Sheryl Crow was OK. She was inoffensive enough to appeal to an older generation bemused by the weirder and angstier Gen X stuff.
Since you mentioned Alanis Morisette, here is a better song. Plenty weird and angsty.
It was one of two top 40 songs in 1995 to feature prominent use of the F word (though there might have been some rap songs that did). Here is the other one:
Edit: "Closer" only reached #41 on Billboard, actually--so not technically top 40, sorry.
Since you mentioned Alanis Morisette, here is a better song. Plenty weird and angsty.
It was one of two top 40 songs in 1995 to feature prominent use of the F word (though there might have been some rap songs that did). Here is the other one:
Edit: "Closer" only reached #41 on Billboard, actually--so not technically top 40, sorry.