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.

## Track listings

- **UK 7-inch and cassette single**
1. "Ordinary World" (single version) – 4:41
1. "My Antarctica" – 5:06

- **UK CD1**
1. "Ordinary World" (single version)
1. "Save a Prayer"
1. "Skin Trade"
1. "My Antarctica"

- **UK CD2**
1. "Ordinary World" (single version)
1. "The Reflex"
1. "Hungry Like the Wolf"
1. "Girls on Film"

- **US CD single**
1. "Ordinary World" – 5:39
1. "My Antarctica" – 5:06
1. "Save a Prayer" – 5:33
1. "UMF" – 5:31

- **US and Canadian cassette single**
1. "Ordinary World" – 5:39
1. "Ordinary World" (acoustic version) – 5:05
1. "Save a Prayer ('Til the Morning After)" (live) – 6:12

- **Australian CD single**
1. "Ordinary World" (single version) – 4:41
1. "My Antarctica" – 5:06
1. "Save a Prayer" – 5:33
1. "The Reflex" – 4:25

- **_The Singles 1986–1995_ box set**
1. "Ordinary World" (single version) – 4:43
1. "My Antarctica" – 5:00
1. "Ordinary World" – 5:39
1. "Save a Prayer" (single version) – 5:25
1. "Skin Trade" – 4:25
1. "The Reflex" (7-inch version) – 4:25
1. "Hungry Like the Wolf" – 3:25
1. "Girls on Film" – 3:30

## Aurora version

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**
1. "Ordinary World" (radio edit) – 4:26
1. "Ordinary World" (Above & Beyond remix) – 8:25
1. "Hear You Calling" (Dark Moon remix) – 6:23

- **UK 12-inch single**
- 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**
1. "Ordinary World" (radio edit) – 4:26
1. "Ordinary World" (Condor remix) – 9:08

- **German maxi-CD single**
1. "Ordinary World" (original radio mix) – 4:24
1. "Ordinary World" (Floorfilla radio cut) – 3:47
1. "Ordinary World" (club mix) – 9:06
1. "Ordinary World" (Floorfilla remix) – 6:50
1. "Ordinary World" (Gizeh mix) – 7:01
1. "Ordinary World" (DJ Janis vs. Plus One remix) – 8:04

- **Australian CD single**
1. "Ordinary World" (radio edit) – 4:26
1. "Ordinary World" (extended mix) – 8:16
1. "Ordinary World" (Condor remix) – 9:08
1. "Ordinary World" (Above & Beyond remix) – 8:25
1. "Hear You Calling" (Dark Moon remix) – 6:23

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: Ordinary World
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Duran Duran
- **album**: Duran Duran (1993 album), Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
- **b-side**: My Antarctica
- **released**: December 1992
- **studio**: Privacy, London
- **genre**: Soft rock
- **length**: *  (album version)
*  (single version)
- **label**: * Parlophone
* EMI Records, EMI
* Capitol Records, Capitol
- **writer**: Duran Duran
- **producer**: * Duran Duran
* John Jones
- **prev title**: Serious (Duran Duran song), Serious
- **prev year**: 1990
- **next title**: Come Undone (Duran Duran song), Come Undone
- **next year**: 1993


## Infobox (song)

- **name**: Ordinary World
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Aurora (electronica band), Aurora featuring Naimee Coleman
- **album**: Dreaming
- **b-side**: "Hear You Calling" (remix)
- **genre**: Trance music, Trance
- **length**: 4:26
- **label**: Positiva Records, Positiva
- **writer**: * Nick Rhodes
* Simon Le Bon
* Warren Cuccurullo
* John Taylor (bass guitarist), John Taylor
- **producer**: * Sacha Collisson
* Simon Greenaway
- **chronology**: Aurora (electronica band), Aurora
- **prev title**: Hear You Calling
- **prev year**: 1999
- **next title**: The Day It Rained Forever
- **next year**: 2000