“Uninvited” by Alanis Morissette

"Uninvited" was Alanis Morissette's first new recording since Jagged Little Pill in 1995, cut for the City of Angels soundtrack and released as a single on Maverick in February 1998. She wrote it herself and shared production with Rob Cavallo, and it takes its time: four piano notes carry it along until it swells into an instrumental climax with a haunted air.

With no physical single in the US, it couldn't qualify for the Hot 100 under the rules of the day, so it made its mark on the airplay chart instead, getting as high as number four that June. It got to number seven in Canada and went all the way to number one in El Salvador, and at the 1999 Grammys it took Best Rock Song as well as Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

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