Thank U
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| Single by Alanis Morissette | ||||||||||
| from the album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Pollyanna Flower" "Uninvited" | |||||||||
| Released | October 13, 1998 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||||||||
| Genre | Electronica, experimental rock, trip hop | |||||||||
| Length | 4:19 | |||||||||
| Label | Maverick | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard | |||||||||
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"Thank U" is a song by Canadian recording artist and songwriter Alanis Morissette, for her fourth studio album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998). The song was written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, who produced her previous album. Morissette wrote the song after she came back from India.
The song received generally positive reviews from music critics and also performed well in the record charts, peaking in the top ten in several countries. An accompanying music video was released for the single, featuring Morissette nude in different streets in Los Angeles. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, but received mild controversy, due to nudity in the video. It was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards.
After the massive success of her breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill (1995) (which spawned the worldwide hits, "You Oughta Know", "Ironic", "Head over Feet" and "You Learn"), Morissette was considered one of the biggest music stars in the world, and many fans anxiously awaited a follow-up album. During a trip to India, in 1997, Alanis wrote some songs, including "Thank U". In 1998, Morissette contributed with the song "Uninvited" for the soundtrack of the 1998 film City of Angels.
In September of the same year, "Thank U" was released on radio and Alanis talked with MTV about the break between LPs and the first single: "Basically, I had never stopped in my whole life, hadn't taken a long breath, and I took a year and a half off and basically learned how to do that. When I did stop and I was silent and I breathed... I was just left with an immense amount of gratitude, and inspiration, and love, and bliss, and that's where the song came from, you know."
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