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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Ironic |
| Artist | Alanis Morissette |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | Canada |
| Album | Jagged little pill |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:50 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1996 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 86 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 085-089 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | B |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Does not start on I |
| Rec Tag 3 | Irregular measure |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending on IV |
| Rec Tag 5 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | 2nd voice add (female) |
| Voc Info 3 | Without BGV |
| Voc Info 4 | Unison (female/female) |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | AG |
| Instr 2 | ORGAN |
| Instr 3 | PERCUSSION |
| Instr 4 | EG |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | MTV VMA - Best Editing |
| Awards 2 | MTV VMA - Best Female Video |
| Awards 3 | MTV VMA - Best New Artist in a Video |
| Awards 4 | Juno - Single of the Year |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Nominations 2 | Grammy - Best Music Video |
| Nominations 3 | MTV EMA - Best Song |
| Nominations 4 | MTV VMA - Song of the Year |
| Nominations 5 | MTV VMA - Viewer's Choice |
| Nominations 6 | MTV VMA - Best Direction |
| Chart Type | Billboard Mainstream Top 40 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html |
| Profane | ⚠️ |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Alanis Morissette |
| Author 2 | Glen Ballard |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A jagged pill / Rain at a wedding |
| Explanation | ✱ The bitterness of fate is portrayed as a series of physical inconveniences that strike exactly at the wrong moment. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Elements:Weather |
| MTag 2 | Irony |
| MTag 3 | Life |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | V/VII-I-V/VII-vi |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | V/VII-I-V/VII-vi, bVII-IV-V |
| Ch Prog B | IV-IV-V-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 5 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, IV, V, vi, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 27 |
| Mel Cmplx | 82 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 33 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 30 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 49 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 20-29 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 80-89 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 30-39 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 30-39 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 40-49 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 30 |
| Spot-Energy | 59 |
| Spot-Valance | 36 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 30-39 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Jagged Little Pill Songbook (Alanis Morissette) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VbuHSkVnnY5-vKaubh-EDShzptus4y_f/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 2 | Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 2) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qcLr9VMEmqI1wU7kaCaqfNlOaztJJnbL/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 25 (Jagged Little Pill Songbook) |
| SB Page 2 | 76 (Jagged Little Pill) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Alternative Rock |
| Style 2 | Pop Rock |
| Style 3 | Post Grunge |



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