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You Get What You Give
New Radicals
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- Album
- Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
- Released
- 1998
- Genres
- Length
- 5:01
- Tempo
- 114 BPM
- Label
- Geffen*
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About this song
"You Get What You Give" became the signature song of the New Radicals and was released as the lead single from their only album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too. It topped the pop charts in Canada and New Zealand, and reached the top 40 in eight other countries, peaking at number 36 in the US in January 1999. The song received critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone calling it one of the greatest one hit wonder songs and later one of the best songs of the 90s. It was also featured in the film Click and in trailers for Big Daddy, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Surf's Up, and The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 4 other songs, like “Multiplying by RAWINTHEVOID”.
- Covered 10 times, including “You Get What You Give by Prince Daddy & The Hyena”.
- Written by Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels.
- Produced by Gregg Alexander.