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"No Ordinary Love"
File:Sade - No Ordinary Love.jpg
Single by Sade
from the album Love Deluxe
B-side"Paradise"
Released28 September 1992 (UK)
7 November 1992 (US)
Recorded1992; The Hit Factory
(New York City)
Genre
Length7:20 (Album version)
5:21 (Single edit)
4:00 (Radio edit)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sade singles chronology
"Haunt Me"
(1989) 		"No Ordinary Love"
(1992) 		"Feel No Pain"
(1992)
Music video
"No Ordinary Love" on YouTube

"No Ordinary Love" is a song by English band Sade from their fourth studio album Love Deluxe. Originally released in late 1992, the song was a modest success in Europe and New Zealand, reaching number four in Italy, number 17 in New Zealand, number 19 in the Netherlands and number 26 on the UK Singles Chart. In January 1993, the song peaked at number 15 in Canada and number 28 in the United States. When re-released in 1993, "No Ordinary Love" reached a new peak of number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and number 21 in Australia.

Release

"No Ordinary Love" was released as the album's lead single in the United Kingdom on 28 September 1992, by Epic Records. It peaked at number 26 in the UK when originally released, but reached number 14 when it was re-released in June 1993. In the accompanying music video, Sade Adu is dressed as a mermaid and a bride.

Critical reception

Music & Media wrote about the song: "With a serious competitor in the person of Des'Ree coming up, this is the answer by the grande dame of sophisticated soul, who has updated her beats a little bit and added a more wiggly guitar sound."[1] Sophie Heawood of The Guardian commented "The band reached their peak of opulent sound design on the aptly titled album Love Deluxe; its seven-minute epic of a lead single is as bleak as it is sensual, casting heartbreak as the greatest luxury of all."[2]

The Gavin Report wrote: "Music has the remarkable ability to stir the senses and transport the listener to any destination imaginable. No artist makes that happen quite like Sade, who returns after a four-year absence. No doubt, her fans can't help but feel the time away was much too long, but she leaves little doubt that her extraordinary songstyling is hotter than ever."[3] Frank Guan of Vulture added "There’s nothing like you and I", she sings; the emphasis falls on "nothing" no less than on "you" or "I". Sade songs, at their very best, ignore the distinction between songs about flawless love and love betrayed; the promise of the first and the inevitability of the other are contained in one another. The softly puncturing bass, the deep-sea synths, the chugging, almost accusatory guitar that kicks in during the pre-chorus – even among other perfect songs, this one stands out. It's the longest song on any of her albums; it's also one you wish would last forever, but can't, just like the love in the title."[4]

Network 40 wrote: "It should take you no longer than six seconds of feeling the languid beat and the cool, cool melody to realize that Sade is back. Four years after the release of Stronger Than Pride, the sultry British singer returns with Love Deluxe, and it's like time stood still."[5]

Awards

Sade won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1994.

Music video

The music video for "No Ordinary Love" was directed by English music video director Sophie Muller.[6] The video features Sade as a mermaid and a bride.

Track listings and formats

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 95
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 37
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] 26
France (SNEP)[10] 20
Invalid chart entered Germany2 43
Greece (Pop + Rock)[11] 5
Italy (Musica e dischi)[12] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 26
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 17
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 33
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 23
UK Singles (OCC)[18] 26
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[19] 21
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[20] 15
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[21] 15
UK Singles (OCC)[22] 14
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 28
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[24] 14
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[25] 9
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[26] 29

In popular culture

Media

Cover versions

  • Serbian rock band Night Shift covered the song on their Undercovers album in 2002.
  • American rock band Deftones covered this song with Jonah Matranga for the band's 2005 B-side collection B-Sides & Rarities. This cover has generally been well received by critics and fans of Sade and Deftones.[citation needed] Vocalist Chino Moreno often cites Sade as one of his favorite artists.
  • Pinoy rock band Urbandub also did a cover of this song, which was included on the EMI Music Philippines 2005 compilation Full Volume - The Best of Pinoy Alternative.[27]
  • The song was also covered instrumentally by trumpeter Chris Botti on his album When I Fall in Love in 2004.[28][29]
  • Marcia Hines covered the song on her album "Life" in 2007.
  • Vesta Williams covered the song on her album "Distant Lover" in 2007.
  • The Civil Wars covered it live in their album Live at Eddie's Attic, available on their website as a free Internet download.
  • Richard Marx covered the song as "Ordinary Love" on his 2008 album titled Sundown.
  • A cover of "No Ordinary Love" is featured as the tenth and final track of Dallas Green's and Alecia Moore's You+Me debut album rose ave. in 2014.
  • Joanna Marie covered the song in English and Spanish as "Ordinary Love" and "Amor Ordinario" on her 1999 album "Simply Irresistible", released by Kariang Music.
  • Liam Frost released a solo cover on his EP The Wild Places in 2014.
  • Walden and Havana Brown released a dance version as a single in 2015.[30]
  • Lovi Poe is the second Filipino music artist to revive this song after Urdandub, her own rendition was used as soundtrack of her movie "The Escort".
  • Rare Essence covered the song for their 2001 live album Doin' It Old School Style.

References

  1. ^ "Music & Media: New Releases" (PDF). Music & Media (10 October 1992, page 8). Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ Heawood, Sophie (13 March 2012). "Why Sade is bigger in the US than Adele". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. ^ Sholin, Dave (6 November 1992). "Gavin Picks > Singles" (PDF). Gavin Report. No. 1930. p. 48. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ^ Guan, Frank. "All 73 Sade Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best". Vulture. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Top 40: Music Meeting" (PDF). Network 40 (page 24). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. ^ "No Ordinary Love (1992) by Sade". IMVDb.com. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  8. ^ "Sade – No Ordinary Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 28 November 1992. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Sade – No Ordinary Love" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Top 10 Greece" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 49. 5 December 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 46, 1992" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  14. ^ "Sade – No Ordinary Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Sade – No Ordinary Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Sade – No Ordinary Love". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  17. ^ "Sade – No Ordinary Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  19. ^ "Sade – No Ordinary Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  20. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1839." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1729." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  22. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  23. ^ "Sade Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  24. ^ "Sade Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  25. ^ "Sade Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  26. ^ "Sade Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  27. ^ "EMI Philippines – Urbandub". EMI Music Philippines. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
  28. ^ "When I Fall in Love overview". Allmusic.com.
  29. ^ "Chris Botti dating Katie Couric". SmoothVibes.com.
  30. ^ "No Ordinary Love (Walden Vs Havana Brown) - Single". iTunes. iTunes. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

External links

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