I wanted to liberate myself from not beating myself up any longer. In an interview for Q Magazine, Morissette confessed, 'The grudge I hold is against myself for having been quiet for so long I've covered his ass for so many years. Website Jam! Music dug deeper, writing that it 'tells the story of her attempts to come to grips with an intergenerational affair that started when she was as young as 14,' a statement also made by other critics. Jon Pareles of Rolling Stone went farther, writing that the song is about 'an apparently matter-of-fact reminiscence of underage sex with a music-business mentor, an affair 'under rug swept.'' However, he commented that the song holds not a hint of Lolita guilt, forbidden passion, or resentment compared to her furious take on the same situation in 'Right Through You' on Jagged Little Pill. Lyrically, 'Hands Clean' explores a past relationship and how its effects linger. The narrative voice of the song alternates the verses are written from the presumed viewpoint of the other person in a relationship, an older man talking to a younger lover ('If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened/If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself' 'I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian/I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it'), whereas the chorus and bridge represent her own feelings ('We'll fast forward to a few years later/And no one knows except the both of us/And I have honored your request for silence/And you've washed your hands clean of this'). Morissette's vocal range spans from the low-note of G4 to the high-note of G6. The introduction follows the chord progression of CвЂ“DвЂ“G/BвЂ“C that repeats throughout the song except for the bridge that is Em-C-G-D two times. It is written in the key of G major, with a moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. 'Hands Clean,' written, composed, and produced entirely by Alanis Morissette, features a shuffling, largely acoustic-rock framework and a 'pure-pop' hook. Before its official release, the song debuted on German radio on Christmas Eve, 2001. Of the 27 songs written for the album, 'Hands Clean' was picked to be the first single and was released on 8 February 2002. So it was all really fast and accelerated, and I think 'Hands Clean' was maybe the tenth song that I wrote and I just wrote it with a guitar in a room.' 'I started writing alone,' she said, 'and within the first week I'd written seven songs. During that period, she acknowledged she had learned, 'That men in positions of power were not to be entirely trusted with my body and soul just because they were older than me.' ДЄccording to Jennifer Vineyeard of MTV News, the new album's topic was 'love, sex, cruelty вЂ“ with the added vantage of years spent growing up and getting over the man who vexed her so.' Morissette wrote, composed, and produced Under Rug Swept by herself, claiming to have been inspired by events in her life, such as a break-up with her boyfriend and her contract renegotiation with Maverick. Subsequently, she neither wrote nor composed for a few months, before developing a new album, through 20. An accompanying music video was released in 2002 for the single.ДЄfter Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie вЂ“ the 1998 follow-up to her 1995 breakthrough Jagged Little Pill вЂ“ Morissette joined MTV for an unplugged album, released in 1999. It topped the charts in New Zealand and Canada, where it became her sixth and most recent number-one single. 'Hands Clean' did well on the music charts, reaching number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Billboard Adult Top 40.

The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, some of whom immediately chose the track as an album standout compared to some of her previous material. Lyrically, 'Hands Clean' caused controversy, since it is reportedly the singer's recollection of a forbidden sexual relationship she shared with a much older man when she was approximately 14 years of age. It features a shuffling, largely acoustic-rock framework. It was written, composed, and produced by Morissette and released as the album's lead single in January 2002. ' Hands Clean' is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, for her fifth studio album, Under Rug Swept (2002). 2002 single by Alanis Morissette 'Hands Clean'

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