Jaime Gill from Dot Music commented on the original version of " Ironic " , on his review of '' Jagged Little Pill Acoustic '' ( 2005 ) , that " '' Jagged Little Pill '' gave us pop 's greatest parlour game , with spot the genuine irony in ' Ironic ' " and calling the song " pretty " and " catchy " . But he later criticized the lyrics , calling the song " idiotic " , and giving a positive review to the acoustic version saying : " it actually sounds more relaxed and engaging without the hoary loud guitars of the original " . Even though Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic marked the track as one of the " All Media Guide track pick " of the album , in a separate review , from the same website , the CD single release was rated with two-and-a-half out of five stars . Pareles noted that in verses of " Ironic " , and another song from the album ( " Mary Jane " ) , " it 's easy to envision Morissette on the stage of a club , singing wry couplets backed by acoustic guitar " . He also commented in another article he wrote , that the song was actually " unironic " . Dave Brecheisen of '' PopMatters '' felt that the acoustic version of " Ironic " , was much worse than the original version . The single won the Juno Award for Single of the Year at the 1997 ceremony , and in the same year it was nominated for a Grammy Award , in the category of Record of the Year
1997 ceremony
Juno Awards of 1997
Ironic (song)