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The New Radicals

Band Los Angeles United States Active 1997–1999

The New Radicals formed in 1997 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 1999. The New Radicals has 49 chart appearances on 47 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “You Get What You Give”, which appears on 45 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted The New Radicals most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.

49appearances
47countdowns
4songs charted
19stations
0#1 finishes
1998–2026years

The New Radicals formed in Los Angeles in 1997 around Gregg Alexander, who sang, played guitar, wrote the songs and produced them, and Danielle Brisebois on keyboards, percussion and backing vocals, with hired hands filling out the band for records and shows. Their only album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, came out on MCA in 1998, and it's a gloriously loud throwback: '70s rock and soul, big hooks and bigger opinions, love songs and radio-ready modern rock rubbing shoulders with a fierce broadside at corporate America.

"You Get What You Give" was the debut single and the one everybody remembers, a wall-to-wall rush of optimism with a sneer tucked in the back pocket. It went to number one in Canada and New Zealand, top five in Ireland and the UK, and into the US top 40.

Then Alexander simply walked away. Sick of touring and interviews, he broke up the band in mid-1999, before second single "Someday We'll Know" could even come out, and went off to write and produce for other artists. He and Brisebois kept writing together, landing an Academy Award nomination in 2015 for "Lost Stars" from Begin Again. Reunion offers came and were turned down, until the band played a one-off show for President Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, 2021. They surfaced again in August 2024 for the Democratic National Convention with new recordings of "Lost Stars" and "Murder on the Dancefloor", and in 2026 Alexander began what he called a soft launch of the band, with new music out and a second album in the works.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by The New Radicals on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 You Get What You Give
1,943		 45 #3 – 1998
2 Get What You Give
99		 1 #8 – –
3 Mother, We Just Can't Get Enough
81		 2 #76 – 1999
4 Someday Well Know
39		 1 #559 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

98 99

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2026 265 You Get What You Give WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time
2026 780 You Get What You Give KXT 917 Song Countdown
2025 8 Get What You Give WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s
2025 40 You Get What You Give The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs
2024 779 You Get What You Give WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2023 132 You Get What You Give 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2023 147 You Get What You Give WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023 213 You Get What You Give The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022 126 You Get What You Give 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 29 You Get What You Give The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021 68 You Get What You Give WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown
2021 126 You Get What You Give 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 55 You Get What You Give 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021 559 Someday Well Know 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020 141 You Get What You Give 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2020 290 You Get What You Give The DC101 Top 500
2020 461 You Get What You Give WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2014 722 You Get What You Give WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)
2012 509 You Get What You Give WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012)
2010 774 You Get What You Give WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)
2009 559 You Get What You Give WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2008 453 You Get What You Give KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2006 272 You Get What You Give Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)
2005 1863 You Get What You Give CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 419 You Get What You Give Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 886 You Get What You Give 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 1874 You Get What You Give CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 371 You Get What You Give Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 1874 You Get What You Give CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 36 You Get What You Give Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003)
2002 1922 You Get What You Give CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001 1937 You Get What You Give CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 186 You Get What You Give WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time
2001 327 You Get What You Give Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 736 Mother, We Just Can't Get Enough WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time
2000 1942 You Get What You Give CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 76 Mother, We Just Can't Get Enough 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999
1999 69 You Get What You Give WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999
1999 3 You Get What You Give Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1999
1999 52 You Get What You Give Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999
1999 228 You Get What You Give WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 485 You Get What You Give WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 1940 You Get What You Give CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1998 70 You Get What You Give KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998
1998 19 You Get What You Give 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998
1998 55 You Get What You Give WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998
1998 63 You Get What You Give WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998
1998 19 You Get What You Give WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998
1998 103 You Get What You Give Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998

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