You Oughta Know, Dave Coulier



For the longest time, I thought the song was written about John Stamos, also known as ‘Uncle Jesse’.

Turns out, it was ‘Uncle Joey’ the whole time.

I’ll let this blurb from the Calgary Hearld explain:

The favorite and funniest uncle on Full House, 'Uncle Joey', has finally confirmed a long-standing rumor - he was the inspiration for the Alanis Morisette break-out song.

'Uncle Joey' Dave Coulier is finally speaking out and confirming that Alanis Morissette's raunchy, rough hit "You Oughta Know" is about himself.

Coulier says he dated Alanis but didn't know she would make their breakup public. Upon first hearing Alanis' song, "I said, 'Wow, this girl is angry,'" Dave recalled.

"And then I said, 'Oh man, I think it's Alanis.' ... I listened to the song over and over again, and I said, 'I think I have really hurt this person.' "

But no worries, the pair met up and everything went fine: "We saw each other and hung out for an entire day."

"And it was beautiful. It was one of those things where it was kind of like, 'We're good.'"



Believe it or not, Morisette’s smash hit ‘You Oughta Know’ is not the only song to have been written about Dave Coulier.

In fact, several songs that have defined a generation were influenced by the playful ex-host of America’s Funniest People.

You may be surprised to know that the late Kurt Cobain wrote the lyrics to ‘Rape Me’ after a heroine party gone awry. As the Nirvana frontman sings “rape me/rape me my friend” he actually means to say “rape me/rape me Dave Coulier”.

Brit-rock superstars Oasis also have a song about Coulier. Have you ever heard of a song called ‘Wonderwall’? Of course you have. Everyone has. Idiot. When singer Liam Gallagher closes his eyes and says “I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now,” he’s secretly telling the world about his love for Coulier’s transcendent acting skills.

We could be here all week talking about songs like the Foo Fighter’s ‘My Hero’, Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’, Jay-Z’s ‘Big Pimpin’, and Russian lesbian super group T.A.T.U.’s ‘Not Gonna Get US’ just to name a few. But you get the idea.