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Ordinary World (song)

"Ordinary World" is the 23rd single by English new wave band Duran Duran and is the leading single from their seventh studio album Duran Duran (The Wedding Album). It went to number 1 in Canada and Italy, number 2 in Iceland and Sweden, number 3 in Ireland, New Zealand and the United States, number 5 in Norway, number 6 in France and the United Kingdom, number 7 in Denmark, number 11 in Switzerland, number 15 in Austria, number 16 in Germany and the Netherlands, number 18 in Australia and number 20 in Belgium.

"Ordinary World"
Single by Duran Duran
from Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)"
B-side"My Antarctica"
ReleasedDecember 1992
StudioPrivacy, London[1][2]
GenreSoft rock[3][4]
Length
  • 5:39 (album version)
  • 4:43 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Duran Duran
Producer(s)
  • Duran Duran
  • John Jones
Duran Duran singles chronology
""Serious"
(1990) 		Ordinary World ""Come Undone"
(1993)
"Ordinary World" at YouTube

Track listings

  • UK CD and cassette single[5][6]
  1. "Ordinary World" (radio edit) – 4:26
  2. "Ordinary World" (Above & Beyond remix) – 8:25
  3. "Hear You Calling" (Dark Moon remix) – 6:23
  • UK 12-inch single[7]
A1. "Ordinary World" (Condor remix edit) – 8:01
AA1. "Ordinary World" (Above & Beyond remix edit) – 6:45
AA2. "Ordinary World" (Gizeh remix edit) – 4:54
  • European CD single[8]
  1. "Ordinary World" (radio edit) – 4:26
  2. "Ordinary World" (Condor remix) – 9:08
  • German maxi-CD single[9]
  1. "Ordinary World" (original radio mix) – 4:24
  2. "Ordinary World" (Floorfilla radio cut) – 3:47
  3. "Ordinary World" (club mix) – 9:06
  4. "Ordinary World" (Floorfilla remix) – 6:50
  5. "Ordinary World" (Gizeh mix) – 7:01
  6. "Ordinary World" (DJ Janis vs. Plus One remix) – 8:04
  • Australian CD single[10]
  1. "Ordinary World" (radio edit) – 4:26
  2. "Ordinary World" (extended mix) – 8:16
  3. "Ordinary World" (Condor remix) – 9:08
  4. "Ordinary World" (Above & Beyond remix) – 8:25
  5. "Hear You Calling" (Dark Moon remix) – 6:23

Aurora version

"Ordinary World"
Single by Aurora featuring Naimee Coleman
from Dreaming"
B-side"Hear You Calling" (remix)
Released11 September 2000 (2000-09-11)[11]
GenreTrance[12]
Length4:26
LabelPositiva
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Sacha Collisson
  • Simon Greenaway
Aurora singles chronology
""Hear You Calling"
(1999) 		Ordinary World ""The Day It Rained Forever"
(2000)

In 2000, English electronica band Aurora featuring Irish singer-songwriter Naimee Coleman released a cover version of Ordinary World. It went to number 4 in Scotland, number 5 in the United Kingdom and number 6 in Ireland.

References

  1. ↑ "Reflections on Duran Duran's "The Wedding Album"". Duran Duran. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Popklassikot 1993: #3 Duran Duran – Ordinary World / Nuorgam". Nrgm.fi. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Courant, Hartford. "CD REVIEWS". Courant.com.
  4. ↑ "Nostalgia trip is marked by litany of great hits". Independent.
  5. ↑ Ordinary World (UK CD single liner notes). Aurora. Positiva Records. 2000. CDTIV-139, 7243 8 89324 2 4. 
  6. ↑ Ordinary World (UK cassette single sleeve). Aurora. Positiva Records. 2000. TCTIV-139, 7243 8 89324 4 8. 
  7. ↑ Ordinary World (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). Aurora. Positiva Records. 2000. 12TIV-139, 7243 8 89324 6 2. 
  8. ↑ Ordinary World (European CD single liner notes). Aurora. EMI Records. 2000. 7243 889421 2 6. 
  9. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named aurorager.
  10. ↑ Ordinary World (Australian CD single liner notes). Aurora. U-Music. 2000. UM12007CD. 
  11. ↑ Stavenes Dove, Siri (14 October 2000). "Airborne". Music & Media 17 (42): 13. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-10-14.pdf. Retrieved 5 October 2020. 
  12. ↑ Masterton, James (17 September 2000). "Week Ending September 23rd 2000". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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