Critical Reception
In January 2008, New York magazine named "Underneath" "the best song we've heard all day", and About.com said the video is "well worth watching and is a great reminder of the talents of Alanis", and that the song's lyrics are "classic Alanis". Blender magazine gave the video two stars, writing, " features a bunch of weak, tentative and already dated beats—Madonna tried this same strategy (and pulled it off with significant aplomb) exactly 10 years ago. So while her voice sounds even a bit harsher when set against the track's popping, mechanical drums, the video just confuses Not a lot of "comeback of the year" potential here." "Underneath" has been certificated Diamond by ABPD for sold 500,000 digital copies on Brazil. Morissette is the only female artist of all time to have a diamond certificated song in that country.
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