Get Set

{{Short description|1999 single by Taxiride}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Get Set

| cover = Get Set by Taxiride.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Taxiride

| B-side =

  • "Voodoo Doll Sin"
  • "Splash"

| album = Imaginate

| released = May 1999

| recorded =

| studio = Ocean Way (Los Angeles, United States)

| genre = Rock

| length = 3:18

| label = WEA

| writer = Tim Wild

| producer = Jack Joseph Puig

| next_title = Everywhere You Go

| next_year = 1999

}}

"Get Set" is a song by Australian band Taxiride, written by founding member and co-lead vocalist Tim Wild.{{Cite web |title=Taxiride ft. TTSAR |url=https://taxiride-ttsar.com.au/ |access-date=25 December 2024 |website=Taxiride}} The song was recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, and produced by Jack Joseph Puig. Released in May 1999 as the band's debut single, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php |title=ARIA Awards by year 1999 |access-date=28 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124212945/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php |archive-date=24 November 2009}}

"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.

{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/visit-victoria-taxiride-get-set |title=Sync Watch: Visit Victoria soundtracks Taxiride's 'Get Set' |date=14 March 2021 |access-date=7 February 2022}}

Track listing

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get Set|others=Taxiride|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=WEA Records|id=3984277212}}

  1. "Get Set" – 3:14
  2. "Voodoo Doll Sin" – 3:36
  3. "Splash" – 3:20

Charts

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Chart (1999)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|8|artist=Taxiride|song=Get Set|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|41|artist=Taxiride|song=Get Set|rowheader=true}}

{{col-2}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Chart (1999)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1999/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1999|publisher=ARIA|access-date=23 January 2021}}

|97

{{col-end}}

References