"Be OK" is the first single from

Ingrid Michaelson Ingrid Ellen Michaelson (born December 8, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her first album, '' Slow the Rain,'' was released in 2005, and she has since released eight more albums: '' Girls and Boys,'' '' Be OK'', '' Everybody' ...

's third studio album, '' Be OK''. The song was used in the films ''

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'' and ''

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'', in Season 1, episode 7 of '' 90210'', in Season 2, episode 15 of '' ''Parenthood'''', in Season 4, episode 1 of ''

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'', and in advertisements for ''

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''. It is mentioned in the 2012 '' Law & Order: SVU'' episode "Child's Welfare" (Season 13, episode 16), although the character erroneously refers to it as "I Just Want To Be OK". It was also used in commercials for Mott's Apple Juice,

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and German insurance company

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. In 2017, Michaelson performed another version of song on the TBS news satire show ''

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'', titled "(Earth Is) Not OK" with similarly altered lyrics describing effects of

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and hurricanes sung from the perspective of the earth.

Music video

Two versions of the music video debuted through the

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Foundation. One version debuted through BORDERS, while the other debuted on the Stand Up to Cancer website and featured the acoustic version.

Charts

References

2008 singles Songs written by Ingrid Michaelson Ingrid Michaelson songs 2008 songs {{2000s-pop-single-stub