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If you showed interest in recording the 1998 hit “You Get What You Give” in the New Radicals series on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ recently announced inaugural playlist, you’ll definitely be the final act of their “Parade” “want to see Across America” virtual inaugural speech this Wednesday. According to Rolling clip, will reunite the New Radicals after 22 years (active from 1997 to 1999, the group released one album, Maybe you’re brainwashed too, in 1998) to celebrate the fact that the world can, if we are lucky, permeate.
“If there’s one thing on earth that could possibly get us the band together, even if it’s just for a day, it’s the hope that our song can be even the smallest beacon of light in such a dark time,” the Gregg Alexander, frontman of New Radicals. said in a statement. “America knows in its heart that things will get clear again with a new administration and a real vaccine plan. This is the message of the song … this world is going to permeate. ‘
In addition to the incoming second Mr. Doug Emhoff’s self-chosen campaign lead song, Rolling clip points out that “You get what you give” also has meaning for Biden’s family. According to the soon-to-be 46th president, the song served as a rally for son Beau Biden when he received treatment for cancer; Beau passed away in 2015.
“During breakfast, Beau regularly made me listen to what I thought was his theme song ‘You Get What You Give’ from the New Radicals,” the president-elect wrote in his 2017 autobiography. Promise me, Dad. ‘Although Beau never stopped fighting and his will to live was stronger than most – I think he knew this day would come. The words for the song are: This whole damn world can fall apart. You’re fine, follow your heart. ‘