ALANIS MORISSETTE - THANK U
How Bout Getting Off Of These Antibiotics
How Bout Stopping Eating When I'm Full Up
How Bout Them Transparent Dangling Carrots
How Bout That Ever Elusive Could Have
Thank You India
Thank You Terror
Thank You Disillusionment
Than You Frailty
Thank You Consequence
Thank You Thank You Silence
How Bout Me Not Blaming You For Everything
How Bout Me Enjoying The Moment For Once
How Bout How Good It Feels To Finally Forgive You
How Bout Grieving It All One At A Time
Thank You India
Thank You Terror
Thank You Disillusionment
Than You Frailty
Thank You Consequence
Thank You Thank You Silence
The Moment I Let Go Of It
Was The Moment I Got More Than I Could Handle
The Moment I Jumped Off Of It
Was The Moment I Touched Down
How Bout No Longer Being Masochistic
How Bout Remembering Your Divinity
How Bout Unabashedly Bawling Your Eyes Out
How Bout Not Equating Death With Stopping
Thank You India
Thank You Providence
Thank You Disillusionment
Than You Nothingness
Thank You Clarity
Thank You Thank You Silence
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
Producer(s): Glen Ballard
Alanis Morissette Spent Well Over A Year Touring And Promoting Her 1995 Album Jagged Little Pill, Which Burned Her Out Physically And Emotionally. For The Next Year And A Half, She Took A Lot Of Time Off To Decompress And Re-Evaluate. "Thank U" Is Her Reaction To The Conflicted Feelings She Had After Achieving Success.
Disillusionment, Frailty And Silence Are Among The Things And Feelings Morissette Thanks In This Song, But At The Top Of Her List Is India, Where She Spent Time In 1997. The Trip Was Enlightening And Gave Her Some Of The Ideas For This Song.
The Video Shows Alanis Singing Naked In The Middle Of An Empty City Street. Her Hair Covers Her Breasts And Her Crotch Was Digitally Obscured To Keep It Family Friendly. A City Block Had To Be Shut Down To Shoot The Video. She Recalled To Q Magazine In 1999: "We Were On The Streets Of Downtown La Two Nights In A Row. It Was Pretty Cold. We Had To Use A Little Bit Of Latex So I Wouldn't Get Arrested Because Apparently If You're Fully Naked On The Street Anywhere In America... Jail. Some People Would Go By And Stop, But It Was Three Or Four In The Morning, So It Was Quiet. I Wanted To Express Where The Song Came From Which Was To Be Really Empowered By Being Vulnerable And Not Being Apologetic."
This Was The First Single From Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, Which Was Released Three Years After Morissette's Wildly Popular Jagged Little Pill. The Wait Created A Lot Of Demand For New Alanis Material And Earned The Song Instant Airplay When It Was Released. In America, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Set The Record For Most Copies Sold By A Female Artist Its First Week With 460,000, And Went On To Sell Over 3 Million.
This Was Nominated For A Grammy For Best Female Pop Vocal, But Lost To "I Will Remember You" By Sarah Mclachlan.
Morissette Wrote And Produced This Song With Her Jagged Little Pill Collaborator Glen Ballard, Who Also Played Guitar, Piano And Synthesizer On The Track. On The Jagged Album, They Had A Paltry Budget But Got Benmont Tench Of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers To Play Organ On Some Songs In Exchange For Dinner. Benmont Returned For Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (Presumably With A More Substantial Payment), And Played On "Thank U."
This Was Used In The 2010 Comedy "The Way", Starring Martin Sheen And Emilio Estevez.