That I Would Be Good
| "That I Would Be Good" | ||||
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| Single by Alanis Morissette | ||||
| from the album MTV Unplugged | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
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| Studio | Royaltone (Los Angeles; album version) | |||
| Length | 4:07 | |||
| Label | Maverick | |||
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| Producer(s) | Alanis Morissette | |||
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"That I Would Be Good" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette that was first included on her fourth studio album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998). An acoustic live version of the song was recorded during a session for MTV Unplugged on September 18, 1999. The live version was released as a single in Europe in 1999 and in Canada on February 8, 2000.
The lyrics relate Morissette's intimate feelings about being judged, insecurity and self-doubt, expressing in theme and variation the desire to be sufficient in the face of changing external circumstances. The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who praised the flute solo by Morissette and its sweetness. Commercially, the single charted on the US Billboard Adult Top 40 and the Netherlands' Single Top 100.