<P> The music video for `` You Get What You Give '' was filmed in the Staten Island Mall in New York and directed by Evan Bernard . The New Radicals ' frontman Gregg Alexander said he chose this setting because he sees the shopping mall as a metaphor for society -- a fake , controlled environment engineered to encourage spending . The video showed a group of teenagers , led by Alexander , going through the mall wreaking havoc -- tossing nets on security guards , placing businessmen in animal cages , knocking over merchandise , hijacking Lambrettas , and moshing in the food court . </P>
<P> The music video for `` You Get What You Give '' was filmed in the Staten Island Mall in New York and directed by Evan Bernard . The New Radicals ' frontman Gregg Alexander said he chose this setting because he sees the shopping mall as a metaphor for society -- a fake , controlled environment engineered to encourage spending . The video showed a group of teenagers , led by Alexander , going through the mall wreaking havoc -- tossing nets on security guards , placing businessmen in animal cages , knocking over merchandise , hijacking Lambrettas , and moshing in the food court . </P>
where was you get what you give filmed
where was you get what you give filmed
the Staten Island Mall in New York
the Staten Island Mall in New York