{{Short description|2002 single by Alanis Morissette}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Hands Clean | cover = Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean.png | alt = Morissette holding both hands in front of her mouth | type = single | artist = Alanis Morissette | album = Under Rug Swept | B-side = Sister Blister | released = {{start date|df=yes|2002|1|8}} | recorded = 2001 | length = * 4:31 (album version) * 3:50 (radio edit) | label = * Maverick * Reprise | writer = Alanis Morissette | producer = Alanis Morissette | prev_title = King of Pain | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Precious Illusions | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|2dH289KxkGw|"Hands Clean"}}}} }}
"'''Hands Clean'''" is a song written, produced, and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette from her fifth studio album, ''Under Rug Swept'' (2002). It was released as the album's lead single in January 2002. The song features a shuffling, largely acoustic-rock framework. Lyrically, "Hands Clean" caused controversy, since it is reportedly the singer's recollection of a taboo sexual relationship she shared with a much older man when she was approximately 14 years of age.
The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, some of whom immediately chose the track as an album standout compared to some of her previous material. "Hands Clean" charted at number one in Canada and New Zealand while reaching the top 10 in Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, and Switzerland. An accompanying music video was released in 2002 for the single.
==Background and release== After ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' – the 1998 follow-up to her 1995 breakthrough ''Jagged Little Pill'' – Alanis Morissette joined MTV for an unplugged album, released in 1999.<ref name=allmusicbio>{{cite web|title=Alanis Morissette | Biography | Allmusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alanis-morissette-mn0000932665/biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=30 July 2014}}</ref> Subsequently, she neither wrote nor composed for a few months, before developing a new album, through 2000 and 2001.<ref name=spin>{{cite journal|last1=Sullivan|first1=Kate|title=Well-Rounded Little Pill|journal=Spin|date=March 2002|volume=18|issue=3|page=88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8s9P_S6njMC&q=Well+Rounded+Little+Pill&pg=PA88|issn=0886-3032}}</ref> During that period, she acknowledged she had learned, "That men in positions of power were not to be entirely trusted with my body and soul just because they were older than me."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Blake|author-link=Mark Blake (writer)|title=I believed if I had sex I would be damned in hell forever|magazine=Q|date=October 2001|page=48}}</ref>
According to Jennifer Vineyeard of MTV News, the new album's topic was "love, sex, cruelty – with the added vantage of years spent growing up and getting over the man who vexed her so."<ref name=mtvnews/> Morissette wrote, composed, and produced ''Under Rug Swept'' by herself, claiming to have been inspired by events in her life, such as a break-up with her boyfriend and her contract renegotiation with Maverick.<ref name=spin/> "I started writing alone," she said, "and within the first week I'd written seven songs. So it was all really fast and accelerated, and I think 'Hands Clean' was maybe the tenth song that I wrote and I just wrote it with a guitar in a room."<ref name=mtvnews>{{cite news|last1=Vineyeard |first1=Jennifer |title=Alanis Morissette: The Silence is Over |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/morissette_alanis/news_feature_011802/index2.jhtml |access-date=30 July 2014 |publisher=MTV News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809185559/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/morissette_alanis/news_feature_011802/index2.jhtml |archive-date=9 August 2014 }}</ref>
Of the 27 songs written for the album,<ref name=bill>{{cite magazine|title=Alanis Excels on Her Own|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77192/alanis-excels-on-her-own|access-date=31 July 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=8 February 2002}}</ref> "Hands Clean" was picked to be the first single and was released on 8 January 2002.<ref name="msopr">{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q8EAAAAMBAJ&q=alanis&pg=PA89|title=Alanis Excels on Her Own|date=19 January 2002|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> Before its official release, the song debuted on German radio on 24 December 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1451621/alanis-jagged-edge-returns-on-new-single-hands-clean/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070511/http://www.mtv.com/news/1451621/alanis-jagged-edge-returns-on-new-single-hands-clean/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 February 2019 |title=Alanis' Jagged Edge Returns on New Single, 'Hands Clean' |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |date=28 December 2001 |publisher=MTV |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>
