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  • 'Your House' Is Based On An Experience She Had Staying Alone In The House Of A Man She Had A Crush On on Random Stories Behind Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' That You Oughta Know

    (#5) 'Your House' Is Based On An Experience She Had Staying Alone In The House Of A Man She Had A Crush On

    There is a hidden track on Jagged Little Pill. The final track of the CD (not on the original vinyl release) is a remix of "You Oughta Know." Five minutes and 12 seconds into the song, an a capella tune called "Your House" starts to play. 

    The track is about breaking into a lover's house without permission:

    Would you forgive me love if I danced in your shower
    Would you forgive me love if I laid in your bed
    Would you forgive me love if I stay all afternoon?

    It turns out that the hidden track is the only tune on Jagged Little Pill that is not autobiographical. Morissette explains where the idea for the song came from: 

    That is the only song on the record that's not 100% true. I was staying in this guy's house in Hollywood and he wasn't there for a week. I remember being overly curious and sleeping in his bed. It felt eerie and unnerving; I also had kind of a crush on him.

    I get burned at the end of the song because if I had really snooped around as much as I wanted to, it would have been wrong. I probably would have found something I didn't want to find. I deserved it.

  • Alanis Wrote Two Pop Albums Prior To 'Jagged Little Pill' And MCA Dumped Her Because They Thought Her Career Was Over At 17 on Random Stories Behind Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' That You Oughta Know

    (#1) Alanis Wrote Two Pop Albums Prior To 'Jagged Little Pill' And MCA Dumped Her Because They Thought Her Career Was Over At 17

    In 1991, Morissette released her first album called Alanis on MCA Records. The pop album, which was entirely written by the singer and producer Leslie Howe, was only released in Canada. Alanis produced three hit singles, and the album was a commercial and critical hit. The singer-songwriter became known as the "Debbie Gibson of Canada," which Morissette did not take kindly to.  

    The following year, Morissette released her sophomore album. Instead of having a pop-dance feel like her debut LP, Now Is the Time featured mostly ballads, and the lyrics were much more personal. The album was again only released in Canada. Her second effort was considered a commercial flop. 

    The pop star only signed a two-album deal with MCA, and after the disappointing sales of Now Is the Time, the label dropped her. Morissette, who was just 17, was surprised to hear from MCA Records that they thought her short career was already over.

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    (#4) Alanis Says Her Biggest Embarrassment Is The World Reacting To 'Ironic'

    "Ironic" was the third single released off Jagged Little Pill. It became the singer's highest-charting hit on Billboard's Hot 100 and received two Grammy Award nominations. 

    Despite the song's massive success, if Morissette had a choice, she would still leave "Ironic" off the album. She's embarrassed because so many people have publicly shamed her for not really understanding the definition of irony. She explains, "People bring it up to this day. And you know what? I didn't even want that song on the record! But everyone else did, so I caved."

  • Morissette Was Not Angry Or Bitter When She Recorded 'Jagged Little Pill' on Random Stories Behind Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' That You Oughta Know

    (#7) Morissette Was Not Angry Or Bitter When She Recorded 'Jagged Little Pill'

    Since the angry breakup anthem "You Oughta Know" was the first track released on Jagged Little Pill, that's how most listeners were introduced to Alanis Morissette. In turn, most people think that she was angry while writing the song. Many of the tracks on the album, however, were sweet and light. For example, "Head Over Feet" is a pure love song and "Hand in My Pocket" is about how everything is going to be "fine, fine, fine."

    In fact, when Morissette was writing Jagged Little Pill, she wasn't angry or bitter. Ballard described the fun times that the two shared making the album:

    People think that she was in this heavy state of mind when making it, the opposite was true. I've never been funnier, she laughed at everything I had to say. She was just in a place of wanting fun and laughter, and she was making me laugh, so hard that I couldn't even sit up. Honestly, it was that fun.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers' Bassist, Flea, Appears On 'You Oughta Know' on Random Stories Behind Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' That You Oughta Know

    (#8) Red Hot Chili Peppers' Bassist, Flea, Appears On 'You Oughta Know'

    Morissette, Oseary, and Ballard were all in agreement not to overproduce Jagged Little Pill. Their vision was to make it a "handmade record." They would add some drums and other instruments here and there, but that's it. There aren't vocal doubles or backup singers on the album. They just wanted to let the emotion of Alanis's voice do the talking. 

    That is, except for "You Oughta Know." Oseary just happened to be best pals with Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis. He discussed how he got Flea and Dave Navarro to play on Morissette's album:

    There's a guy named Jimmy who I was hanging with at the time who played in "You Oughta Know" and he just kept saying, "Gosh, imagine what this would sound like with a stronger bass and guitar." So he had the immediate vision for it. And then I talked to Alanis and Glen and asked if we could try to let Jimmy see out his vision. And so we did, we brought in Flea and Dave [Navarro], who were friends, and they tried it and the rest is history.

  • Dave Coulier Claims To Be The Older Man Whom Alanis Wrote 'You Oughta Know' About on Random Stories Behind Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' That You Oughta Know

    (#9) Dave Coulier Claims To Be The Older Man Whom Alanis Wrote 'You Oughta Know' About

    The first released track off of Jagged Little Pill is "You Oughta Know." The song and the video became instant hits. The lyrics demanded attention; there was absolutely nothing like it on the radio. It was raw, borderline salacious, and autobiographical. The song's narrative tells the tale of an older man who manipulates and lies. The mystery man leaves Morissette and quickly becomes involved with another woman: 

    You seem very well, things look peaceful
    I'm not quite as well, I thought you should know
    Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity?
    I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner
    It was a slap in the face
    How quickly I was replaced
    And are you thinking of me when you f*ck her?

    Morissette has never revealed the object of her scorn. Even decades later, she feels the need to protect him.

    "I'm not being coquettish," she said. "A lot of people have said it's a great revenge song, but the idea of revenge being acted out is something that I think is really dangerous in our world. The reason I won't say who it's about - certainly, it’s to protect them on some level, but mostly it's about me wanting to make sure I stand by my value system of not advocating revenge."

    According to Dave Coulier, Uncle Joey from Full House, he is the mystery man in question. The actor dated the singer in the early 1990s, so it's certainly possible. In a 2013 interview, Coulier said he called Morissette and asked her how she wanted him to respond to the media if they started asking him questions about the song. Morissette told him to say whatever he wanted. 

    Coulier revealed that the one line that gave it away for him was, "I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner," because, "We had already broken up... She called and I said, 'Hey, you know, I'm right in the middle of dinner. Can I just call you right back?'" He added, "When I heard the line, it was like, 'uh-oh.'"

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