When was the song ironic released

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Amazon United Kingdom. Amazon Germany. Amazon Japan. Perfecting her raw, autobiographical songwriting style, Ironic defined an era and made Alanis Morissette a post-grunge icon. Over 25 years later, the ironically un-ironic song is still very much a part of the pop cultural psyche. References and homages abound on the silver screen, the TV screen and even the small touchscreen that seldom leaves your hand. After relocating to Los Angeles, Morissette found herself in a city whose freer way of life helped encourage the exploratory approach she took to writing her third album.

Bringing to mainstream music something that radio lacked at the time, the angst-driven, grunge-infused sung was also pop-focused enough capture the attention of a widespread audience that soon coveted more. Speaking in the Jagged Little Pill mini-documentary that premiered on Amazon Music in , Morissette revealed that she resisted the urge to overwork the songs; recording a maximum of several vocal takes for each song, she and Ballard kept her free-spirited writing intact. The pair found their sound with Ironic.

As Morissette honed her new autobiographical, raw and vulnerable style, the rest of the album solidified her eclectic alt-rock status: she had one hand in her pocket, but a finger in many musical pies. After its release, on 27 February , a storm of fascination surrounded the bewitching, off-beat style she brought to the table. However, speaking on Rolling Stone's Music Now podcast, Morissette has revealed she didn't think too much of the song at first and remarked upon how its title and lyrics have caused years of "shaming".

Asked if she felt a sense of satisfaction with the scene putting a nail in the coffin of that criticism, she laughed: "Yeah. Until the next generation kicks my ass! Until the next onslaught of shaming!