Ordinary (Alex Warren song)

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"Ordinary"
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Single by Alex Warren
from the album You'll Be Alright, Kid
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2025 (2025-02-07)
Recorded2024
Genre Chamber pop [1]
Length3:06
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Yaron
Alex Warren singles chronology
"Burning Down"
(2024)
"Ordinary"
(2025)
"Bloodline"
(2025)
Music video
"Ordinary" on YouTube

"Ordinary" is a song by American singer-songwriter Alex Warren. It was released on February 7, 2025, through Atlantic Records as the lead single from his debut studio album, You'll Be Alright, Kid . Warren wrote the song with producer Adam Yaron, alongside Cal Shapiro and Mags Duval.

Contents

"Ordinary" was a commercial success, topping the Billboard Global 200 for ten straight weeks, while reaching number one in over 30 countries. It also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Croatia, France, Italy, Lebanon, South Africa, and Sweden. In the United States, the song peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 for ten non-consecutive weeks, becoming the second song in 2025 to spend at least ten weeks at number one, and in the United Kingdom, "Ordinary" became the longest-running number one song on the UK Singles Chart of the 2020s thus far (surpassing "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran's 11-week reign in July-September 2021), as well as the longest-running uninterrupted number one song on the UK Singles Chart by an American male artist of all time.

Composition

The song talks about the feeling of loving somebody "who makes life extraordinary". [2]

Music video

The music video was released alongside the song on February 7, 2025, and features Warren's wife, Kouvr Annon. He is seen chasing her through different places, including a forest, a beach, and a desert, before they finally catch up. At the end, both levitate towards the sky. [3]

Commercial and live performances

The song received a significant boost in streaming, sales, and Shazams after Warren performed it on season 8 of the reality television show Love Is Blind . [4] The song was also featured on the July 28, 2025 edition of WWE RAW, used as part of a video package to remember the life of professional wrestling icon and WWE Hall of Famer, Hulk Hogan who had passed away a few days prior on July 24 2025.

Alex Warren performed the song live at Lollapalooza 2025 with country singer Luke Combs. This version was released as a promotional single on August 4, 2025. [5]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Ordinary"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [105] 2× Platinum140,000
Austria (IFPI Austria) [106] Gold15,000
Canada (Music Canada) [107] 6× Platinum480,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [108] Platinum90,000
France (SNEP) [109] Diamond333,333
Italy (FIMI) [110] Gold100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [111] 3× Platinum90,000
Poland (ZPAV) [112] Gold62,500
Portugal (AFP) [113] 4× Platinum100,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [114] Platinum100,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [115] Platinum30,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [116] 2× Platinum1,200,000
United States (RIAA) [117] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Ordinary"
OrganisationYearCategoryResultRef.
MTV Video Music Awards 2025 Song of the Year Nominated [118]
Best Pop Nominated

See also

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