MM Vol 1 - 133 - Duran Duran

MM Vol 1 #133

Duran Duran

"Ordinary World"

(1993)
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Genre:Pop

art by foureyes
This song was released at the same time my step father died, so you can imagine what this song means to me, hmmm? Who would ever have thought Duran Duran were capable of such a song? Not me, that's for sure. But they did and now its a classic to millions of people I'm sure each with their own interpretations. Heres the official interpretation:
By the early 90s, Duran Duran's once-Beatlesque popularity had faded. Their album Liberty had proved a commercial failure, its two singles failing to make a significant showing on British or American charts. It wasn't until Capitol leaked "Ordinary World" to a radio station in Florida in the autumn of 1992 that it looked like Duran Duran mania might yet hit again. The single proved so popular that Capitol had to push the US release date up, ultimately releasing it in December. In the UK, the original January release date stood. The song can be credited as introducing Duran Duran to a new generation of fans. Simon LeBon would go on to sing the song with Pavarotti at a WarChild benefit, which was released on home video as Pavarotti & Friends: Together for the Children of Bosnia. Le Bon later said of the event, "If you're talking about name dropping, he's one of the biggest names you could drop, Pav-The-Man." The strings in the song were arranged and performed by Nick Rhodes, using a Kurzweil K2000, the first digital synthesizer that was able to recreate any sound. The song won an Ivor Novello Award in May 1994.
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This song has a crowbarred rating of 92.4 out of 108 pts

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