Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alanis Morissette performs at The Omni Coliseum in Atlanta Georgia, September 14, 1996 Rick Diamond/Getty Images The prevailing ...

The song has become universally beloved since it first premiered but back in 1996, Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" was just breaking into the mainstream. The 1996 MTV Video Music Awards was the ceremony ...

Irony is hard to define. Just ask award-winning singer/songwriter and ‘90s teen muse Alanis Morissette. In 1997, on her hugely successful “Jagged Little Pill” album, Morissette included the song ...

What are the ironic effects of mental control? We’ve all experienced them: feeling wide awake when trying to fall asleep yet feeling sleepy when trying to stay awake, trying not to laugh out loud for ...

Alanis Morissette’s 1996 hit “Ironic,” a catchy song that doubles as a true/false quiz for every middle school English teacher in America, is finally ironic. Sisters Eliza and Rachael Hurwitz have ...

Have you ever found yourself about to say, “that’s ironic,” only to stop yourself – unsure whether you were using the word correctly? If you’re like most people, you probably know irony when you see ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I was scanning my Twitter feed recently, ...

“Ironic” is the fifth of 10 songs in Act 1, and its beautiful reversal hunts the hunters. It laughs them right off the stage, not meanly or defensively — because they are somewhat correct about the ...