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"Hands Clean" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette from her fifth studio album, Under Rug Swept (2002). It was written, composed, and produced by Morissette and released as the album's lead single in January 2002. It features a shuffling, largely acoustic-rock framework. 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.

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. "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. It topped the charts in New Zealand and Canada, where it became her sixth and most recent number-one single. An accompanying music video was released in 2002 for the single.

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lyricist and composer:Alanis Morissette (singer-songwriter)
publisher:Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) (ended)
1974 Music
Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Alanis-morissette-hands-clean-lyrics [info]
Wikidata:Q942339 [info]
part of:Jagged Little Pill (the musical) (number) (order: 13)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
2002-02-05Hands Clean (live, 2002-02-05: Gloria, Köln, Germany)liveAlanis Morissette5:12
2003-04-20Hands Clean (live, 2003‐04‐20: San Francisco, CA, USA)liveAlanis Morissette4:58
2005-02-11Hands Clean (live, 2005-02-11: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA, USA)liveAlanis Morissette?:??
Hands Clean (iTunes Originals version)liveAlanis Morissette4:44
Hands CleanAlanis Morissette4:32
Hands CleanAlanis Morissette4:31
Hands Clean (live, 2002: Toward Our Union Mended Tour, Rotterdam, Netherlands)liveAlanis Morissette4:48
Hands Clean (live, Berlin, Germany)liveAlanis Morissette4:48
Hands Cleancover and instrumentalVitamin String Quartet4:22
Hands CleanAlanis Morissette4:12
Hands Clean (live, 2012)liveAlanis Morissette4:40
Hands CleanliveAlanis Morissette4:47
Hands CleanliveAlanis Morissette5:03
Hands Clean (live, 2020-03-04: O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK)liveAlanis Morissette5:03
Hands Clean (live)liveAlanis Morissette5:05
Hands Clean (live, 2004-03-16: Sessions)liveAlanis Morissette?:??
Hands CleanAlanis Morissette3:19
Hands CleanliveAlanis Morissette5:42
Hands CleanliveAlanis Morissette3:31
Hands CleanAlanis Morissette3:48
Hands Clean (live, Berlin, Germany)liveAlanis Morissette?:??
Hands CleanAlanis Morissette3:48
Hands CleanAlanis Morissette4:26
Hands CleanAlanis Morissette1:30
Hands Clean (5.1 mix)Alanis Morissette4:31
Hands Clean (acoustic version)Alanis Morissette4:07
Hands Clean (acoustic)Alanis Morissette4:10
Hands Clean (acoustic)Alanis Morissette?:??
Hands Clean (acoustic)Alanis Morissette4:07
Hands Clean (acoustic)Alanis Morissette4:06