==Composition== "Hands Clean," written, composed, and produced entirely by Morissette, features a shuffling, largely acoustic-rock framework<ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine|title='Under Rug Swept:' A Track Listing|magazine=Billboard|date=8 February 2002|volume=114|issue=3|page=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q8EAAAAMBAJ&q=alanis&pg=PA31|access-date=24 August 2014|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> and a "pure-pop" hook.<ref name=bill/> It is written in the key of G major, with a moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. The introduction follows the chord progression of C–D–G/B–C that repeats throughout the song except for the bridge that is Em-C-G-D two times.<ref name=chords>{{cite web|title=Alanis Morissette "Hands Clean" Guitar Tab – Download & Print|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0042245&|website=MusicNotes.com| date=21 May 2002 |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref> Morissette's vocal range spans from the low-note of G3 to the high-note of B4. The narrative voice of the song alternates; the verses are written from the presumed viewpoint of the other person in a relationship, an older man talking to a younger lover ("If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened/If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself" [...] "I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian/I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it"), whereas the chorus and bridge represent her own feelings ("We'll fast forward to a few years later/And no one knows except the both of us/And I have honoured your request for silence/And you've washed your hands clean of this").<ref name=billboard/><ref name=rs>{{cite magazine|last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Alanis Morissette: Under Rug Swept: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/alanismorissette/albums/album/240512/review/5944461/under_rug_swept |access-date=24 August 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=RealNetworks, Inc. |date=8 February 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502172020/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/alanismorissette/albums/album/240512/review/5944461/under_rug_swept |archive-date=2 May 2009 }}</ref>
Lyrically, "Hands Clean" explores a past relationship and how its effects linger.<ref name=billboard/> Jon Pareles of ''Rolling Stone'' went further, writing that the song is about "an apparently matter-of-fact reminiscence of underage sex with a music-business mentor, an affair 'under rug swept.'"<ref name=rs/> However, he commented that the song holds not a hint of Lolita guilt, forbidden passion, or resentment compared to her furious take on the same situation in "Right Through You" on ''Jagged Little Pill.''<ref name=rs/> Website ''Jam! Music'' dug deeper, writing that it "tells the story of her attempts to come to grips with an intergenerational affair that started when she was as young as 14,"<ref name=jam>{{cite news|title=Alanis comes clean on teen affair|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/M/Morissette_Alanis/2004/12/07/770171.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507004428/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/M/Morissette_Alanis/2004/12/07/770171.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 May 2015|access-date=24 August 2014|work=Jam! Canoe|date=7 December 2004}}</ref> a statement also made by other critics.<ref name=pluggedin>{{cite web|title=Alanis Morissette – Under Rug Swept – Plugged In |url=http://www.pluggedin.com/music/albums/2002/alanismorissette-underrugswept.aspx |website=Plugged In (publication) |access-date=24 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826160845/http://www.pluggedin.com/music/albums/2002/alanismorissette-underrugswept.aspx |archive-date=26 August 2014 }}</ref> In an interview for ''Q Magazine'', Morissette confessed, "The grudge I hold is against myself for having been quiet for so long [...] I've covered his ass for so many years. So now it's almost like ... I wanted to liberate myself from not beating myself up any longer. It's almost irrespective of his involvement now; it's more about me and my relationship with my own past."<ref name=jam/>
In a track-by-track commentary on her album, Morissette further commented about the track: {{cquote|My intention in writing this song was to get to a place where I could be as truthful and as honest as I possibly could be about certain relationships in my past. It's definitely not with the intention of seeking any sort of revenge for the person who is at the heart of the song that I'm singing about, but it was in my silencing myself to protect somebody else that I was ultimately completely abandoning myself. And any time I speak untruths in my life, and oftentimes I feel that by not speaking the truth, by being silent, there's an element of untruth in that. Withholding the truth sometimes can feel just as horrible as a lie to me. So as I get older, I think I want more and more to introduce the bliss of speaking transparently and truthfully and as honestly as I possibly can, knowing that the truth in this case is my truth only.<ref name=mso>{{cite news|title=Alanis Morissette talks about songs from 'UNDER RUG SWEPT' |url=http://www.msopr.com/mso/morissette-cutbycut.html |access-date=24 August 2014 |work=MSO |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124210013/http://www.msopr.com/mso/morissette-cutbycut.html |archive-date=24 January 2009 }}</ref> }}
==Critical reception== While choosing the song as a highlight from ''Under Rug Swept,'' Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic compared its lyrics to her earlier hit "You Oughta Know," also noting that "this would all seem calculated, an attempt to regain her chart status, if Morissette wasn't so unabashedly earnest, seemingly unembarrassed by her confessions."<ref name=allmusic>{{cite news|last1=Erlewine|first1=Stephen Thomas|title=Under Rug Swept – Alanis Morissette | Allmusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/under-rug-swept-mw0000015524|access-date=24 August 2014|publisher=AllMusic|date=8 February 2002}}</ref> Stephen Thompson from ''The A.V. Club'' praised the track for being "a breezy new single" and "infectious enough to surpass the direst moment of 'Under Rug Swept.'"<ref name=avclub>{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Stephen|title=Alanis Morissette: Under Rug Swept: Music Review: The A.V. Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/alanis-morissette-emunder-rug-sweptem-22060|access-date=24 August 2014|work=The A.V. Club|date=8 February 2002}}</ref> David Browne of ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote that the song "could even be seen as a sequel to 'You Oughta Know,'"<ref name=ew>{{cite magazine|last1=Browne|first1=David|title=Under Rug Swept | Music Reviews and News|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,212552~4~0~underrugswept,00.html|access-date=24 August 2014|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=8 February 2002|archive-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026074903/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,212552~4~0~underrugswept,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> while Nikki Tranter of ''Popmatters'' compared the lyrical content on the song to her previous songs "Plastic" and "Jealous," from her first album, ''Alanis.''<ref name=popmatters>{{cite news|last1=Tranter|first1=Nikki|title=Alanis Morissette: Under Rug Swept: PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/morissettealanis-under/|access-date=24 August 2014|work=PopMatters|publisher=PopMatters Media, Inc.|date=14 May 2002}}</ref> Larry Flick of ''Billboard Magazine'' noted that the track show[s] Morissette "proudly wearing her affection for concise, pure-pop hooks,"<ref name=bill/> while Mark Blake of ''Q'' called it "one of the album's peaks."<ref name=Q>{{cite news|last1=Blake |first1=Mark |title=Q4music.com – Alanis Morissette: Under Rug Swept |url=http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.artist.review&fixture_review=139433&fixture_artist=142190 |access-date=24 August 2014 |work=Q |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041101014920/http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.artist.review&fixture_review=139433&fixture_artist=142190 |archive-date=1 November 2004 }}</ref> Kitty Empire of ''NME'' wrote a mixed review to the track, although calling it "a tolerable enough tune, mind, for those who think their chocolate craving says something poignant about their inner selves."<ref name=nme>{{cite news|last1=Empire|first1=Kitty|title=NME Reviews – Morissette, Alanis : Hands Clean | NME.COM|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews//6082|access-date=24 August 2014|work=NME|date=12 September 2005}}</ref>
==Chart performance== "Hands Clean" was a commercial success in many territories, reaching the top 10 in over six countries while also reaching the top-twenty in seven others. In the United States, the song debuted at number 65 on the week of 2 February 2002, becoming that week's "Hot Shot Debut",<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2002-02-02?rank=65|title=The Hot 100 Week of February 2, 2002|magazine=Billboard|date=2 February 2002|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> and moved up to number 49 the following week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2002-02-09?rank=49|title=The Hot 100 Week of February 9, 2002|magazine=Billboard|date=9 February 2002|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> The song cracked the top 40 in its third week, climbing to number 39,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2002-02-15?rank=39|title=The Hot 100 Week of February 16, 2002|magazine=Billboard|date=16 February 2002|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> and peaked five weeks later at number 23 due to an increase in radio play.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2002-03-23?rank=23|title=The Hot 100 Week of March 23, 2002|magazine=Billboard|date=23 March 2002|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Grammy Surge Pushes 'O Brother' To The Top|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/76475/grammy-surge-pushes-o-brother-to-the-top|access-date=24 August 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=14 March 2002}}</ref> On other ''Billboard'' component charts, the song managed to reach number 19 on the Mainstream Top 40 and number three on the Adult Top 40.<ref name="usps"/><ref name="usaps"/> In Canada, "Hands Clean" became her sixth number-one single.<ref name="can"/> In the United Kingdom, the song managed to debut at number 12, becoming her most successful single since "Thank U" (1998) as well as her latest top-twenty single on the UK charts.<ref name="UK"/>
In Australia, "Hands Clean" debuted and peaked at number nine, on 8 February 2002. It became her highest-charting single there since "Ironic" in 1996 and her last to reach the top 10.<ref name="aria"/> It received a gold certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipping over 35,000 units.<ref name="auscert"/> In New Zealand, the song experienced more success, debuting at number 48 but peaking at number one ten weeks later. It became Morissette's most successful single and first number-one hit.<ref name="nz"/> The song also experienced commercial success in several European countries, including Italy, where it reached number three,<ref name="italy"/> Norway, peaking at number seven,<ref name="norway"/> and Switzerland, reaching number five.<ref name="swiss"/>
==Music video== Francis Lawrence directed the music video for "Hands Clean."<ref name="songfacts">{{Cite web |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/alanis-morissette/hands-clean |title=Hands Clean by Alanis Morissette |website=Song Facts |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> It was televised and broadcast in January 2002 for the single's worldwide release.<ref name="msopr"/>
