Get Set

"Get Set"
Single by Taxiride
from the album Imaginate
B-side
  • "Voodoo Doll Sin"
  • "Splash"
ReleasedMay 1999
StudioOcean Way (Los Angeles, United States)
GenreRock
Length3:18
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Tim Wild
Producer(s)Jack Joseph Puig
Taxiride singles chronology
"Get Set"
(1999)
"Everywhere You Go"
(1999)

"Get Set" is the debut single by Australian band Taxiride. The song was recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, and produced by Jack Joseph Puig. Released in May 1999, it peaked within the top 10 in Australia and also reached number 41 in New Zealand. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, the song was nominated for two awards: 'Breakthrough Artist – Single' and 'Best Pop Release', winning the former.[1]

"Get Set" was used in the soundtrack of the 1999 film Election. In the film, the character Tammy is in her room listening to the song. A music video was also released, based on the film; it featured several scenes from the film, along with Taxiride playing in a studio. In 2002, this song was used for TV advertisement for Village Cinemas in Australia. In 2022 the song was used in an advertisement to visit Melbourne. [2]

  1. ^ "ARIA Awards by year 1999". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Sync Watch: Visit Victoria soundtracks Taxiride's 'Get Set'". 14 March 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.