Did Alanis Morissette Write “You Oughta Know” About Dave Coulier? (2004)

Alanis Morissette comments on the inspiration behind her hit song “You Oughta Know.”
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[@XAbbeldydooX]

I can imagine Dave doing the silly gopher voice while being blown in a theater.

[@orangesharpy]

Hahahaha! That right there was golden.

[@justincoleman3805]

Is it made of...wood?

[@JohnDoe-ft3qs]

Lmao

[@jasec1511]

2 level joke, nice. 😂

[@Nina-rg8es]

Cut. It. Out.

[@BrianNIL]

The fact she ever dated him is crazier than whether the song is about him anyway.

[@ShannonsChannel]

Right??

[@JPMJPM]

She was 19 and didn’t have good taste yet.

[@ellegaunt]

I know

[@jondeak]

cut - it - out !

[@MagnussHippo]

Can’t beat that comment if you know you know ✂️

[@ml9867]

The sequel show FULLER HOUSE has been airing on GAC Channel on tv for those of you without Netflix.

[@joemomma1091]

Pretty sure he wasn't saying that as she went down on him in... a theater!

[@MagnussHippo]

@@joemomma1091 😂

[@GodWeenSatan]

All he will ever be known for

[@Sup_ERS_Tar]

For the most part, Jagged Little Pill is an absolutely near-perfect album.

[@user-ox5kh3fy8g]

What a weird phrase

[@ajmarecki]

Yes, you are correct.

[@lillagahnavich7700]

Absolutely there are so many of the non commercial hits that I listen all the time....remind me of my mom playing it in the car in the 90s...better days

[@JonCombo]

From memory I only disliked one song from that album.

[@PostPatriot1978]

@@user-ox5kh3fy8g I was going to say "yea, its almost totally!" 🤣

[@matthewpaul1111]

Alanis kind of gave it away at the end while talking about Coulier and saying, " But I didn't write it with the intention of recriminating him."

[@imalwaysright]

Not. The “him” refers to the person she was writing about

[@camxdidxthat]

@@imalwaysrightthey were talking about Dave so it is implied the him is Dave and Dave confirmed it recently. They even had a conversation about how he should respond

[@TheJols]

It'a obvious about Dave. I think he's proud of it.

[@jchan2088]

@@imalwaysright Stamos told howard it was about Dave. Stamos confronted Alanis about it at a party and she confirmed to him it was about Dave. Stamos told Andy Cohen the story.

[@melissanoyb]

Great point there, Matthew

[@generyan4043]

To help us get over Bob Saget’s death, she should admit the truth.

[@tod3msn]

It's about the comedian. Over and over this appears in stories. Alan's looks embarrassed about it these days. Times change and our feelings change and we feel foolish looking back at how we felt about something that happened long ago.

[@Johnnyrocks34]

Why would that get us over bob sagats death? Thats ridiculous

[@goldenageenthusiast]

I didn't realize how this tied into HIMYM but Bob Saget was on the show and Robin Daggers song PS I Love You was supposed to be You Oughta Know. Coulier was even in the episode and said something to the effect of "why do they always think it's me."

[@justincoleman3805]

Jane What do you mean you didn’t realize? You must have realized at some point.

[@el34glo59]

Lol wtf

[@tigersfan14]

I really respect her for drawing the line and not saying who it's about. It totally detracts from the universal beauty of the song. It's like asking a painter why they made a painting.

[@richardbadish6990]

Oh she Said it, she let the cat out of the bag in the end. Or should I say, weenie out of the popcorn cup? 😂

[@paddyoflaherty2519]

Coulier said on a podcast that there are references to his relationship with Alanis in the song thats how he knew it was about him. However he said they are on good terms now.

[@ellegaunt]

“good terms” ie she moved on with her life and he’s ancient history

[@comradek]

@@ellegaunt It was over 30 years ago, I think they've both moved on just fine.

[@wolfman8449]

Alanis and Jewel have a special place in my heart Incredible artists, sexy af, and very sweet souls.

[@bikerrider4845]

Kinda like Amy Winehouse

[@jakestroll6518]

Wasn't Jewel the one who dated Sean Penn? She's definitely no softie

[@MusicLoverMe6974]

[@klassicalmuzik]

Could it be possible that the song isn’t written about one person? Could it be about more than one person?

