New Radicals

There was also speculation that "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" would be a single, as several websites selling Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too marked the track as "Album Version". Albums by the group Power Station:. Apart from the album sampler and the one-track promos for the two singles "You Get What You Give" and "Someday We'll Know" there also was a promo single for "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough", which was probably supposed the band's third single. Album Name, Year of Release. The promotional sampler for the album, Songs from Maybe you've been brainwashed too, featured "You Get What You Give", "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough", "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending", "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" and "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too". He is interred at the cemetery in Lugano. All songs were written by Gregg Alexander, except "You Get What You Give" written by Gregg Alexander and Richard Knowels and "Someday We'll Know" written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois and Debra Holland. Palmer, who made his home in Lugano, Switzerland for the past 15 years, died in Paris, France of a heart attack at the age of only 54.

In 2005 LMC did a remix of "You Get What You Give" which was released as "Don't Let Go" by LMC vs New Radicals. Inspired by a previous collaboration with Carl Carlton on a Robert Johnson tribute album, Drive featured covers of fifteen blues standards, plus the original track "Lucky". trailer to the 2001 film Bubble Boy), on soundtracks (like A Walk to Remember and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed) and covered by artists such as Mandy Moore and Hall & Oates. His final release, Drive (2003), was critically hailed as his grittiest and most heartfelt album of his career. Even after the band's breakup their songs are still being used for several commercials (e.g. The next few years saw more touring and more compilations; the next release of new material, Rhythm and Blues (1999) contained a mixture of Little Feat influenced songs, rock, and pop. His most successful song as a producer/song-writer was the 2002 Grammy Award-winning "Game Of Love" by Santana and Michelle Branch. Palmer and the rest of the band completed the album Living In Fear (released in 1996), and had just begun touring when Edwards died of pneumonia.

In the following years he worked with artists such as Ronan Keating, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Enrique Iglesias. Bassist John Taylor eventually backed out of the project (due to personal problems), to be replaced by Chic member Bernard Edwards. His first producion work after the Radicals' breakup was the album Portable Life by fellow Radical Danielle Brisebois. In 1995, Palmer reunited with other members of The Power Station to record a second album. He stated that "the fatigue of traveling & getting three hours sleep in a different hotel every night to do boring 'hanging and schmoozing' with radio and retail people, is definitely not for [him]", that he "lost interest in fronting a 'One Hit Wonder' to the point that [he] was wearing a hat while performing so that people wouldn't see [his] lack of enthusiasm." and that he would go on to form a production company to focus on producing and writing songs freelance for other artists. The 1992 album Ridin' High was a tribute to the Tin Pan Alley era. The Radicals went on to shoot the video for their second single "Someday We'll Know", however even before its release, Gregg Alexander issued a press release on 12 July announcing he disbanded the group. Throughout the 1990s, Palmer ventured further into diverse material.

When the band canceled their appearance at RockFest as well as their UK tour (sheduled to start on 17 May 1999) rumors started they would break up, while MCA Records claimed a member of the band being ill was the cause for the canceled shows. Released in 1990, it featured the Bob Dylan-penned Top 10 single "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and the Top 20 Marvin Gaye cover "Mercy Mercy Me". They also opened for the Goo Goo Dolls on their tour starting 30 March 1999. Palmer collaborated with UB40 for his next album, Don't Explain. Apart from many concerts and festivals the tour also included several live performance on the radio (two of which, their performance of "You Get What You Give" at KBCO and at World Cafe on WXPN, were also released on the radio stations' compilation CDs), an appearance at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and a performance at the House of Blues in Chicago on New Year's Eve 1999 (which is probably the only New Radicals show of which bootlegs are circulating). Rolling Stone magazine voted Palmer the best-dressed rock star for 1990. To promote their album, the Radicals embarked on a tour through the United States, starting in fall 1998. In 1989, he won a second Grammy for "Simply Irresistible".

When asked about it in an interview, Marilyn Manson replied he was "not mad that he said he'd kick my ass, I just don't want to be used in the same sentence with Courtney Love" and would "crack his skull open if I see him". Alexander later explained the line, along with the lines directly before it, "Health insureance rip off lying/ FDA big bankers buying/ Fake computer crashes dining/ Cloning while they're multiplying" was an experiment to see if the media would focus on the real issues, or on the celebrity dissing. The ballad "She Makes My Day" also proved to be a hit. Their first and only album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, was released in October 1998, followed by their first single "You Get What You Give", which became a huge hit with heavy radio airplay and rotation on MTV and much media attention, in large part focused on the celebrity-slamming line "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". He repeated his previous success with "Addicted to Love" with the video of "Simply Irresistible", again Palmer with a troupe of female "musicians". The concept behind the band was a revolving door with no permanent members other than Alexander, joined by a changing array of other musicians. Producing Heavy Nova in 1988, Palmer again returned to experimenting, this time with bossa nova rhythms, heavy rock, and white soul balladeering. The New Radicals were formed in LA in 1997 by producer/singer/song-writer Gregg Alexander. In 1987, Palmer moved to Lugano, Switzerland and set up his own recording studio.

All other members changed from recording to touring to video-shooting. Palmer was approached by Little Feat to replace Lowell George as they prepared their 1987 reunion, but had to decline for contractual reasons. The band's only constant members were lead-singer Gregg Alexander, who wrote and produced all their songs, and background-vocalist Danielle Brisebois, who often worked with Alexander (before and after the New Radicals) and also co-wrote the Radicals' second single "Someday We'll Know". In 1987, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for his song "Addicted to Love". The New Radicals were a band that was at the height of its popularity in 1999. The band only released one album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, but was able to produce two commercially successful singles from it: "You Get What You Give" and "Someday We'll Know". Another song, "Trick Bag" was written by one of his major influences, New Orleans jazz artist Earl King. "Someday We'll Know" (1999). The singles "Hyperactive" and "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" also performed well.

