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“You Get What You Give” by The New Radicals

From the album Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too. (1998)

“You Get What You Give” by The New Radicals appears on 45 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 1998 and 2026. It was first released in 1998 on the album Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too.. Its best result is #3 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #71 alternative song of 1998, #1,769 alternative song of all time and #369 of the '90s.

45countdowns
19stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1998–2026years charted

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"You Get What You Give" arrived in late 1998 as the opening single from the New Radicals' first album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, and it plays like a pep talk hollered from the window of a speeding convertible. Gregg Alexander wrote it with Rick Nowels, then arranged it, produced it and played guitar alongside Rusty Anderson, with Nowels on piano, John Pierce on bass, and Gary Ferguson and Juliet Prater keeping the beat.

Alexander said the point was letting go and flying high in a world you can't fully control, and the song reportedly came to him in a dream in which Joni Mitchell invited him to take a seat; the real Mitchell later called it one of her favorites. It became the band's biggest single, going to number one in Canada and New Zealand and No. 5 in the UK.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 70 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 19 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 55 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 63 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 19 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 103 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102
1999 69 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 3 Virgin Radio United Kingdom Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1999 10
1999 52 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 228 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 485 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 1940 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1942 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1937 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 327 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2001 186 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 1922 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1874 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 36 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) 100
2004 1874 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 371 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 1863 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 419 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 886 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 272 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2008 453 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 559 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 774 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2012 509 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2014 722 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2020 290 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 461 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 141 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 55 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 68 WYEP WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown 168
2021 126 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 29 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 126 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 213 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 147 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 132 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2024 779 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 40 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 265 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 780 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

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