The video begins with Morissette sitting in a sushi bar when she spies a man (played by Chris Sarandon)<ref name="songfacts"/> as he enters. She has a flashback to a time when she spurned his unwanted advances, and it had an effect on her. Morissette's memories are displayed out on a television screen, and the process begins, recorded for public viewing and re-viewing. We see her writing about the relationship, guitar in hand, creating a song which she then records and takes to a record producer (played by Ian Gomez),<ref name="songfacts"/> who presses it as a CD. She is soon posing for the CD sleeve photograph and shooting a video, which is played all over the world, just as the CD is being flown across oceans, in order to be put on display at hip record stores, where it is snapped up by many eager hands, including a girl in a beanie (played by Masiela Lusha).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.naludamagazine.com/masiela-lusha/ |title=Masiela Lusha Interview |date=2 August 2017 |magazine=Naluda}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2013/10/seven-questions-with-masiela-lusha-of.html |title=Seven Questions with Masiela Lusha of George Lopez; Celebrity Week on Millionaire Nov. 4-8, 2013 |date=31 October 2013 |website=Sitcoms Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210031306/http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2013/10/seven-questions-with-masiela-lusha-of.html |archive-date=10 February 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> The singer is seen performing the song on the radio (radio DJ is played by Dean Haglund). At the video's conclusion, set a year after its beginning, Morissette again sees her former suitor enter the same sushi bar. Through her song, and the process of it becoming a hit and then a memory, she has come to terms with her past relationship. On seeing this person who had a profound effect on her this second time, she is able to move on: before departing the restaurant, she picks up a napkin and wipes her hands clean.
==Track listings== '''Canadian CD single'''<ref name="cancd">{{cite AV media notes|title=Hands Clean|year=2002|type=Canadian CD single liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=CD 16708}}</ref> # "Hands Clean" – 4:29 # "Sister Blister" – 4:10
'''UK and European CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hands Clean|year=2002|type=UK & European CD1 liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=w574cd1, 9362 42431 2}}</ref> # "Hands Clean" – 4:29 # "Unprodigal Daughter" – 4:09 # "Symptoms" – 4:15
'''UK and European CD2; Australian CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hands Clean|year=2002|type=UK & European CD2 liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=w574cd2, 9362 42432 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hands Clean|year=2002|type=Australian CD1 liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records, Reprise Records|id=9362424322}}</ref> # "Hands Clean" – 4:29 (4:30 on Australian release) # "Fear of Bliss" – 4:36 # "Sister Blister" – 4:10
'''Australian CD2; European maxi-CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hands Clean|year=2002|type=Australian CD2 liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records, Reprise Records|id=9362424332}}</ref><ref name=aria/> # "Hands Clean" – 4:29 (4:30 on Australian release) # "Awakening Americans" – 4:25 # "Unprodigal Daughter" – 4:09 # "Symptoms" – 4:15
==Personnel== Personnel are taken from the Canadian CD single liner notes.<ref name="cancd"/> * Alanis Morissette – vocals, electric guitar * Nick Lashley – guitar * Joel Shearer – guitar * Gary Novak – drums * Tim Thorney – acoustic guitar * Chris Bruce – bass * Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards * Mark Stephens – piano
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for "Hands Clean" !Chart (2002) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|9|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="aria"}} |- {{single chart|Austria|12|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|40|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|38|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- !scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref name="can">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/alanis-morissette/chart-history/cns/|title=Alanis Morissette Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2002.pdf|title=Canadian Top 20 in 2002|website=Cross Canada Countdown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407223203/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2002.pdf|archive-date=7 April 2005|access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-03-09.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=11|page=15|date=9 March 2002|access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref> |19 |- {{single chart|France|66|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Germany|18|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|songid=5056|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="German singles"}} |- {{single chart|Ireland2|13|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=19 January 2020}} |- {{single chart|Italy|3|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="italy"}} |- {{single chart|Dutch40|6|year=2002|week=8|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|15|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="nz"}} |- {{single chart|Norway|7|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="norway"}} |- !scope="row"|Portugal (AFP)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-03-30.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=14|page=12|date=30 March 2002|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref> |3 |- !scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10014.html|title=Archiva Romanian Top 100|access-date=21 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217201028/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10014.html|archive-date=17 December 2004}}</ref> |99 |- {{single chart|Scotland|9|date=20020302|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Spain|14|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|32|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Alanis Morissette|song=Hands Clean|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="swiss"}} |- {{single chart|UK|12|date=20020302|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="UK"}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|23|artist=Alanis Morissette|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|3|artist=Alanis