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About This Track
“Ordinary World” is the first single from Duran Duran’s self-titled 1993 album, better known as The Wedding Album. The song peaked at No. 3 in the American charts and No. 6 in the British charts.
By the early 90s, Duran Duran’s popularity had faded. Their album Liberty had proved a commercial failure, its two singles failing to make a significant showing on British or American charts.
It wasn’t until Capitol leaked “Ordinary World” to a radio station in Florida in the autumn of 1992 that it looked like Duran Duran mania might yet hit again. The single proved so popular that Capitol had to push the US release date up, ultimately releasing it in December. In the UK, the original January release date stood. The song can be credited as introducing Duran Duran to a new generation of fans.
Simon LeBon would go on to sing the song with Pavarotti at a WarChild benefit, which was released on home video as Pavarotti & Friends: Together for the Children of Bosnia. Le Bon later said of the event, “If you’re talking about name dropping, he’s one of the biggest names you could drop, Pav-The-Man.”
The strings in the song were arranged and performed by Nick Rhodes, using a Kurzweil K2000, a digital synthesizer that was highly advanced for its time.
The song won an Ivor Novello Award in May 1994 and later featured in the soundtrack to the film Layer Cake in 2005.
The music video was filmed by director Nick Egan at Huntington Gardens in San Marino, California.
By the early 90s, Duran Duran’s popularity had faded. Their album Liberty had proved a commercial failure, its two singles failing to make a significant showing on British or American charts.
It wasn’t until Capitol leaked “Ordinary World” to a radio station in Florida in the autumn of 1992 that it looked like Duran Duran mania might yet hit again. The single proved so popular that Capitol had to push the US release date up, ultimately releasing it in December. In the UK, the original January release date stood. The song can be credited as introducing Duran Duran to a new generation of fans.
Simon LeBon would go on to sing the song with Pavarotti at a WarChild benefit, which was released on home video as Pavarotti & Friends: Together for the Children of Bosnia. Le Bon later said of the event, “If you’re talking about name dropping, he’s one of the biggest names you could drop, Pav-The-Man.”
The strings in the song were arranged and performed by Nick Rhodes, using a Kurzweil K2000, a digital synthesizer that was highly advanced for its time.
The song won an Ivor Novello Award in May 1994 and later featured in the soundtrack to the film Layer Cake in 2005.
The music video was filmed by director Nick Egan at Huntington Gardens in San Marino, California.
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Shouts
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GuitarGodRocks wrote:
awesome band... you totally rock DD!!
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linkntinks wrote:
Where is my friend when I need to most? But I Won't cry for yesterday....I will learn to survive!
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sharonrox wrote:
Reminds me of a particular time in my life and always makes me cry. Shows them at their very best.
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xXPersephone_ wrote:
Great song ^^
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joe_g101 wrote:
A case of doing it better with age... may be their best.
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JamesAJanisse wrote:
One of the best songs ever, I remember putting it on repeat and storyboarding a screenplay for hours a few years ago. Anyone see Layer Cake? It's used to AMAZING effect in that movie, and the part with it ends up being my favorite scene from any movie ever.
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fuckyouty1 wrote:
my favorite song of all time.
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num1monkeybutt wrote:
I was never a big fan....but this song moves me.
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pier007 wrote:
I keep playing over and over the part at 2:38 I love the guitar in this song
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pier007 wrote:
Duran Duran's magnum opus. Gorgeous song
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dandymark wrote:
Such a great song...........love the lyrics!
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MaggieMegan wrote:
really awesome song from my childhood))
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springbokgirlie wrote:
One of my fav Duran Duran tracks
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nicorebel wrote:
Great tune
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movimaza wrote:
nice temazo pa recordar
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Res1quE wrote:
I wish these guys would release another album. The last one was great.
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NitaD1 wrote:
Ohh...so remember this...great
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fuckyouty1 wrote:
amazing to say the least. THIS should have been their biggest hit.
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grillboy42 wrote:
JAM!!!
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gregcobra wrote:
This song is perfect !
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