About This Track
Originally titled Ordinary Days, this song first appeared on Vanessa Carlton’s self-titled demo tape from 1999.
“Ordinary Day” is a song written and performed by Vanessa Carlton from her album Be Not Nobody. The single peaked at number thirty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Carlton wrote the song when she was 17. It is the first song that Vanessa has ever written in only one sitting.
When Carlton performs the song live, she uses some of the original lyrics that she wrote for the song rather than the ones recorded for the album version. On the album, the lyrics at the end of the chorus are “Don’t you see your dreams lie right in the palm of your hand?” and in the live version Vanessa sings “If we walk now, we will divide and conquer this land”.
Vanessa has stated that she had to change the lyrics for the album version due to the label’s disapproval because of the events of September 11th, 2001.
The trademark piano riff from the song was used in the trailer of the 2007 film Martian Child.
Music Video
The music video to the song is a fairly simplistic one. The video was directed by Marc Klasfeld, the same director who directed the music video for her previous hit single “A Thousand Miles”.
The video starts with Vanessa writing the songs title in a diary. As she starts to sing “just a boy, just an ordinary boy”, a boy appears in the back of her. The video continues with clips of her playing piano in a field, along with various people hugging and kissing each other while she sings the song.
“Ordinary Day” is a song written and performed by Vanessa Carlton from her album Be Not Nobody. The single peaked at number thirty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Carlton wrote the song when she was 17. It is the first song that Vanessa has ever written in only one sitting.
When Carlton performs the song live, she uses some of the original lyrics that she wrote for the song rather than the ones recorded for the album version. On the album, the lyrics at the end of the chorus are “Don’t you see your dreams lie right in the palm of your hand?” and in the live version Vanessa sings “If we walk now, we will divide and conquer this land”.
Vanessa has stated that she had to change the lyrics for the album version due to the label’s disapproval because of the events of September 11th, 2001.
The trademark piano riff from the song was used in the trailer of the 2007 film Martian Child.
Music Video
The music video to the song is a fairly simplistic one. The video was directed by Marc Klasfeld, the same director who directed the music video for her previous hit single “A Thousand Miles”.
The video starts with Vanessa writing the songs title in a diary. As she starts to sing “just a boy, just an ordinary boy”, a boy appears in the back of her. The video continues with clips of her playing piano in a field, along with various people hugging and kissing each other while she sings the song.
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Shouts
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EvilMaleKikyo wrote:
An ordinary day with Vanessa and Shayna Lee
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Musicluve15 wrote:
Beautiful song
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bianca_lg_xx wrote:
<3
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dannygrl wrote:
she's really good
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Jorgelovenyc wrote:
She is just one of the best pianist and pop singer-songwriter we'll ever see!! I fell in love with her music since A Thousand Miles!!
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andiwooz wrote:
It's so old, but I still love it!
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Gedankenimpuls wrote:
I totally love this song! Especially the violins in the background (:
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WMD4NYC wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Laura+Butler I am sharing another great female vocalist Laura Butler. Thanks. I am helping Laura get her music out there. Please let us know what you think. - You rock. Walter & Laura
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camilozzz wrote:
amo esta cancionnnnnnnnnnnnn
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ily2011 wrote:
god her voice is just ahh... and her music lyrics just come from the heart i love it:)
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nukumms wrote:
she has the voice of meg & dia
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OPENROAD7 wrote:
What a song !! Just beautiful, just like all her songs, her melodies are truly amazing.
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chellebellez wrote:
so much love for this song :) <3
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emkato wrote:
amazing
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JosieEllen wrote:
makes me completly melt....
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Andromedarise wrote:
Just when I forget how joyous love is, I hear this and I melt inside!
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that70smilkman wrote:
:D
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music4u2love wrote:
I love this entire CD.
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gringolatino wrote:
This song is great it reminds me how wonderful love is.
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meganmalarky wrote:
<3
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