Morissette|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|3|artist=Alanis Morissette|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="usaps"}} |- {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|19|artist=Alanis Morissette|rowheader=true|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="usps"}} |- !scope="row"|US CHR/Pop (''Radio & Records'')<ref name="r&r 2-22-02">{{cite magazine|title=R&R The Back Pages – Monitored Airplay Overview: February 22, 2002|date=22 February 2002|magazine=Radio & Records|pages=122–123|issue=1441|location=Los Angeles, California|issn=0277-4860}}</ref> |20 |- !scope="row"|US Hot AC (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=R&R The Back Pages – Monitored Airplay Overview: March 22, 2002 – Hot AC|magazine=Radio & Records|page=110|date=22 March 2002|location=Los Angeles, California|issn=0277-4860|issue=1445}}</ref> |3 |- !scope="row"|US Triple A (''Radio & Records'')<ref name="r&r 2-22-02"/> |1 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for "Hands Clean" !Chart (2002) !Position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2002/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002|publisher=ARIA|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref> |64 |- !scope="row"|Brazil (Crowley)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2002/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2002|date=3 April 2018|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> |47 |- !scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002|publisher=Jam!|date=14 January 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles.html|archive-date=6 September 2004|access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> |27 |- !scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 (Part 2)|publisher=Jam!|date=14 January 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles2.html|archive-date=6 September 2004}}</ref><br/>{{small|''Parts 1 & 2''}} |126 |- !scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_2002.html|title=Top 100 top played radio tracks in Canada in 2002|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812022009/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_2002.html|archive-date=12 August 2004|access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> |10 |- !scope="row"|Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2002.pdf|title=Top of the Music – Mix e Singoli|publisher=FIMI|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510011600/http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2002.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2006|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> |24 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2002|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2002|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> |60 |- !scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2002|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002|language=de|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> |84 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/2002.php|title=Billboard Top 100 – 2002|access-date=15 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107063725/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/2002.php|archive-date=7 January 2014}}</ref> |95 |- !scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA39-IA35|title=The Year in Music 2002: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|issue=52|page=YE-97|date=28 December 2002|access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref> |17 |- !scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2002|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=10|issue=51|page=12|date=20 December 2002}}</ref> |76 |- !scope="row"|US Triple-A (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 2002 Allstars: Most-Played Triple-A Songs|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=10|issue=51|page=52|date=20 December 2002}}</ref> |27 |- !scope="row"|US CHR/Pop (''Radio & Records'')<ref name="r&r top of 2002">{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 of 2002|magazine=Radio & Records|pages=31, 73, 105|date=13 December 2002|location=Los Angeles, California|issn=0277-4860|issue=1483}}</ref> |72 |- !scope="row"|US Hot AC (''Radio & Records'')<ref name="r&r top of 2002"/> |15 |- !scope="row"|US Triple A (''Radio & Records'')<ref name="r&r top of 2002"/> |12 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Hands Clean"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2002|certyear=2002|access-date=22 June 2019|refname="auscert"}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release dates and formats for "Hands Clean" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} |- !scope="row"|United States |8 January 2002 |Radio |Maverick |align="center"|<ref name="msopr"/> |- !scope="row"|Australia |28 January 2002 |CD |{{hlist|Maverick|Reprise}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue622.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 28th January 2002|publisher=ARIA|page=24|date=28 January 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue622.pdf|archive-date=20 February 2002|access-date=26 April 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |18 February 2002 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |Maverick |align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-02-02.pdf|title=Airborne|last=Hubner|first=Mririam|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=6|page=12|date=2 February 2002|access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-02-16.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 18 February 2002: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=33|date=16 February 2002|access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071028025835/http://www.pluggedinonline.com/music/music/a0000719.cfm Plugged in Online]
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