| "You Learn" | |||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Alanis Morissette | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album Jagged Little Pill | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | July 9, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Label | Maverick | ||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard | ||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Glen Ballard | ||||||||||||||||
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"You Learn" is a song by Canadian recording artist and songwriter Alanis Morissette, for her 1995 breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill (1995). The song was written by Morissette and Glen Ballard for the album. Through the lyrics, one of the verses features the album title "Jagged Little Pill".
"Your Learn" is a midtempo pop rock song, which also features a more alternative style as well. The song talks about things that people do that are hard to accept. "You Learn" received generally positive reviews from music critics, as many critics praised the lyrics and thought it was a standout to the album. In the United States the track was number one on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart for five weeks. After its radio airplay had started to decline, "You Learn" was released as a retail single and debuted and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Billboard Pop Songs. It also peaked at number twenty in Australia and number thirteen in New Zealand.
Because the CD single includes a live version of "You Oughta Know" from the 1996 Grammy Awards as an A-side, Billboard credited the chart position to "You Learn"/"You Oughta Know". An acoustic version of the song from Morissette's live album Alanis Unplugged (1999) was released as a single in some countries in 2000. Another acoustic version was recorded for the album Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (2005).
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"You Learn" was chosen as the fourth single from Morissette's breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill (1995). The song was written by Morissette and Glen Ballard, and produced by Ballard. The single was also featured on Morissette's fifth single "Head over Feet". In 1999, the single was re-released as a live version from her MTV unplugged album Alanis Unplugged (1999). That version was released on 18 April, 2000 as a CD Single. A b-side for the single was released which was "Thank U", which was also released on the MTV Unplugged album. The version was also produced by Ballard. The album version was also featured on Morissette's collection album The Collection (2005). "You Learn" is a pop rock song, which helds slow, yet heavy rock instruments including electric guitars, acoustic instrumentals, and other instrumentals. The voice range of the vocals hold from G3# to C5#.[1]
"You Learn" had received positive reviews from music critics. Many critics had found the lyrics of the song was very positive. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic had highlighted "You Learn" as an album standout, but had rated the song separately two-and-a-half out of five stars.[2] John Murphy from MusicOMH had said along with "You Oughta Know 'You Learn have a lightness of touch that nicely balance the darkness of the subject matter.'"[3]
"You Learn" had received mostly moderate success threw the singles chart, due to the acclaim of Morissette's single "Ironic". The song had peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. It received an also near success to her "Ironic (song)" song. It managed however to peak at number one the the U.S. Pop Songs chart and number seven on the U.S. Alternative Songs. The song had debuted at number twenty-four on the UK Singles Chart, but had descended the charts finishing at number seventy-three then falling out. The song debuted at number thirty-two on the Australian Singles Chart. The song later peaked at number twenty after five weeks there, and stayed in the charts for twelve weeks in total. The song debuted at number thirteen on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
There are two music videos produced for the single. The first video was the original music video, which was directed by Liz Friedlander. The song features Morissette doing backflips, backbend kickovers. The song features Morissette with dreadlocks, featuring scenes with her throwing pies at her friends, kissing a guy randomly on the street, boxing in a boxing ring and running through a road with out any notice. It was shot on February 11, 1996 in New York's meat packing district. Filming took 23 hours in 10° weather. The version was released worldwide, online and televised.
The second music video was the music video featuring Morissette with her band live on a live performance. Some included her performing from the MTV Unplugged video. The live version was used instead of the album version.
"You Learn" was performed at her worldwide tour Jagged Little Pill Tour. It was performed at her Junkie Tour and the Australian leg as well. It was performed at her Under Rug Swept tour and her Flavors of Entanglement Tour.
Another acoustic versino was featured for the single on her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic album (2005). An instrumental version is also leaked online.[4]
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 20 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[6] | 13 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[7] | 24 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 6 |
| US Pop Songs (Billboard)[9] | 1 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] | 23 |
| US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[11] | 7 |
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