Artist:New Radicals
Song:You Get What You Give
Album:Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
The 1997 single You Get What You Give was a top 40 hit. It was the only chart single for New Radicals. Group leader Gregg Alexander chose to end the band after one album to concentrate on writing and producing for others. He hasn't recorded as a solo artist. He was born Gregory Aiuto May 4, 1970 in Grosse Pointe, MI. He was in a band as a teen and at age 16, he signed with A&M Records producer Rick Nowels. They still work together. Alexander moved to Los Angeles and released a 1989 album on A&M and a 1992 album for Epic. Both were unsuccessful. That's when he met former child actor Danielle Brisebois. You remember her from All in the Family. By this time she was trying to make it in the music business. Alexander produced Danielle's 1994 album Arrive All Over You on Epic. She recorded a second album but it was shelved and Epic dropped her. In 1997, Alexander signed with MCA and decided to market himself as the band New Radicals. It wasn't really a band. Alexander still wrote and performed everything himself. He just brought in musicians to play solos. You Get What You Give was the first single. It reached #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the British Singles chart. MTV played the video in heavy rotation. The album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too was certified Gold. The song was a bigger hit than the chart position but I suspect radio station programmers didn't like the song's political commentary or the diss of Marilyn Manson and Beck and refused to play it. Then Alexander turned New Radicals into a real band to tour. I guess he didn't like touring because on July 12, 1999, he announced he was disbanding New Radicals to concentrate on writing and producing for other artists. He has stuck to that. Alexander has produced artists like Ronan Keating and Sophie Ellis-Bextor frequently with long time partner Rick Nowels. They won a Grammy for the 2002 single The Game of Love recorded by Santana featuring Michelle Branch. Danielle Brisebois has had success as a songwriter. She co-wrote the 2008 Natasha Bedingfield hit Pocketful of Sunshine. Alexander reunited New New Radicals for President Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration. You Get What You Give was the campaign theme song. Here's the video for You Get What You Give by New Radicals.
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