Thank U

The music video for "Thank U" by Alanis Morissette drew attention for its nudity when it premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on October 12, 1998. Directed by French director Stéphane Sednaoui, who had previously worked with Morissette on "Ironic", the clip showed the singer walking through public locations, including a street, a supermarket and a subway car, completely nude with strangers embracing her. Her long hair covered her breasts while her pubic region was blurred out, and MTV in India and certain other Asian countries broadcast slightly modified versions, though later replays aired the original. In May 2001 the video placed at number 66 on VH1's 100 Greatest Videos.

The song itself grew out of a trip Morissette took to India in 1997. She had taken a year and a half off after the success of Jagged Little Pill, her 1995 album produced by Glen Ballard, and told MTV that the silence left her with gratitude, inspiration, love and bliss. She and Ballard wrote "Thank U" together, and Maverick and Reprise Records released it as a single on October 12, 1998. The lyrics pose questions like "How bout getting off these antibiotics?" and thank circumstances such as terror and disillusionment for helping her grow.

Commercially the single became Morissette's fifth number-one in Canada, topping the RPM Top Singles chart for three consecutive weeks. It reached number two in New Zealand and number three in Norway, and peaked at number five in the United Kingdom, her highest-charting single there. At the 2000 Grammy Awards it was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, losing to Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You".