true HD Haley Reinhart "You Oughta Know" Top 3 American Idol 2011 (May 18)

"You Oughta Know" was the judges' pick for Haley (3rd of 3 for each contestant).

The song was collaboratively written by Alanis Morissette and producer Glen Ballard for Morissette's third album Jagged Little Pill (1995). It reached #1 on Billboard magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart in the U.S. and charted at #4 in Australia and #22 in the United Kingdom. Launching Morissette's career, and the album, Jagged Little Pill, to the top, the coarse language and piercing vocals were a jolt to mainstream pop music.

Red Hot Chili Peppers band members Flea and Dave Navarro performed bass and guitar, respectively, on the song. In 2010, Navarro reflected upon the recording, stating that: "Flea and I did that song together in the studio. It was already written with different instrumentation and we were asked to kind of re-write the music; a lot like a re-mix. The structure of the song was in place but there were no guide tracks, we just had the vocal to work from. It was just a good time and we basically jammed until we found something we were both happy with. Alanis was happy too."

It won two Grammy Awards, Best Rock Song and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Also was nominated for Song of the Year, losing to "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal, at the Grammy Awards of 2004.

In the season 9 finale of American Idol (aired on May 26, 2010), Alanis sang a duet of "You Oughta Know" with finalist Crystal Bowersox. Bowersox sang the line about oral sex (originally "Will she go down on you in a theater") but re-written, presumably to make it "family friendly," as "Will she go down with you to the theater."

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[hgrebnesor]

@seker7 I agree with you about the hypocrisy, as well as the epic quality of HOTRS and I Who have Nothing... however by choosing this song Haley comes out a winner. While some may hold the belief that Alanis performed her song better the comparison should be with a "live" version from Alanis. IMHO Haley does more than hold her own - (still my favorite performance). Factor in that Haley had to learn and perform THREE monster songs this week - under the pressure of being judged.....WINNING!

[tetkong]

i just cant get enough to this one! she's amazing :)

[hgrebnesor]

IMHO the reaction of all three of the judges rocking out during this performance is validation that Haley was robbed. Tough song - epic performance. She is right - this ain't the end of this thing....shindig!!!

[CaitD927]

I think she shoulda won with this one!

[albeertina]

@ihugtrees321 Mick Jagger?! that is Steven Tyler lead singer from the band Aerosmith!!!

[hpeselyk]

Fuck I love her. I never liked a female artist before but damn Haley is one of a kind

[svdorme]

@sincitysinglemommy I disagree completely, but this is indeed the best version I've ever heard of this song. Better than Britney's and MUCH better than Beyonce's/

[hgrebnesor]

@wthgtfo Thanks - But the older I get the better I was. Like Al Gore I helped create search engines, so I'm familiar with how to use them.We can agree that this performance was not bad- listen to her "studio version" where she does not mumble. Again, she did not choose he song - the "judges" did. And she had to learn two other songs which were equally challenging. What I'd suggest is that you learn to write better. It's Youtube, and I believe you meant "better thAN this"

[wthgtfo]

@hgrebnesor THE HERESY. I've watched many live performances from Alanis of this song, including the one from a concert I went to, and all of them were better, maybe you ought to learn how to use the search engine better. It's not that this performance was bad, it certainly wasn't. But not only did she mumble and forget lyrics but the only good part of this is the chorus. This song isn't its chorus. A song isn't its chorus. You must be very young cause I've watched utube covers better then this.

[ihugtrees321]

1:26 - 1:50 ....... AKWARD..

[ihugtrees321]

HIS FACE, MIKE JAGGERS, IS TOOO MUCH. SHUT UP WITH THE DUCK LIPS HAHAHAHAHA WHATTT?

[grty1426]

I'm pretty sure Steven Tyler wanted her to win. Randy is awesome, but ajskdhakjshd. AND JLO, I think, is fvcking insecure.