4. You Oughta Know, By Alanis Morissette
From Alanis Morissette‘s best loved album Jagged Little Pill, it’s pretty obvious that ‘You Oughta Know’ is something of a raging anthem – the soundtrack for scorned women. What few people know, though, is that the song is directly targeted at one person in particular… and honestly, someone we’d rather not think of as a sexual being. Reportedly about actor/comedian Dave Coulier of Full House fame, the comedian has denied it – but a lot of evidence is working against his claim. While Coulier says he spoke to Morisette directly about whether or not the song was about him, and she said no… he can’t help seeing parallels between their relationship present in the song and the entire album. In an interview withHuffPost Live, he went on to say: “The one that got me was, ‘I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner.’ That was because we had already broken up and she had called—she was living in Canada at the time—she called, and I said, ‘Hey, I’m right in the middle of dinner, can I just call you right back?’ I remember that line when I heard ‘You Oughta Know,’ and I just went…it was like, ‘Uh-oh.’”
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