Ordinary World

Released in December 1992

No. 1 on Billboard Top 40/Mainstream chart

No. 23 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks ... Peaked at No. 2

No. 1 on RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart (Canada)

No. 1 on Italian Singles Chart

No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100

No. 2 in Iceland & Sweden

No. 6 on UK Singles Chart

Ivor Novello Award Nomination

Performing Right Society Award

Second-most streamed song in the UK in October 2021

Lyrics - Themes of grief, resilience, and search for normality following personal loss ... Simon Le Bon's emotional response to the death of a close friend who died of a drug overdose in 1986

"Ordinary World" - leaked to U.S. radio stations in mid-1992 well before the planned release date

DJs reported numerous listener calls the day of the leak - "overwhelming response"

Personnel -

Simon Le Bon - Vocals

John Taylor - Bass Guitar

Nick Rhodes - Keyboards

Warren Cuccurullo - Acoustic & Electric Guitars

Certified Gold in Denmark, Italy, Spain, & the U.S.

Certified Platinum in New Zealand & the UK

(Wikipedia)