"You Get What Yoou Give" (1999). The single was accompanied by a memorable and much parodied music video, directed by Terence Donovan, in which Palmer is surrounded by a bevy of near-identically clad, heavily made-up female "musicians". "Someday We'll Know" (Instrumental) - 3:39. Palmer recorded the album Riptide (1985), which featured the Number 1 single "Addicted to Love". "Technicolor Lover" - 3:42. Palmer performed live with the band only once that year, on Saturday Night Live; the band toured with singer Michael Des Barres when Palmer bowed out at the last moment to go back into the studio to further his newly revitalized solo career. "The Decency League" - 3:30. Rex cover "Get It On".

"Someday We'll Know" - 3:39. Their eponymous album reached the Top 20 in the UK and the US and spawned two hit singles with "Some Like It Hot" and the T. "You Get What You Give" (album version) - 5:02. In 1985, Palmer joined drummer Tony Thompson and Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor and bass player John Taylor to form the band Power Station. "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too" - 5:21. Palmer was reputed to have a lucrative deal with the French car manufacturer to use the song's melody in its advertising, Renault having to authorise each new interpretation of the melody with Palmer in every new commercial it released. "To Think I Thought" - 2:46. The "Johnny and Mary" single would achieve immortality when its classic synth hook was used in a series of Renault TV commercials through the 1990s.

"You Get What You Give" (single version) - 4:42. The success was repeated with the 1982 EP release of Some Guys Have All the Luck. "To Think I Thought" (Bonus Track for Japanese Release) - 2:46. Catchy videos matching the synth pop stylings of New Wave gave him much needed exposure to a younger audience. "Crying Like A Church On Monday" - 5:02. The album Clues, produced by Gary Numan, generated hits on both sides of the Atlantic, first with the radio-friendly single "Johnny and Mary" and then "Looking for Clues". "Flowers" - 3:52. The 1980s saw Palmer reach the peak of his commercial success.

"Technicolor Lover" - 3:42. Secrets produced his second Top 20 single with Moon Martin's "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)". "Gotta Stay High" - 3:06. Palmer's next album was an artistic departure, concentrating on a rockier direction. "In Need Of A Miracle" - 3:43. In 1978, he released Double Fun, a collection of Caribbean-influenced rock, which reached the Top 50 on the US Billboard magazine charts and scored a Top 20 single with the Andy Fraser-penned "Every Kinda People". "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too" - 5:21. However, with the failure of the follow-up Some People Can Do What They Like, Palmer decided to move to the Bahamas; after that, his "expatriate lifestyle" was likely to receive more coverage than his music in British newspapers.

"Someday We'll Know" - 3:39. He toured with Little Feat to promote that album. "Jehovah Made This Whole Joint For You" - 4:11. An album infused with his interests in reggae and rock music, it was noted for its cover art of a nude girl on a balcony rather than any commercially successful songs. "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" - 4:16. Subsequently relocating from London to New York City with his wife, Palmer released Pressure Drop in 1976 (featuring famed Motown bassist James Jamerson). "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending" - 6:37. Although moderately successful in the UK, both the album and single reached the Top 100 in the US.

"You Get What You Give" - 5:02. His first single was a cover of Little Feat's "Sailin' Shoes". "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough" - 5:46. His first solo album Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1974, was heavily influenced by the music of Little Feat and the funk fusion of The Meters who acted as backing band along with producer/guitarist Lowell George of Little Feat. On the basis of his youthful looks, strong stage presence, and soulful voice, Island Records signed Palmer to a solo deal. Signed to the Island Records label, they released three albums: Vinegar Joe (1972), Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies (1972), and Six Star General (1973).

The band lasted a year, after which Brooks and Palmer formed the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful rhythm and blues group, Vinegar Joe; Palmer sang and played rhythm guitar. In 1970, Palmer joined the 12-piece jazz-rock fusion band Dada, which featured singer Elkie Brooks. The vocals for the album The Alan Bown!, originally recorded by Roden (and released in the US that way), were re-recorded by Palmer after the success of the single. His first major break came with the departure of singer Jess Roden from the band The Alan Bown Set in 1969, after which Palmer was invited to London to sing on their single "Gypsy Girl".

Influenced as a child by blues, soul, and jazz music on American Forces Radio, Robert Palmer joined his first band, Mandrake Paddle Steamer, at the age of 15 while still an art student at Scarborough Technical College. The son of a British serviceman stationed in Malta, Palmer moved with his family to Scarborough, Yorkshire in 1959. He was known for his soulful voice and the eclectic mix of musical styles on his albums, combining soul, jazz, rock, blues, and even yodeling. Robert Allen Palmer (January 19, 1949 - September 26, 2003), born in Batley, Yorkshire, England, was a British singer.

Living in Fear (1997). Power Station (1985). Drive (2003). TV Dinners (2003).

Best Of Both Worlds: The Robert Palmer Anthology (1974-2001) (2002) (compilation). Rhythm & Blues (1999). Woke Up Laughing (1998) (compilation). Very Best Of Robert Palmer (1997) (compilation).

Honey (1994). Ridin' High (1992). Addictions Volume II (1992) (compilation). Don't Explain (1990).

Addictions Volume I (1989) (compilation). Heavy Nova (1988). Sweet Lies (1987) (single). Riptide (1985).

Pride (1983). Maybe It's Live (1980) (live). Clues (1980). Secrets (1979).

Double Fun (1978). Some People Can Do What They Like (1976). Pressure Drop (1975). Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (1974).