{"id":6109,"date":"2026-10-07T17:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=6109"},"modified":"2026-10-07T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:12:16","slug":"4-facts-about-uninvited-by-alanis-morissette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/4-facts-about-uninvited-by-alanis-morissette\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Facts About \u201cUninvited” by Alanis Morissette"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 1995, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette became one of the biggest musicians of the ’90s after the success of her third album, Jagged Little Pill, which sold over 16 million copies. Anticipation was high for her next release, and she delivered with the explosive slow burn \u201cUninvited\u201d<\/a> in March 1998. It\u2019s since become one of her most well-known songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City of Angels<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Morissette wrote \u201cUninvited\u201d after watching an early version of the 1998 movie City of Angels<\/em>, starring Nicolas Cage as an angel who falls in love with a mortal woman, played by Meg Ryan. “I was going through certain thing of my own at the time, and it just sort of coincided at the same time that I could write it about myself and it could be something that Meg\u2019s character could be communicating throughout,” she said at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaked Early<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUninvited\u201d was scheduled for release on March 31, 1998, but leaked weeks earlier, on March 6, and radio stations put it in rotation. In an effort to prevent low-quality versions of the recording from being played, Warner Bros. released the City of Angels<\/em> soundtrack to radio stations before it was officially released in stores, which their publicity manager called \u201can inconvenience.\u201d<\/a> Meanwhile, the Recording Industry Association of America attempted to shut down sites posting the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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