# Song Title: Lyric is "It's like rain-n-n-n on your wedding day..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429 "2010-01-25T22:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Man_A_Plan_A_Canal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/1 "2010-01-25T22:12:31Z")
and it goes on like that with lyrics that describe ironic situations. I thought it was Sheryl Crow, but I can’t seem to find a Sheryl Crow song with those lyrics. Anybody know the song? Thanks…AMAPAC ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/2 "2010-01-25T22:14:19Z")
“Ironic” - Alanis Morrisette By the time I can post this I predict at least 5 identical answers. ETA: surprise! I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/3 "2010-01-25T22:14:48Z")
[Alanis Morisette, Ironic.](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html) ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/4 "2010-01-25T22:15:14Z")
That would be Alanis Morissette. And almost nothing in that song is in fact ironic, but it sure is catchy. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/5 "2010-01-25T22:16:23Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > “Ironic” - Alanis Morrisette > > By the time I can post this I predict at least 5 identical answers. > > ETA: surprise! I was wrong. Yeah, I thought that too and I was kind of right. Damn your slightly faster typing! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/6 "2010-01-25T22:17:47Z")
I think the title is “Ironic”, by Alanis Morrisette. It’s like answering a question on the Internet only to discover two other people have beaten you to it. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/7 "2010-01-25T22:23:08Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > “Ironic” - Alanis Morrisette > > By the time I can post this I predict at least 5 identical answers. > > ETA: surprise! I was wrong. Isn’t that ironic? ---
**Author:** ![A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Man_A_Plan_A_Canal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/8 "2010-01-25T22:23:33Z")
Thank you all very much; ignorance fought! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/9 "2010-01-25T22:26:10Z")
And yet perpetuated by the song itself. How ironic! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/10 "2010-01-25T23:39:32Z")
The most ironic thing about the song being that apparently, Ms Morissette does not know the meaning of the word _ironic_. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/11 "2010-01-25T23:51:44Z")
Is it ironic that the OP could’ve found out the answer far more quickly by simply having Googled the word “ironic”? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/12 "2010-01-26T00:04:44Z")
> [@TheBoltEater](#): > > Is it ironic that the OP could’ve found out the answer far more quickly by simply having Googled the word “ironic”? The OP did not know that the word “ironic” was in the song, which means that your post has the irony of 10,000 spoons. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/13 "2010-01-26T00:13:47Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > The OP did not know that the word “ironic” was in the song, which means that your post has the irony of 10,000 spoons. But what if someone saw that I received a giant box filled with 10,000 spoons and thoughtfully handed me a knife to open it? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/14 "2010-01-26T00:41:59Z")
The OP could, however, have simply googled the lyrics he did quote, and gotten the answer instantly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/15 "2010-01-26T00:49:27Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > The OP could, however, have simply googled the lyrics he did quote, and gotten the answer instantly. 😉 But then we’d miss all the witty repartee. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/16 "2010-01-26T01:15:11Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > The most ironic thing about the song being that apparently, Ms Morissette does not know the meaning of the word _ironic_. And isn’t it ironic? ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/17 "2010-01-26T01:26:35Z")
It’s a blackfly in your Chardonnay, I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/18 "2010-01-26T02:18:32Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s “Rio” by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/19 "2010-01-26T02:22:36Z")
> [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](#): > > and it goes on like that with lyrics that describe ironic situations. Oddly, that would only be even close to Ironic if it had been a weatherman had specially predicted clear weather so that they held the wedding outdoors- that would verge on irony. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429/20 "2010-01-26T02:27:07Z")
Did anyone mention that’s Alanis Morrisette? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-lyric-is-its-like-rain-n-n-n-on-your-wedding-day/526429.md?page=2)