Song · Ingrid Michaelson
“Be Ok” by Ingrid Michaelson
From the album Girls and Boys (2006)
“Be Ok” by Ingrid Michaelson appears on 10 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2008 and 2023. It was first released in 2009 on the album Girls and Boys. Its best result is #67 on the Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #110 indie & aaa song of 2008, #3,804 indie & aaa song of all time and #401 of the '00s.
Ingrid Michaelson wrote "Be OK" on her own, words and music, with Stacy Jones and Bill Lefler producing and Greg Collins on the mix, and film, TV and advertising have kept it busy ever since. It played in the movies The House Bunny and The Decoy Bride, in episodes of 90210, Parenthood and Ugly Betty, and in ads for Better With You, Mott's Apple Juice, Ritz Crackers, Travelers Insurance and the German insurer Allianz. A 2012 episode of Law & Order: SVU even name-checked it, though the character got the title wrong.
In 2017 Michaelson reworked it for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as "(Earth Is) Not OK", singing new words about climate change and hurricanes in the voice of the planet itself.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 79 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 67 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
| 2008 | 83 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 565 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 595 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2013 | 722 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2018 | 355 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 998 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 998 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2023 | 924 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
Also listed as: Be OK.
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