What Alanis Morissette has said about You Oughta Know
3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 9, 2026
Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter known for the 1995 album Jagged Little Pill, has been quoted on You Oughta Know 3 times in 1 episode of Call Her Daddy, most recently on September 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Morissette says she insisted on releasing 'You Oughta Know' first rather than 'Ironic' or 'Hand in My Pocket' because she had too much energy to lead with anything else.
“And I remember thinking, no, we just have to just put You Oughta Know out and then we talk. Because I had too much rajas”
Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 22:01
Morissette recalls her label calling the record caustic and her retort that they should sign Steely Dan if they wanted that kind of album.
“when they first got the record, they said, this is a little caustic. It's a little intense for us. And I said, well, if you want a Dan Steely record, why don't you sign a Dan Steely?”
Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 22:31
Morissette says Glen Ballard encouraged her not to censor the explicit lyric in 'You Oughta Know'.
“there was a moment while writing you ought to know where i thought oh i'll just let's just write it don't edit don't censor as always”
Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 25:53
Episodes
Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & PostpartumCall Her Daddy · Sep 9, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Alanis Morissette tells Alex Cooper about her 1990s breakthrough, industry misogyny, attachment wounds, postpartum depression and the freedom of menopause.