I Never Learned to Swim

“I Never Learned to Swim: Jill Sobule 1990–2000” is a compilation album by singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released on March 28, 2001, via Beyond Records. This album functions as both a greatest hits collection and a retrospective that highlights the depth of Sobule’s lyrical storytelling and alternative pop style across her first decade in the music industry.

Tracklist Highlights;

The 15-track album includes songs from four of her albums released between 1990 and 2000, as well as two new tracks recorded specifically for this compilation:

1. Supermodel – (from Clueless soundtrack, 1995)

2. I Kissed a Girl – breakthrough LGBTQ+ anthem (1995)

3. Resistance Song

4. Bitter

5. Margaret – about a girl’s anorexia

6. When My Ship Comes In

7. Heroes – praises unconventional public figures

8. Clever

9. Houdini’s Box

10. Karen by Night – about a double life

11. Mary Kay – fictionalized take on Mary Kay Letourneau

12. Mexican Wrestler – new song, emotional fan favorite

13. Big Shoes – new song

14. Somewhere in New Mexico

15. Rainy Day Parade