Ordinary World (song)

"Ordinary World"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
B-side	"My Antarctica"
Released	December 1992
Studio	Privacy, London[1][2]
Genre	Soft rock[3][4]
Length	5:39 (album version) 4:43 (single version)
Label	Parlophone EMI Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Duran Duran
Producer(s)	Duran Duran John Jones
Duran Duran singles chronology
"Serious" (1990) "Ordinary World" (1992) "Come Undone" (1993)
Music video
"Ordinary World" on YouTube

"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.

Track listings

UK 7-inch and cassette single[5][6] "Ordinary World" (single version) – 4:41 "My Antarctica" – 5:06 UK CD1[7] "Ordinary World" (single version) "Save a Prayer" "Skin Trade" "My Antarctica" UK CD2[8] "Ordinary World" (single version) "The Reflex" "Hungry Like the Wolf" "Girls on Film" US CD single[9] "Ordinary World" – 5:39 "My Antarctica" – 5:06 "Save a Prayer" – 5:33 "UMF" – 5:31

US and Canadian cassette single[10] "Ordinary World" – 5:39 "Ordinary World" (acoustic version) – 5:05 "Save a Prayer ('Til the Morning After)" (live) – 6:12 Australian CD single[11] "Ordinary World" (single version) – 4:41 "My Antarctica" – 5:06 "Save a Prayer" – 5:33 "The Reflex" – 4:25 The Singles 1986–1995 box set[12] "Ordinary World" (single version) – 4:43 "My Antarctica" – 5:00 "Ordinary World" – 5:39 "Save a Prayer" (single version) – 5:25 "Skin Trade" – 4:25 "The Reflex" (7-inch version) – 4:25 "Hungry Like the Wolf" – 3:25 "Girls on Film" – 3:30

Aurora version

"Ordinary World"
Single by Aurora featuring Naimee Coleman
from the album Dreaming
B-side	"Hear You Calling" (remix)
Released	11 September 2000 (2000-09-11)[13]
Genre	Trance[14]
Length	4:26
Label	Positiva
Songwriter(s)	Nick Rhodes Simon Le Bon Warren Cuccurullo John Taylor
Producer(s)	Sacha Collisson Simon Greenaway
Aurora singles chronology
"Hear You Calling" (1999) "Ordinary World" (2000) "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.

Track listings

• UK CD and cassette single^[15][16]

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^[17]

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^[18]

1. "Ordinary World" (radio edit) – 4:26
2. "Ordinary World" (Condor remix) – 9:08

• German maxi-CD single^[19]

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^[20]

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

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 7-inch single vinyl disc). Duran Duran. Parlophone. 1993. DD 16.
6. Ordinary World (UK cassette single sleeve). Duran Duran. Parlophone. 1993. TCDD 16, 7243 8 80217 4 6.
7. Ordinary World (UK CD1 liner notes). Duran Duran. Parlophone. 1993. CDDDS 16, 7243 8 80218 2 1.
8. Ordinary World (UK CD2 liner notes). Duran Duran. Parlophone. 1993. CDDDPD 16, 7243 8 80217 2 2.
9. Ordinary World (US CD single liner notes). Duran Duran. Capitol Records. 1992. C2 0777 7 15894 2 3.
10. Ordinary World (US & Canadian cassette single sleeve). Duran Duran. Capitol Records. 1992. 4KM 0777 7 44908 4 9.
11. Ordinary World (Australian CD single liner notes). Duran Duran. Parlophone, EMI Records. 1993. 7243 8 80457 2 8.
12. The Singles 1986–1995 (UK box set liner notes). Duran Duran. Parlophone. 2004. 7243 5 49892 2 3.
13. Stavenes Dove, Siri (14 October 2000). "Airborne" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 42. p. 13. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
14. Masterton, James (17 September 2000). "Week Ending September 23rd 2000". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
15. Ordinary World (UK CD single liner notes). Aurora. Positiva Records. 2000. CDTIV-139, 7243 8 89324 2 4.
16. Ordinary World (UK cassette single sleeve). Aurora. Positiva Records. 2000. TCTIV-139, 7243 8 89324 4 8.
17. Ordinary World (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). Aurora. Positiva Records. 2000. 12TIV-139, 7243 8 89324 6 2.
18. Ordinary World (European CD single liner notes). Aurora. EMI Records. 2000. 7243 889421 2 6.
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20. Ordinary World (Australian CD single liner notes). Aurora. U-Music. 2000. UM12007CD.