Week Ninety-Four: Name-Check - New Radicals - "You Get What You Give" - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too

For Name-Check Week, I'll be covering artists who mentioned other bands/singers in their lyrics, also known in some social circles as "name-checking"...

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I'll come right out and tell you that I really, really don't like this song much at all. I seriously don't understand why so many notable artists gave it such accolades. The reason I selected it though is because this band name-checks Beck, Hanson, Courtney Love, and Marilyn Manson.

Okay, New Radicals, I've got a bit of a bone to pick with you... See, I don't mind you calling out Beck, Courtney Love, or Marilyn Manson... because they've all been a bit of a train wreck at various times in their careers... but don't mess with my boys from Hanson. Those young ones never caused trouble to anyone, and they brought me such joy at one of the lowest periods in my life with that ridiculously happy song called "MMMBop". How can anyone be sad when they listen to "MMMBop"? Annoyed...maybe??? Sad...never!!! I'll include that one below the lyrics for you today...

***WARNING: "You Get What You Give" has language that may not suitable for work and/or young children***

Wake up kids 

we got the dreamers disease 

Age 14 they got you down on your knees 

Souls polite, we're busy still saying please 

Friendnemies, who, when you're down ain't your friend 

Every night we smash their Mercedes-Benz 

First we run; and then we laugh till we cry 

But when the night is falling 

and you cannot find the light, light

You feel your dreams are dying 

Hold tight 

Chorus:

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You've got the music in you 

Don't let go 

You've got the music in you 

One dance left 

This world is gonna pull through 

Don't give up 

You've got a reason to live 

Can't forget

We only get what we give

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I'm coming home baby

You're tops, Give it to me now 

Four a.m. we ran a miracle mile 

we're flat broke but hey we do it in style 

The bad rich 

God's flying in for your trial 

But when the night is falling

You cannot find a friend, friend

You feel your dream is breaking

Just bend

(chorus)

This whole damn world can fall apart 

It'll be ok, follow your heart 

You're in harms way I'm right behind 

Now say you're mine 

(chorus)

Don't let go

I feel the music in you,you,you YOU!

Fly ....... high .......!

What's real ....... can't die .......!

You only get what you give

Gonna get what you give

Don't give up

Just don't be afraid to live .......!

Health insurance rip off lying

FDA big bankers buying 

Fake computer crashes dining 

Cloning while they're multiplying 

Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson 

Courtney Love, and Marilyn Manson 

You're all fakes

Run to your mansions 

Come around, we'll kick your ass in!

Don't let go 

One dance left 

Don't give up

Can't forget