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Ordinary Day (Dolores O'Riordan song)

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"Ordinary Day"
CD single cover
Single by Dolores O'Riordan
from the album Are You Listening?
ReleasedFebruary 2007
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:04 (Album version)
3:40 (Radio edit)
LabelSanctuary Records
Songwriter(s)Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores O'Riordan singles chronology
"Ordinary Day"
(2007)
"When We Were Young"
(2007)
Alternate covers
iTunes single
Alternative cover

"Ordinary Day" is the lead single taken from Dolores O'Riordan's debut album, Are You Listening?. The single was the most added AAA track on US radio stations.[1] The single peaked at number 2 in Italy,[2] number 1 in Croatia[3] and number 10 in Lebanon.[4]

Music video

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The music video was directed by Caswell Cloggins and was filmed in Prague. It features a little girl somewhat resembling Little Red Riding Hood. The music video debuted on 17 March 2007 on the Spanish music channel and radio Los 40 principales, and peaked at #27 on their music countdown.

Cranberries version

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O'Riordan sometimes sang the song live in concerts with The Cranberries. The Cranberries perform "Ordinary Day" in a 2010 concert in Chile[5] that was filmed for television.[6] The Cranberries also performed the song at a 2012 London concert, and this version is available on their live album, Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London 2012.[7]

Track listing

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CD single
(5 016073 901002; 30 April 2007)

  1. Ordinary Day – 4:04
  2. Without You – 4:08
  3. Ordinary Day (Video) – 3:54

7" single
(5 016073 901071; 30 April 2007)

  1. Ordinary Day – 4:04
  2. Forever – 3:40

USA iTunes single
(13 March 2007)

  1. Ordinary Day – 4:05
  2. Black Widow – 4:56
  3. Letting Go – 5:45

Charts

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Chart Position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[8] 18
Croatia[citation needed] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 50
Italy (FIMI)[10] 2
Lebanon[citation needed] 10
Poland[citation needed] 8
Turkey[citation needed] 14
United Kingdom 106[11]
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[12] 28

References

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