd Cole Blair Cowan Lawrence Donegan Neil Clark Stephen Irvine
Studio albums	Rattlesnakes (1984) Easy Pieces (1985) Mainstream (1987)
Compilations	1984–1989 (1989)
Songs	"Perfect Skin" "Forest Fire" "Rattlesnakes" "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?" "Brand New Friend" "Lost Weekend" "Cut Me Down" "My Bag" "Jennifer She Said" "From the Hip"
Related articles	Discography

v t e Sandie Shaw
Studio albums	Sandie (1965) Me (1965) Love Me, Please Love Me (1967) The Sandie Shaw Supplement (1968) Reviewing the Situation (1969) Choose Life (1983) Hello Angel (1988)
Compilation albums	The Golden Hits of Sandie Shaw (1966) Puppet on a String (1967) Nothing Less Than Brilliant (1994) Pourvu Que Ça Dure – Chante En Français (2003) La Cantante Scalza – Canta In Italiano (2003) Wiedehopf Im Mai – Sandie Shaw Singt Auf Deutsch (2004) Marionetas En La Cuerda – Sandie Shaw Canta En Español (2004) Nothing Comes Easy (2004) The Very Best of Sandie Shaw (2005) The Collection (2007)
Singles	"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (1964) "Girl Don't Come" (1964) "Long Live Love" (1965) "Message Understood" (1965) "Puppet on a String" (1967) "You've Not Changed" (1967) "Monsieur Dupont" (1969) "Think It All Over" (1969) "Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now" (1969) "By Tomorrow" (1970) "Wight Is Wight" (1970) "Rose Garden" (1971) "Show Your Face" (1971) "Where Did They Go" (1972) "Father and Son" (1972) "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (1982) "Hand in Glove" (1984) "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?" (1986) "Frederick" (1986) "Please Help the Cause Against Loneliness" (1988) "Nothing Less Than Brilliant" (1988; reissue 1994)
Related articles	Discography

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