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}} "Ironic" is a song by Canadian-American singer Alanis Morissette. It was released in February 1996 as the third single from her third studio album, ''Jagged Little Pill'' (1995). It was written by Morissette and Glen Ballard, and was produced by him. Maverick. "Ironic" is a pop rock song written in the key of B major, and includes a moderate tempo of eighty-two beats per minute. The lyrics present several situations which are said to be "ironic", which has led to debates about whether any of them fit the accepted meaning of ''irony''. The track topped the Canadian ''RPM'' Top Singles chart for six weeks, and reached the top five in Australia, New Zealand and Norway. In the United States, the song reached number four on April 13, 1996, and currently is her highest-charting single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Ironic" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song won the Juno Award for Single of the Year, and received two Grammy Award nominations in 1997, for Record of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video. French director Stéphane Sednaoui filmed the music video. In it, Morissette drives through a winter landscape, and she plays multiple roles as her passengers. MTV nominated the music video for six MTV Video Music Awards in 1996, winning three of them. The music video was listed on VH1's "Greatest Music Videos" list and was parodied by Allison Rheaume and "Weird Al" Yankovic. In 2004, Morissette changed the lyrics of "Ironic" to denote her support for same-sex marriage at the fifteenth GLAAD Media Awards. This version was included on her albums ''iTunes Originals'' (2004) and ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic'' (2005), and was performed at the House of Blues in 2005, along with Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. "Ironic" was included on the set list of her tour Jagged Little Pill World Tour (1995), and her compilation albums ''MTV Unplugged'' (1999), ''The Collection'' (2005), among others. The song was covered by Mexican duet Jesse & Joy for their album ''Esta Es Mi Vida Sesiones'' (2007), and by American band Four Year Strong for their cover album ''Explains It All'' (2009). ==Writing and composition== "Ironic" was written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, and produced by the former for her third studio album, ''Jagged Little Pill'' (1995).〔 In an interview with Christopher Walsh of ''Billboard'', Ballard explained how he and Morissette met, and how "Ironic" was written. He commented: "I'm telling you, within 15 minutes we were at it—just writing. 'Ironic' was the third song we wrote. Oh God, we were just having fun. I thought 'I don't know what this is—what genre it is—who knows? It's just good". According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, it is a pop rock song,〔 set in the time signature of common time, composed in a moderate tempo of eighty-two beats per minute. It is set in the key of B major with Morissette's vocal range from the tone of E5 to , and "Ironic" chord progression starts with the sequence of Emaj7–F♯6–Emaj7–F♯6, before changing to F♯–Badd2–F♯–G♯m7 in the chorus.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ironic (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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