You Learn

You Learn

Infobox Single
Name = You Learn


Artist = Alanis Morissette
from Album = Jagged Little Pill
Released = July 1996
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:00
Label = Maverick
Writer = Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
Producer = Glen Ballard
Misc = Infobox Single
Name = You Learn


Cover size =
Border =
Caption = Single for the MTV Unplugged version
Artist = Alanis Morissette
Album = MTV Unplugged
A-side =
B-side = Thank U (MTV unplugged)
Released = Start date|2000|4|18
Format = CD
Recorded = Start date|1999|9|18
Genre = Acoustic rock
Length =
Label = Maverick
Writer = Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
Producer = Alanis Morissette
Audio sample? =
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Alanis Morissette
Type = North America singles
Last single = "Ironic"
(1996)
This single = You Learn
(1996)
Next single = "Head over Feet"
(1996)Extra chronology
Artist = Alanis Morissette
Type = Europe singles
Last single = "Hand in My Pocket"
(1995)
This single = "You Learn"
(1996)
Next single = "Ironic"
(1996)Extra chronology
Artist = Alanis Morissette
Type = 2000 singles
Last single = "King of Pain"
(2000)
This single = "You Learn"
(2000)
Next single = "Hands Clean"
(2002)

"You Learn" is a rock song written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, and produced by Ballard for Morissette's third album "Jagged Little Pill" (1995).

In the song the first glimpse of Morissette's insightful, new-age guru appears for the first time, speaking of the importance of poor decision making in life and explaining that every decision that people make will teach a valuable lesson. A line from "You Learn" is the source of the title of "Jagged Little Pill". It refers not to drug use, but rather to the lessons of life being hard to accept ("Swallow it down, what a jagged little pill/ It feels so good swimming in your stomach"). The phrase is often mistaken for the title of the song, which Morissette has performed at nearly all her concerts. The arrangement of the song has changed repeatedly (particularly parts of the chorus melody), but the lyrics have remained the same.

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. 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) and charted at sixty-six on the Tokio Hot 100 radio chart in Japan.

There are two music videos for this single. The original music video, which features a dread-locked Morissette cart-wheeling, back-flipping, and wearing five different warm-up jackets. The video was directed by Liz Friedlander. The second video was clips of Morissette and her band on and off stage including live performances. A live version of the single was used instead of the album version.

Track listings

U.S. single

#"You Learn" (album version) – 4:00
#"You Oughta Know" (live Grammy version) – 3:48

MTV Unplugged version

#You Learn
#Thank UAll from Alanis Morissette MTV Unplugged

Charts

1 "You Learn"/"You Oughta Know"

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