Hand in My Pocket

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"Hand in My Pocket"

Single by Alanis Morissette
from the album Jagged Little Pill
Released	October 1995 (UK)
Format	CD single, cassette single, 12" single
Genre	Rock
Length	3:41
Label	Maverick
Writer(s)	Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
Producer(s)	Glen Ballard
Chart positions
#1 (U.S. Modern Rock Tracks) #26 (UK)
Alanis Morissette 1995 singles chronology
"All I Really Want" (1995)	"Hand in My Pocket" (1995)	"You Learn" (1996)
Alanis Morissette 2005 singles chronology
"You Learn" (2005)	"Hand in My Pocket" (2005)	"Perfect" (2005)

"Hand in My Pocket" is a song written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, and produced by Ballard for Morissette's third album Jagged Little Pill (1995). Its protagonist discusses the everyday troubles and worries that she encounters, but focuses on finding ways to stay relaxed and determined. It was released as the album's second single (third in the United States) in 1995 (see 1995 in music) and became Morissette's second number-one hit on Billboard's U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Hand in My Pocket" also received substantial airplay on pop radio, reaching the top five on the Top 40 Mainstream chart, but its success in the United Kingdom was limited. The single's video features Morissette among a homecoming parade and was filmed in black-and-white.

"Hand in My Pocket" served as the theme song in the unaired pilot episode of the television show Dawson's Creek, but Morissette decided not to have it used as the theme after the show was picked up.^[1] In 2005 Morissette released Jagged Little Pill Acoustic, an acoustic version of Jagged Little Pill. "Hand in My Pocket" was its first U.S. single, and its video premiered in July 2005 (see 2005 in music).^[2]

[edit] Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	26
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	25
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	4
Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	30