<P> The song 's usage of the word `` ironic '' attracted media attention for an improper application of the term ; according to Jon Pareles of The New York Times , the song gives a distinct `` unironic '' sense in its implications . According to the Oxford English Dictionary `` irony '' is `` a figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used '' . Thus , lyrics such as `` It 's like rain on your wedding day '' and `` A traffic jam when you 're already late '' are not ironic . Morissette commented about the writing of the song : `` For me the great debate on whether what I was saying in ' Ironic ' was ironic was n't a traumatic debate . I 'd always embraced the fact that every once in a while I 'd be the malapropism queen . And when Glen and I were writing it , we definitely were not doggedly making sure that everything was technically ironic '' . In 2014 , Michael Reid Roberts penned for Salon.com a defense of the song 's use of the term `` ironic '' , as the song cites situational ironies , which is defined as the `` state of affairs or event ( s ) that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result '' , as some of the situations described in the lyrics could in fact be said to be `` ironic '' . </P>
<P> The song 's usage of the word `` ironic '' attracted media attention for an improper application of the term ; according to Jon Pareles of The New York Times , the song gives a distinct `` unironic '' sense in its implications . According to the Oxford English Dictionary `` irony '' is `` a figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used '' . Thus , lyrics such as `` It 's like rain on your wedding day '' and `` A traffic jam when you 're already late '' are not ironic . Morissette commented about the writing of the song : `` For me the great debate on whether what I was saying in ' Ironic ' was ironic was n't a traumatic debate . I 'd always embraced the fact that every once in a while I 'd be the malapropism queen . And when Glen and I were writing it , we definitely were not doggedly making sure that everything was technically ironic '' . In 2014 , Michael Reid Roberts penned for Salon.com a defense of the song 's use of the term `` ironic '' , as the song cites situational ironies , which is defined as the `` state of affairs or event ( s ) that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result '' , as some of the situations described in the lyrics could in fact be said to be `` ironic '' . </P>
who sings it 's like rain on your wedding day
who sings it 's like rain on your wedding day
Morissette
Morissette