"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.
"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]
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]
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↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 33. týden 2025 in the date selector. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
↑ "מדיה פורסט – המצעד הבינלאומי השבועי – Week 25 – 15/06 – 21/06/2025"[Media Forest – International Weekly Chart – Week 25 – 15/06 – 21/06/2025] (Select the year 2025 and the option "25 15-06-25 21-06-25" from the stretched lists, then click "שירים מובילים - רדיו - בינלאומי" to see the chart.) (in Hebrew). Media Forest. June 22, 2025. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
↑ "Media Forest – Weekly Charts". Media Forest. Retrieved June 30, 2025. Note: Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.
↑ "Media Forest – Weekly Charts". Media Forest. Retrieved June 30, 2025. Note: Select 'Songs – TV'. Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.
↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 30. týden 2025 in the date selector. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 30. týden 2025 in the date selector. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
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