Complete List Of Alanis Morissette Songs From A to Z

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Alanis Morissette built one of modern rock’s most emotionally fearless catalogs, moving from her early Canadian dance-pop recordings into confessional alternative rock, expansive singer-songwriter work, soundtrack music, holiday recordings, and meditative ambient experimentation. This complete A-to-Z guide gathers her studio tracks, B-sides, demos, bonus songs, collaborations, covers, soundtrack recordings, and officially released alternate versions.

Complete List Of Alanis Morissette Songs From A to Z

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Before Jagged Little Pill sold millions of copies and made Alanis Morissette a global force in alternative rock, she was a teenage pop singer in Canada, recording dance-pop songs that barely hinted at the raw, unfiltered songwriting she would later unleash. Her early success in the Canadian music industry gave her a foundation, but it was not until she relocated to Los Angeles and teamed up with producer Glen Ballard that she found the voice that would define a generation.

Her first two albums, Alanis in 1991 and Now Is the Time in 1992, positioned her as a rising star in Canada’s teen-pop scene, but Morissette wanted more creative control. In 1994, she moved to Los Angeles and began writing with Ballard. The result was Jagged Little Pill, an album that broke records, reshaped rock radio, and made her one of the most important artists of the 1990s. “You Oughta Know” turned breakup fury into catharsis, while “Ironic,” “Hand in My Pocket,” and “You Learn” demonstrated her ability to balance introspection with melody.

Rather than attempting to recreate Jagged Little Pill, Morissette took risks with every subsequent release. Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie in 1998 moved into more experimental and introspective songwriting. During the 2000s, she continued evolving through Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos, and Flavors of Entanglement, with each album reflecting a different phase of her personal and artistic journey.

Havoc and Bright Lights followed in 2012, exploring spirituality, relationships, motherhood, and personal transformation. After an eight-year gap between conventional studio albums, Morissette returned with Such Pretty Forks in the Road in 2020. Its songs confronted addiction, anxiety, depression, parenthood, partnership, and the difficult process of healing.

Morissette moved in an entirely different direction with the storm before the calm in 2022. Created with Dave Harrington, the 11-track ambient meditation album used long instrumental and wordless vocal passages as companions for contemplation. Its titles included “Light—The Lightworker’s Lament,” “Safety—Empath in Paradise,” and “Restore—Calling Generation X.”

Her later releases included the 2023 Last Christmas EP, two versions of the Yellowjackets theme “No Return,” the 2024 single “O Holy Night,” and a 2025 recording of “Coming Around Again” performed with Carly Simon. These projects expanded a catalog that had already moved through pop, alternative rock, electronic music, acoustic performance, soundtracks, and meditation music.

Beyond her studio albums, Morissette’s influence extended into theater when Jagged Little Pill was adapted into a Broadway musical. Her catalog continued to resonate with new generations of singers and songwriters who embraced the same kind of directness, vulnerability, and emotional intensity that defined her breakthrough work.

Throughout her career, Morissette earned seven Grammy Awards, 14 Juno Awards, and international recognition for her contributions to music. She was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2005 and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2022. Her ability to connect deeply with listeners remained a constant through every reinvention.

Outside music, Morissette became an advocate for mental health, spirituality, trauma recovery, and women’s empowerment. She also acted in films and television series and hosted conversations exploring psychology, creativity, relationships, and personal growth.

More than three decades into her recording career, Morissette continues to tour, write, and expand her legacy. The voice that shook the music industry with Jagged Little Pill continues to resonate because of its willingness to confront anger, tenderness, fear, contradiction, and healing without disguise.

Complete List Of Alanis Morissette Songs From A to Z

A–E

“20/20” – Underneath single (B-side) (2008)
“21 Things I Want in a Lover” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Ablaze” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Alanis’ Interlude” (with Halsey) – Manic (2020)
“All I Really Want” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Are You Still Mad” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Awakening Americans” – Hands Clean single (B-side) (2002)
“Awakening—In Between Thoughts” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Baba” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Bent for You” – Feast on Scraps (B-side) (2002)
“Big Bad Love” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Big Sur” – Havoc and Bright Lights (bonus track) (2012)
“The Bottom Line” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“Break” – In Praise of the Vulnerable Man digital single (2008)
“Can’t Deny” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Can’t Not” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Celebrity” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Citizen of the Planet” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Closer Than You Might Believe” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“Comfort” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“Coming Around Again” (with Carly Simon) – Standalone single (2025)
“The Couch” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Crazy” (Seal cover) – The Collection (2005)
“Death of Cinderella” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“Diagnosis” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Doth I Protest Too Much” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“Edge of Evolution” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Eight Easy Steps” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“An Emotion Away” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Empathy” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Everything” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“Excuses” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“Explore—The Other Side of Stillness” – the storm before the calm (2022)

