The Getaway People is a musical group formed in 1994 in Stavanger, Norway. A modified version of their song "Six Pacs

Six Pacs

"Six Pacs" is a song from the album Turnpike Diaries by Norwegian musical group The Getaway People. A modified version of the song was used as the theme song for the TV series Young Americans. The lyrics were changed at the request of the producers to remove the original reference to cigarettes....

" from the album Turnpike Diaries

Turnpike Diaries

Turnpike Diaries is the second album by the Norwegian band The Getaway People. It was originally scheduled to be released in June 2000, but ultimately was not released until July 18 of the same year...

was used as the theme song for the TV series Young Americans

Young Americans (TV series)

Young Americans is an American television drama created by Steven Antin. The show debuted on July 12, 2000 on The WB network as a summer replacement for, and spin-off from, another Columbia TriStar Television production, Dawson's Creek. The series was originally ordered for the fall 1999-2000...

. Their song "Good Life" from the same album has been covered by Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney is an American singer-songwriter, actor and voice actor. McCartney achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career...

. Three of their songs (Six Pacs, Good Life, and There She Goes) were featured in second-season episodes of Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...

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Discography

• The Getaway People (April 7, 1998)
• Turnpike Diaries
  Turnpike Diaries
  Turnpike Diaries is the second album by the Norwegian band The Getaway People. It was originally scheduled to be released in June 2000, but ultimately was not released until July 18 of the same year...
  
  (July 18, 2000)