"What You Got" is the second single by Australian
rock band
Grinspoon from their fifth studio album ''
Alibis & Other Lies''. The song was co-written by
Phil Jamieson and Matthew Strong (
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), who is the bass player in Jamieson’s side project, Lost Gospel. The single was only released in a digital format on
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.
Reception
Australian music website, The Dwarf, describes "What You Got" as being musically closer to "
Hard Act to Follow
"Hard Act to Follow" is a song by Australian rock band Grinspoon and was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album ''Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills''. It reached No. 24 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was ranked #16 on Trip ...
" stating "It's short, sharp and 100% killer. Just how it should be."
Michael Olivotto of FasterLouder believes that the song "instantly wreaks of The Lost Gospel" and that whilst the song is good in its own right, it "stick(s) out from the rest of the album and would have been better left as B-side(s)s or for some other project."
SameSame's Nate C felt that ""What You Got" also sound(s) like the ‘debauched rock and roll’ of vintage Grinners and is sure to appeal to the band’s devoted and faithful.."
Video
The video was filmed in the school gymnasium of
Viewbank College. It features the band playing in a gymnasium while the screen flashes to people in still life. The video was produced by Lacey Fitzgerald and directed by James Teh
(Peace Charger Productions).
Track listing
References
{{Grinspoon
2007 singles
Grinspoon songs
2007 songs
Universal Records singles
Songs written by Phil Jamieson