It became Morissette's most successful single and first number-one hit. The song also experienced commercial success in several European countries, including Italy, where it reached number three, Norway, peaking at number seven, and Switzerland, reaching number five. Music video Background and synopsis Francis Lawrence directed the music video for "Hands Clean." It was televised and broadcast in January 2002 for the single's worldwide release. The video begins with Alanis sitting in a sushi bar when she spies a man (played by Chris Sarandon) as he enters. She has a flashback to a time when she spurned his unwanted advances, and it had an effect on her. We see Alanis's memories played out on a television screen, and the process begins, recorded for public viewing and re-viewing. We see her writing about the relationship, guitar in hand, creating a song which she then records and takes to a record producer (played by Ian Gomez), who presses it as a CD. She is soon posing for the CD sleeve photograph and shooting a video, which is played all over the world, just as the CD is being flown across oceans, in order to be put on display at hip record stores, where it is snapped up by many eager hands, including a girl in a beanie (played by Masiela Lusha). The singer is seen performing the song on the radio (radio DJ is played by Dean Haglund). At the video's conclusion, set a year after its beginning, Morissette again sees her former suitor enter the same sushi bar. Through her song, and the process of it becoming a hit and then a memory, she has come to terms with her past relationship. On seeing this person who had a profound effect on her this second time, she is able to move on: before departing the restaurant, she picks up a napkin and wipes her hands clean. Track listings Canadian CD single "Hands Clean" – 4:29 "Sister Blister" – 4:10 UK and European CD1 "Hands Clean" – 4:29 "Unprodigal Daughter" – 4:09 "Symptoms" – 4:15 UK and European CD2, Australian CD1 "Hands Clean" – 4:29 (4:30 on Australian release) "Fear of Bliss" – 4:36 "Sister Blister" – 4:10 Australian CD2, European maxi-single "Hands Clean" – 4:29 (4:30 on Australian release) "Awakening Americans" – 4:25 "Unprodigal Daughter" – 4:09 "Symptoms" – 4:15 Personnel Credits are lifted from the Canadian CD single liner notes. Alanis