DURAN DURAN - ORDINARY WORLD
Came In From A Rainy Thursday
On The Avenue
Thought I Heard You Talking Softly
I Turned On The Lights, The Tv
And The Radio
Still I Can't Escape The Ghost Of You
What Has Happened To It All?
Crazy, Some Are Saying
Where Is The Life That I Recognize?
Gone Away
But I Won't Cry For Yesterday
There's An Ordinary World
Somehow I Have To Find
And As A Try To Make My Way
To The Ordinary World
I Will Learn To Survive
Passion Or Coincidence
Once Prompted You To Say
"Pride Will Tear Us Both Apart"
Well Now Pride's Gone Out The Window
Cross The Rooptops
Run Away
Left Me In The Vacuum Of My Heart
What Has Happened To It All?
Crazy, Some Are Saying
Where Is The Life That I Recognize?
Gone Away
But I Won't Cry For Yesterday
There's An Ordinary World
Somehow I Have To Find
And As A Try To Make My Way
To The Ordinary World
I Will Learn To Survive
Papers In The Roadside
Tell Of Suffering And Greed
Here Today, Forgot Tomorrow
Ooh, Here Besides The News
Of Holy War And Holy Need
Ours Is Just A Little Sorrowed Talk
And I Don't Cry For Yesterday
There's An Ordinary World
Somehow I Have To Find
And As A Try To Make My Way
To The Ordinary World
I Will Learn To Survive
Every One
Is My World, I Will Learn To Survive
Any One
Is My World, I Will Learn To Survive
Any One
Is My World
Every One
Is My World
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Nick Rhodes. Simon Le Bon, Warren Cuccurullo, John Taylor
Producer(s): Sacha Collisson, SImon Greenaway
This Is The Last Song Of A Trilogy Written About The Death Of Simon Le Bon's Friend David Miles In 1986. The First Was "Do You Believe In Shame," Followed By "Out Of My Mind" And "Ordinary World." They All Deal With The Grief And Loss He Experienced After The Death Of His Friend. Le Bon Had Been Evasive About The Inspiration For The Lyric, But Revealed Its True Source As Part Of An Interview Included With Their 2004 Live From London DVD.
Adam Lambert Recorded The Song For His 2023 Covers Album, High Drama. The American Idol Alumnus Performed His Haunting Version On The Nbc's 2022 Season Finale Of The Voice.
Le Bon Performed The Song With Luciano Pavarotti At A Warchild Benefit.
In July 2022, The Band Performed The Song At The Closing Of The Opening Ceremony Of The 2022 Commonwealth Games In Birmingham.
On Stage, During The 2023 Tour, Le Bon Introduced The Song Stating Enigmatically That It Had "Saved The Life Of The Band".
British Electronic Music Group Aurora Released A Trance Version Of "Ordinary World" Featuring Irish Singer-Songwriter Naimee Coleman In 2000. This Version, Released On 11 September That Year, Charted At No. 5 In The United Kingdom, No. 6 In Ireland, And No. 47 In Germany.
At The Eurovision Song Contest 2023, A Version Of "Ordinary World" Was Performed During The Interval Of The 1st Semi Final By Ukranian Artist Alyosha And British Artist Rebecca Ferguson.