F–J

“Fate Stay with Me” – Independent single (1987)
“Fear of Bliss” – Feast on Scraps (2002)
“Feel Your Love” – Alanis (1991)
“Find the Right Man” – B-side to “Fate Stay with Me” (1987)
“Flinch” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Forgiven” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Front Row” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Giggling Again for No Reason” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Give What You Got” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Gorgeous” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“Ground—I Want to Live” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Guardian” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Guru” – Havoc and Bright Lights (Target Edition bonus track) (2012)
“The Guy Who Leaves” – Flavors of Entanglement (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
“Hand in My Pocket” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Hands Clean” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” – Last Christmas (EP) (2023)
“Havoc” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Head Over Feet” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Heart of the House” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Heart—Power of a Soft Heart” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Her” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Human Touch” – Alanis (1991)
“I Remain” – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time soundtrack (2010)
“I Was Hoping” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“In Praise of the Vulnerable Man” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Incomplete” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Into a King” – Big Sur 7″ (2011)
“Ironic” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“It’s a Bitch to Grow Up” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Jealous” – Alanis (1991)
“Jekyll and Hyde” – Havoc and Bright Lights (iTunes deluxe edition bonus track) (2012)
“Joining You” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)

K–O

“King of Intimidation” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“King of Pain” – MTV Unplugged (1999)
“Knees of My Bees” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“Last Christmas” – Last Christmas (EP) (2023)
“Lens” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)” – The Collection (2005)
“Light—The Lightworker’s Lament” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Limbo No More” – Flavors of Entanglement (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
“Little Drummer Boy” – Last Christmas (EP) (2023)
“London” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“Losing the Plot” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Madness” – Flavors of Entanglement (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
“Magical Child” – Havoc and Bright Lights (Deluxe Edition) (2012)
“A Man” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Mania—Resting in the Fire” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Mary Jane” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Missing the Miracle” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Moratorium” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Narcissus” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Nemesis” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“No” – Havoc and Bright Lights (Japanese edition bonus track) (2012)
“No Apologies” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“No Avalon” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“No Pressure over Cappuccino” – MTV Unplugged (1999)
“No Return” (Extended Version from Yellowjackets) – Standalone soundtrack single (2023)
“No Return” (Lottie’s Dream Sequence) – Yellowjackets Season 2 soundtrack (2023)
“Not All Me” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“Not as We” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Not the Doctor” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Numb” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“O Holy Night” – Standalone single (2024)
“Offer” – Feast on Scraps (2002)
“Oh Yeah!” – Alanis (1991)
“On My Own” – Alanis (1991)
“On the Tequila” – Flavors of Entanglement (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
“One” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Orchid” – Flavors of Entanglement (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
“Out Is Through” – So-Called Chaos (2004)

P–T

“Party Boy” – Alanis (1991)
“Pedestal” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Perfect” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Permission” – Havoc and Bright Lights (Target Edition bonus track) (2012)
“Plastic” – Alanis (1991)
“Pollyanna Flower” – Thank U single (bonus track) (1998)
“Precious Illusions” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Princes Familiar” – MTV Unplugged (1999)
“Purgatorying” – Feast on Scraps (2002)
“Purification—The Alchemical Crunch” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Rain” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Real World” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Reasons I Drink” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Receive” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Reckoning” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Restore—Calling Generation X” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Right Through You” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Safety—Empath in Paradise” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Sandbox Love” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“Simple Together” – Feast on Scraps (2002)
“Sister Blister” – Under Rug Swept (Japanese edition bonus track) (2002)
“Smiling” – Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
“So Pure” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“So Unsexy” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“So-Called Chaos” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“Sorry 2 Myself” – Under Rug Swept (Japanese edition bonus track) (2002)
“Space—Pause on Violence” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Spineless” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“Spiral” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Still” – Dogma: Music from the Motion Picture (1999)
“Straitjacket” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Superman” – Alanis (1991)
“Superstar Wonderful Weirdos” – Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Demos) (1995)
“Surrendering” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Sympathetic Character” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Symptoms” – Hands Clean (European single) (2002)
“Tantra” – Havoc and Bright Lights (Amazon bonus track) (2012)
“Tapes” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Thank U” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“That I Would Be Good” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“That Particular Time” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“These Are the Thoughts” – MTV Unplugged (1999)
“This Grudge” – So-Called Chaos (2004)
“‘Til You” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“The Time of Your Life” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Too Hot” – Alanis (1991)
“Torch” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)

U–Z

“Underneath” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Uninvited” – City of Angels (soundtrack) (1998)
“Unprodigal Daughter” – Feast on Scraps (2002)
“Unsent” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“UR” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Utopia” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Vapor—Amplified in Stillness” – the storm before the calm (2022)
“Versions of Violence” – Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
“Wake Up” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“Walk Away” – Alanis (1991)
“What Child Is This?” – Last Christmas (EP) (2023)
“When We Meet Again” – Now Is the Time (1992)
“Will You Be My Girlfriend?” – Havoc and Bright Lights (Deluxe Edition) (2012)
“Win and Win” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Woman Down” – Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
“Would Not Come” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Wunderkind” – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe soundtrack (2005)
“You Learn” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“You Oughta Know” – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
“You Owe Me Nothing in Return” – Under Rug Swept (2002)
“Your Congratulations” – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
“Your House” – Jagged Little Pill (hidden track) (1995)