Synopsis
Broadcast 2000's "Get Up and Go" video turns a simple performance idea into a playful movement study. Several performers execute energetic, acrobatic routines in carefully timed sequences, with their gestures and changes of position following the song's buoyant acoustic rhythm. The spare presentation keeps attention on bodies, motion, timing, and the cheerful sense of momentum suggested by the title. Rather than building a conventional narrative, the clip creates a graceful, slightly surreal visual counterpart to the track's warm and uplifting character.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video began as a student production and was later adopted as the song's official music video after it came to the band's attention.
- Its concept is deliberately economical: a small group of performers, acrobatic movement, and precise editing do most of the visual work.
- The clip was described in contemporary listings as "wonderfully weird" as well as gorgeous, reflecting its blend of unusual physical performance and gentle presentation.
- "Get Up and Go" appeared on Broadcast 2000's *Building Blocks* EP, released by Gronland Records in 2008.
- The song gained additional exposure through a UK television campaign for energy company E.ON.
- The track was also used in the final scene of season 10, episode 13 of *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*, which aired in 2010.