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“Hand In My Pocket” by Alanis Morissette

From the album Jagged Little Pill (1995)

“Hand In My Pocket” by Alanis Morissette appears on 31 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1995 and 2024. It was first released in 1995 on the album Jagged Little Pill. Its best result is #14 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 alternative song of 1995, #959 alternative song of all time and #212 of the '90s.

31countdowns
20stations
#14best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1995–2024years charted

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"Hand in My Pocket" was the second single from Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette's 1995 album on Maverick, and it followed "You Oughta Know" with a completely different temperature: where that one spat venom, this one shrugs and grins. Morissette wrote it with Glen Ballard, who produced, recorded and mixed it and played guitar and keyboards, while she blows the harmonica herself.

It rolls along on a loose, easy groove, her voice swooping and cracking over the top and the harmonica wheezing in like a friend turning up late to the party. Critics mostly liked it, and what they singled out was her songwriting.

Radio took to it in a big way. It became her second number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and her first number-one single at home in Canada, and it reached the top 10 in New Zealand too. Mark Kohr directed the video, which puts her at a festival and behind the wheel of her car in black and white. "Ironic" was next in line.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 20 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 38 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 91
1995 14 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 21 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 33 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 32 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1995 85 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 100
1995 14 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 17 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 206 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 368 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 284 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 506 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 264 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 426 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 75 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 264 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 264 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 182 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 264 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 264 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 264 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 383 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 267 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 358 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2021 445 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 198 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 377 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2022 368 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 722 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 304 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049

Also listed as: Hand in My Pocket; Hand in my Pocket.

Charting alongside it in 1995

Best songs of 1995 →
  1. 1You Oughta KnowAlanis Morissette
  2. 2LumpThe Presidents of the United States of America
  3. 3Lightning CrashesLive
  4. 4Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing Pumpkins
  5. 5NameGoo Goo Dolls
  6. 6My FriendsRed Hot Chili Peppers

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