Synopsis

Taxiride perform "Get Set" in a stark studio setting while the video intercuts scenes from the 1999 dark comedy Election. The film footage centers on its high-school election storyline, contrasting the band's energetic performance with the movie's satirical images of ambition, rivalry, and teenage unrest. Rather than presenting a separate narrative for the song, the clip functions as a soundtrack tie-in, using quick transitions between Taxiride and the film's characters to connect the track with Election's sharply comic world.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Get Set" was Taxiride's debut single and appeared on the band's first album, Imaginate, released in 1999.

• The song was written by Taxiride founding member and co-lead vocalist Tim Wild.

• The track was recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Jack Joseph Puig.

• The music video was made as a tie-in to the 1999 film Election. It combines footage from the movie with newly filmed studio performances by Taxiride.

• In Election, the song is heard while Tammy, played by Jessica Campbell, listens to music in her bedroom.

• The single reached No. 8 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart and No. 41 in New Zealand.

• At the 1999 ARIA Music Awards, "Get Set" won Breakthrough Artist - Single. It was also nominated for Best Pop Release.

• The song later appeared in a 2002 Australian television advertisement for Village Cinemas and was used again in a 2022 campaign promoting visits to Melbourne.