Album · The New Radicals
Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too. by The New Radicals
Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too. is an album by The New Radicals, released in 1998. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 47 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “You Get What You Give”, on 45 lists with a best position of #3.
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, the New Radicals' only album of their original run, came out on MCA on October 20, 1998, and it's really Gregg Alexander's show. It was his third album after two that went nowhere in 1989 and 1992, and he made it with a crew of session players, the only band member on every song, with Danielle Brisebois on keyboards, percussion and backing vocals.
The sound leans hard on vintage rock and soul, big and shiny and radio-ready, with love songs rubbing shoulders with swipes at corporate America. Critics heard everyone from Billy Corgan to Chumbawamba to the Rolling Stones in it. "You Get What You Give" is the reason anyone remembers it, a joyous, windows-down anthem that went to number one in Canada and New Zealand. Then Alexander, sick of touring and interviews, broke up the band in 1999, before second single "Someday We'll Know" was even out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too. on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Get What You Give | 45 | #3 | – | 1998–2026 | |
| 2 | Mother, We Just Can't Get Enough | 2 | #76 | – | 1999–2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.