" Ironic " was covered in 2007 by Mexican duet Jesse & Joy for their album '' Esta Es Mi Vida Sesiones '' , and the pop punk band Four Year Strong for their 90 's cover album '' Explains It All '' ( 2009 ) . In the 1996 novel '' Naïve . Super '' by Norwegian author Erlend Loe , the protagonist watches the video for the song on television and dreams about " meeting an Alanis-girl and living in a house together with her " . In the Jay and Silent Bob comic '' Chasing Dogma '' ( 1998 ) , the character Tricia Jones is singing " Ironic " before Jay steps into the shower . In 2003 , Ji-In Cho covered the song for the German version of the '' Fame Academy '' talent show , which became a success in the German charts . In September 2001 , " Ironic " was listed as " one of the songs deemed inappropriate due to its lyrics " by American mass media company Clear Channel Communications , after the September 11 attacks occurred . The music of the song was featured in the romantic comedy film '' I Could Never Be Your Woman '' ( 2007 ) , where Saoirse Ronan , as Izzie Mensforth , sings an altered version of the lyrics in a talent show . It also made a predominant appearance as the opener to 2013 comedy film '' The Internship '' , starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn , as they sing along to it . More recently , the song was briefly on an episode of '' Castle '' when the titular character laments about the song 's title being subjected to misuse since it was first released . In 2015 , Morissette appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden and sang a version of the song with new lyrics " updated " for the technology era , and an homage to the linguistics of the original mentioned above
September 11 attacks
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Ironic (song)