The plan was to have an extended house party, with a couple dozen people popping by over the weekend. The arrival of Omicron made me cancel it. The Delta surge made me nervous about it. I turn 40 today, and I was planning to have a party. (“ It’s a traffic jam… when you tried to use Waze.”) And, most importantly, it included this admission: Last night November*, she went on James Corden’s Late Late Show to reveal a new version of “Ironic” updated for modern situations. Irony, apparently, was described by Socrates, animated by Shakespeare and O. “Ironic” even has a section on its Wikipedia page entitled “ Linguistic usage disputes.” It’s hard to even talk about the literary device now without hearing someone lament the song. The eternal question of rain-on-your-wedding-day has spawned two decades of thinkpieces (here’s the Times in 2008, Salon in 2014). Play It Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye He waited his whole damn life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down he thought 'Well isn't this nice.For more than 20 years now, since the release of her hit “Ironic,” she’s had to hear every pedant, every SNOOT, and every 10th-grade English teacher crow that none of the situations in her song are actually ironic. The words below spell out one of the scenarios in the song. They responded that her critique of their grammar is ironic. She cut off their song "Semicolon" to explain that their use of hashtag rap to show the function of a semicolon is incorrect. She made fun of her own grammatical mistakes when she appeared with the comedy trio The Lonely Island on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2013. "Ironic" also earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Short Form Music Video.ĭespite discussions of whether multiple scenarios presented in "Ironic" are truly examples of the literary term irony, it remains one of the most clever of Alanis Morissette's lyrical creations. It earned six MTV Video Music Award nominations including Video of the Year. Stephane Sednaoui, a French director who worked with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madonna, and U2, directed the accompanying music video. At home in Canada, it won the Juno Award for Single of the Year. It earned a Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year. "Ironic" broke into the top 5 across the Billboard Hot 100, alternative, adult pop, and mainstream pop radio. Co-writer and producer Glen Ballard says "Ironic" was the third song he wrote with Alanis Morissette and it was rolling within 15 minutes. "Ironic" was the third official single from Jagged Little Pill. "And every time you speak her name Does she know how you told me You'd hold me until you died Till you died, but you're still alive"Īlanis Morissette - "Ironic".
IRONIC ALANIS MORISSETTE LYRICS FULL
Alanis Morissette held the record for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the alternative chart by a female artist until Lorde broke the record 18 years later with "Royals."Īlanis Morissette didn't identify a real-life individual who is the target of "You Oughta Know." It became a much-talked-about pop music mystery much like the identity of the man in Carly Simon's legendary "You're So Vain." Former boyfriend Dave Coulier, star of the TV show Full House, said many of the lines hit very close to home. It topped the alternative chart for five weeks and reached the top 10 at mainstream pop radio and on the Billboard Hot 100. To the surprise of Alanis Morissette's label, the song became a major hit.
Before the release of this single, Alanis Morissette recorded bubblegum pop as a teen artist.
Courtesy Maverickįew debut pop singles have ever had the visceral impact of the bile Alanis Morissette unleashed in "You Oughta Know" against a former lover.
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