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"Ironic" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released in February 1996 by Maverick and Warner Bros. 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.
The song's use of situational irony [33] led to some fascination with whether it is a correct application of the term ironic. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] According to the Oxford English Dictionary "irony" is "a figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used" [ 36 ] making lyrics such as "It's like rain on ...
While none of the examples are really irony in the song, that fact makes the name of the song ironic in itself. All the "irony" is mostly coincidences. Since you're expecting irony but instead get coincidences, the song is an example of situational irony. 66.10.78.114 16:53, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Songfacts is a music-oriented website that has articles about songs, detailing the meaning behind the lyrics, how and when they were recorded, and any other info that can be found. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
[4] [6] The title of the song was intended to be ironic, as Lennon sings that the luck of the Irish has been historically non-existent, and "if you had the luck of the Irish" that "you'd wish you was English instead."
Verbal irony is "a statement in which the meaning that a speaker employs is sharply different from the meaning that is ostensibly expressed". [1] Moreover, it is produced intentionally by the speaker, rather than being a literary construct, for instance, or the result of forces outside of their control. [ 19 ]
SongMeanings is a music website that encourages users to discuss and comment on the underlying meanings and messages of individual songs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of May 2015, the website contains over 110,000 artists, 1,000,000 lyrics, 14,000 albums, and 530,000 members.
An early ironic use of the term appears in the title of the 1974 film The Groove Tube, which satirized the American counterculture of the time. The term was later used jokingly in films such as Evil Dead II , Army of Darkness , and the Austin Powers films, as well as in the Duke Nukem 3D video game.