The track topped the Canadian music industry publication, RPM Top Singles Chart for six weeks and reached the top five in Norway, New Zealand and Australia. In America "Ironic" reached # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 13, 1996 and is currently Morissette's highest- charting hit for this chart. Meanwhile, "Ironic" became her second #1 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, were it stayed for three weeks. The song topped Mainstream Top 40, reached # 5 on the Adult Top 40 and #28 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
In it's eighth week in Australia " Ironic" peaked at #3 and stayed there for two weeks. It last appeared on the charts on July 21,1996 at #37. "Ironic" is Morissette's best charting song in Australia. On April 20,1996, "Ironic" debuted and peaked in the United Kingdom at # 11. It left the charts eight weeks later at # 67. In the Norwegian Singles Chart the song debuted at #18 and rose to #5 in it's third week on the chart. It then peaked at #4 where it stayed for five weeks then dropped a spot to #5 and then stayed there for another two weeks. " Ironic" kept within the chart for a total of seventeen weeks. In Belgium it reached #6 on the Ultratop 50 in Flanders region ( northern region) and # 9 on the Ultratop 40 in the Wallonia Zone ( southern region).
Now even though most critics agree that the music video is very good, the linguistics of "Ironic" is another thing all together. Even though the song tried to describe "ironic" situations, some people noted that the song was not doing it. Earning parodies,critiques an corrections to make the song "ironic". Alanis Morissette stated about the writing of the song: " For me the great debate on whether what i was saying was 'Ironic' was ironic wasn't a traumatic debate. I'd always embraced the fact that every once in a while I'd be the malapropism queen. And when Glen and I were writing it, we definitely were not doggedly making sure that everthing was technically ironic".
I for one don't care if the linguistics of "Ironic" are correct or not, well maybe a tad bit, but that's okay because I like the song and the video is amazing. That was done with just editing, no special effects. Plus I like the music. So here is "Ironic":
IRONIC
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonay
It's a deah row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just couldn't take
Who would have thought... it figures.
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down hethought,
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think.
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just couldn't take
Who would've thought... it figures.
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everthing blows up
In your face.
A traffic jam when your already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousnad spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of your dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife.
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic... and, yeah I really do think...
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just couldn't take
Who would have thought... it figures
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out.
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