“I walked in… and Joni Mitchell was in baby blue pyjamas. She said, ‘Have a seat.’ And we talked about music. I wrote You Get What You Give the same day”: How a weird dream inspired the New Radicals’ classic ’90s hit

New Radicals.

There is something powerfully subversive about conveying divisive opinions in a song so intoxicating that people cannot help but sing or hum along.

One such example is You Get What You Give, released in 1998 by LA pop-rock band New Radicals, a loose collective of studio and touring musicians focused around the talents of Gregg Alexander (lead vocals, guitar, songwriting and production).