Beloved pop rockers from the nineties The New Radicals will be reunited for the first time in 22 years as part of the Biden-Harris team’s virtual “Parade Across America” event, where they will release their 1998 hit “You Get What You Give “performance.
The single appeared unforgettably on the campaign as the lead song of the Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff.
“If there’s one thing on earth that’s likely to bring the band together, even if it’s just for a day, it’s the hope that our song may be even the smallest beacon of light in such a dark time, said Gregg Alexander. 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. ‘
As Rolling clip points out, the song also has deeper meaning for the Biden family. In President Biden’s 2017 autobiography, Promise me, Dad, he said that ‘You Get What You Give’ became the family’s ‘theme song’ when his son Beau had cancer.
“During breakfast, Beau regularly made me listen to what I thought was his New Radicals theme song ‘You Get What You Give,'” Biden wrote. ‘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. ‘
The virtual inauguration parade takes place after the swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday (January 20). This is The New Radicals’ first performance since 1999; they broke up shortly after releasing ‘You Get What You Give’.
“Performing the song after such a long time is a great honor, because we all have deep respect for Beau’s military service and such great hopes for unity and normalcy, Joe and Kamala, will bring our country back into this. time of crisis, “Alexander said. .