[@blazingstar9638]

Alanis’ vocabulary 🥰

[@thedude4672]

She's being coy here, but she did write that about him. That has been confirmed since this interview.

[@bernlin2000]

I mean...she pretty much admits it at the end "I didn't write it to recriminate him". There's no one else that fits the context of that song lol.

[@JoshLavian]

When/where?

[@CERTAIND00M]

@@JoshLavian She accidentally all but confirms it with her last line.

[@JoshLavian]

@@CERTAIND00M The OP said "since this interview"

[@CERTAIND00M]

@@JoshLavian And?

[@johnnymalmsteems198]

She’s embarrassed to say the truth cus it’s about uncle Joey…..truly embarrassing.

[@Muhdah1972]

We don't really need to know who it's about. It's a great song, I love it. The fact that it may be about an ex doesn't matter to me because it doesn't change my love for this song.

[@helenmccool7547]

It's about the everyman. 😉

[@nsny24]

She just admitted it was him inadvertently at the end.

[@bluemystic7501]

Cut, it, out, Alanis. It's about Dave.

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

Yes she did back then it was known as fact, Sadly I'm old enough to Remember even his comments on the song don't backtrack now lol.

[@Moondancin]

*Jagged Little Pill* *Pocket Full Of Kryptonite* *Monster* Just a few of my personal favorite 90's albums

[@blazingstar9638]

I always heard this rumour …of course Howard would ask about it 😎 👑 Jagged little pill was such an important album!

[@hammill444]

How was it important?

[@lillagahnavich7700]

@@hammill444 90s rage voice to many.... absolutely a milestone in music

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

90s rage needs to come BACK

[@TheBOG3]

Dave Coulier and Jeff Daniels are the same person. Blond, both actors from Michigan, and both still live there to this day. Everyone I know mixes them up…….

[@torpedoboy4]

True

[@ellegaunt]

Then you know some really under-exposed people

[@Kingx90]

Imagine being a record label and denying Alanis Morisette, what a major blunder. She’s absolutely amazing.

[@Girlhead]

HUGE blunder.

[@CerealKiIIer]

Imagine being one of the half the dozen record company passing over The Beatles.

[@tod3msn]

It is clearly about Dave C. Alans seems a little embarrassed like we all are after time passes and someone fades as being important in your life. Letters sent or things said seem stupid.

[@SeveredLegs]

Just cuz the song is probably about him doesn't mean all the individual lyrics are. In the creative process, producers are professional songwriters will assist and change things. They obviously wanted something more dramatic so the lyrics are probably embellished.

[@bryandepaepe5984]

It was likely an empathetic observation of someone else's relationships from her perspective with some sympathetic experiences of her own mixed in.

[@TheEner08]

Her speaking voice is as beautiful as her sining voice.

[@CERTAIND00M]

She accidentally confirmed it with that last line.

[@orlandoaguasvivas6580]

She did

[@RachMonPhoebs]

If you understand the definition of the intentional word choice she used-- "recriminate" -- you will see that she did not.

[@CERTAIND00M]

@@RachMonPhoebs "Recriminate" basically means to make accusations against someone in an effort to discredit their claims about you, right? I took it to mean she didn't want people to know who it was because then the song would seem like an attempt at recrimination ("Does she know that you told me you'd hold me until you died[...]", etc.) That would make the song seem petty when it's real intention (as with most great art) was personal catharsis. But when she said "him", she gestured at Howard, who had just said he believed it was Dave. That sounds a whole lot like accidental confirmation to me.

[@RachMonPhoebs]

@Pure Blood Ad hominem--always a sign of someone confident in their own reasoning. /s

[@francesca4346]

@Pure Blood Recriminate means to make counter-accusations. If you listen to the song, you very well know it was written with the intention of indicting someone for their misgivings in the relationship, so her word choice was very careful and apt here. If you know her, she's really composed and upfront, and the fact she first lamented the idea of being mysterious for no reason gives credence to the idea that she would be direct if it was about Dave. Being that the subject was not Dave specifically, but rather that they had dated around the time that she wrote that song, her line about him being recriminated, to me, sounds a whole lot more like: "I wrote it around the time we were intimate, but my intention was not to make it about him." Totally different.

