“I’m Ready” is the fifteenth track on Sam Smith’s third studio album, Love Goes and the twenty first track on Demi Lovato’s seventh album, Dancing With The Devil…The Art of Starting Over. The song is characterized as a powerful, choir-filled anthem, which is consistent with both artists' discographies.

In an interview with Zane Lowe on April 17 Sam said “The song is reaching … it’s about feeling no shame … I just want to sing whatever I want to sing.”