[@johntutela5816]

This reminds me of discussion of who Carly Simon wrote You’re So Vain about

[@randyswanson3369]

Mick jagger

[@tested123]

that song was also about a young dave coulier

[@WhenImBackInChicago]

@@randyswanson3369 Warren Beatty.

[@SomeGuyInNevada24]

@@tested123 He does have all the letters Carly Simon says the song is about, A E R.

[@Rustie_za]

she is so beautiful

[@stansmith8158]

she too nice she don’t want to bash him she just a good person . i guess there are some good people left after all

[@justincoleman3805]

It’s probably about more than one person. Most songs about someone are about more than one someone.

[@klassicalmuzik]

Just what I was thinking actually

[@scottpowers6603]

If we know one thing, Robin Sparkles didn’t write her song about him

[@Paul-dw2cl]

of course famous Canadian singer dated Canadian comedian and they met because she sang the national anthem at a hockey game and he was playing in the hockey game

[@kirkbridej77]

✌️👉👍

[@joeriveracomedy]

They met at Nickelodeon I bet

[@kristaanderson1940]

In the film jagged she said she was dating alot of other people during that time she dated Dave. I find it interesting if she was dating other people why did the break up hurt her so much

[@ellegaunt]

because we all know human emotions are rational

[@qui_X]

Blow. Me. Now! Oh I mean "well blow me down! Ahgagagagaga.."

[@startervisions]

Uncle Joey need top in the movie room

[@startervisions]

@Edward Slater #sendtop

[@sherrymorris8628]

Love it! Keep it a secret. It's just best that way. 💗

[@EarthdogGFX]

18 years ago wtf

[@MistyMountainVideo]

It is! He heard and went "oh no".

[@mwebb999]

As if Alanis would be crushed about a relationship ending with that unemployed dork. He hasn't been on TV since Full House ended in '91.

[@zzizahacallar]

Dang Uncle Joey turned her out.

[@jwulf]

'Hands Clean' is a spiritual successor/sequel to 'You Oughta Know', and is also about Dave.

[@ellegaunt]

Not necessarily

[@Asukenick]

It's sounds very similar to the song Going Nowhere by Gabrielle.

[@paranoidhumanoid]

He seems like a nice guy, now I'm thinking -- yikes! 🤣

[@MrSean03839]

They dated and broke up, she wrote a song about giving him a BJ and made millions. Come on.

[@ryangettig274]

alanis moreupset

[@xkcman]

Wow, now you can't reply honestly on here, wtf has this country become?

[@audibletapehiss3764]

Jeez, once and for all, Taylor Swift wrote this about Warren Beatty ok? It's been 50 years, people, let it go! Wait... what were we talking about? Damnit this world is driving me senile.

[@paulawatters6744]

😄

[@nsasupporter7557]

So it’s not about him… that’s what I understand

[@eric81872]

Thank you for the video! ☺👍•♥

[@SWHBOYCE]

...Love her answer about " Dave " ; I see her skipping backwards , hat in hand , waving goodbye exiting behind the curtain !! Great interview , I saw it then .( 2004 ) .

[@moderusprime]

Good thing Dave has stated it's about him, as well as other parts of songs.

[@Obrian81]

It is about Dave... Dave even said it in an interview when he first heard the song & bought the CD & he saw she wrote personal things that he shared that's in the lyrics & clearly by reading the lyrics I totally believe in Dave.. Alanis can say whatever she wants, but it's clear it's about Dave

[@mikesharon2177]

What are some of the private things Dave was alluding to just curious?

[@poopasoreass]

@@mikesharon2177 Probably getting blown in a theater.

[@mikesharon2177]

@@poopasoreass 🤣😂👍🏻facts!!!!

[@jwulf]

So is 'Hands Clean'

[@matthewstorer8236]

@@mikesharon2177 She kept calling him one night while he was having dinner with Bob Saget. Being blown in a theater and dumping her for an older woman. Dave verified that it's definitely about him.

[@JFK-ir7yz]

CUT IT OUT

[@bvg83]

She didn’t confirm it or deny it so that means it was Dave! 😉

[@Johnnyrocks34]

Its about him!

[@dbdmack]

David Coulier was in his mid to late 30s and dating gals in their teens.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

clutch the pearls... it almost implies that teenaged girls voluntarily date older men.

[@mysteriousfunz8665]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂 I'm watching how I met your mother's "P.S. I LOVE YOU" 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@garretazonsa]

If you know the meaning behind her song "Hands Clean" then you wouldn't be as shocked about her relationship with Dave Coulier.

[@mikesharon2177]

Elaborate?

[@micheleingrassia7061]

Then and NOW..... ALWAYS an exquisite woman💖

[@Boston1995-y9f]

I love her even more. I was 16 when that song came out, and i also watched full house prior to her being a musician. They are both humble in ny opinion.

[@jdfraed123]

Alanis = GOAT!

[@mwebb999]

I didn't know Dave Coulier was that desperate for attention

[@oldmate86]

She admitted it at the end!

[@wendypatton1932]

I cannot believe she dated him 😵‍💫😳🤢. I just learned this. 😂

[@66RainySuper]

At least Dave got some good theater action according to the song

[@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234]

Shouldn’t do that during Schindler’s List though.

[@timothysilk9736]

Obviously has no balls !!! Love your voice but you just fd up and lied

[@awakentotruthmichaelsmith4698]

😂

[@BooLee01]

She said, "I didn't write it with the intention of recriminating him." Wouldn't that imply that he had somehow incriminated her first? Does anyone know the story behind that?

[@worthigirl2946]

Just say it....

[@abrahamcantu6147]

Did somebody say, wood!? lol 90s gen will know this phrase.

[@stevenygabbyperez695]

I think that song was more about how she felt and letting that go than him. That's why she doesn't want to admit it's Dave even though everyone knows it's Dave, even Dave.

[@babywah3290]

Technically she had a record deal and made albums before Jagged Little Pill.

[@ripwheeler2056]

Alanis is god

[@cathall7210]

SHE IS!! In the 1999 movie Dogma She played God!! 😺

[@ripwheeler2056]

Finally some one got the reference 😂

[@WaitingtoHit]

No, she wrote it about Reginald VelJohnson.

[@shilohstore6086]

Give me while I Google interim.... and congratulations to Alanis Morissette for working that word into a sentence 😂

[@Zero8880]

I heard it was about the hockey player Ty Domi

[@1961burn]

She's so cool

[@pissoff234]

To all lesbians around the world.

[@jaymiller6009]

Oh…. Cut…. It….Out!

[@tuvoca825]

She's the fourth Olsen twin....😮

[@semmcstevenson]

Yes..it’s about Dave.

[@eldiablort1461]

Let me just help: the answer is yes. lol.

[@garyv2498]

Howard just wants her to go down on him in a theater.

[@heftyjay1]

Taylor Hawkins

[@pulseweld]

they worked together on a canadian childrens show on nickelodeon called 'you cant do that on television.' she was groomed as a child

[@mikedemirdjian9976]

Groomed? Wtf you mean groomed?

[@HCaulfield115]

@@mikedemirdjian9976 he’s a sicko.

[@HaCubbee]

@@mikedemirdjian9976 Groom- Prepare or train (someone) for a particular purpose or activity.

[@Andrew-dd1fr]

It’s actually about me.

[@AD-nu4ef]

How. Rude!!!

[@empire0]

Apparently the song's original title was "Cut it out" but she figured that would be too obvious

[@rodneymasters2002]

I Remember gettinv up saturday and glue to the tv little crush on you when you were on You cant do that on television ...I knew you grew up in Ottawa very close to us ....another Canadian great 🇨🇦

[@lufflyness]

I think it’s about multiple people but Coulier is the main culprit.

[@long-time-first-time]

I wouldn't mind watching a movie with her.

[@impressions1017]

Good vocab

[@EdertheJust]

100% him.

[@CloneShockTrooper]

love the album!

[@FreshTake01]

Who’s more at fault idk

[@skootermclovinsrluiz2650]

Dave coulier must have sold his soul to da devil...

[@saulshine1969]

I wish that song was about me...

[@mikebrennan6653]

I heard it was Glen Culca .

[@pepperVenge]

Did she go down on you in - a Theiter!

[@NK-nk3xe]

About Dave? Cut. It. Out.

[@kimakotrotman6860]

She was writing it from the perspective of a distraught woman.

[@JS-us5qn]

Maybe Ryan

[@tracymcelhenie3988]

unintentional incrimination