![]() ![]() “I’m not a big believer in the supernatural,” says Le Bon. Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon, 58, says he and the band (including then-guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, original bassist John Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes) penned the tune in 1992 as a tribute to a friend who died from a heroin overdose in 1986. “Ordinary World” first began its climb into the Billboard Top 40 in January 1993, the same week Bill Clinton was inaugurated as POTUS-a juxtaposition which makes the song’s recent resurgence all the more prescient. “There is a humility about ‘Ordinary World’ that is profound to me-a reminder to bravely look forward, even in the midst of all the terrifying ‘New.’” “The inauguration stirred up many emotions for all of us, no matter our political affiliations,” she says. ![]() Williams’s sparse interpretation of the power ballad quickly racked up millions of streams and made its way into the Spotify Viral 50. 20 in hopes of bringing people together after the inauguration of Donald Trump. She previously placed her haunting piano-and-vocal version in a 2014 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, but released it widely on Jan. After struggling with the divisiveness consuming America, the singer for Grammy-winning duo The Civil Wars decided to revisit her own recording of the song. Joy Williams, 34, thought about “Ordinary World” often during last year’s election season. Now, the song is reaching a younger generation-and serving as an unexpected anthem of resistance in the post-truth era. Over the past two decades, the hit’s message about striving for stability and strength amid devastation and turmoil has continued to connect with a wide range of both listeners and artists, including the late Luciano Pavarotti, crooner Paul Anka, and Christian rock band Red, among many others. While it’s not unusual for old songs to reappear on the charts after being featured on TV, the re-emergence of “Ordinary World” in 2017 is different. The following day, Duran Duran’s original 1992 recording of “Ordinary World” entered the U.S. Judge Gwen Stefani gushed about her love for the song after the contestant nailed its soaring melody with his operatic rock voice. ![]() At the end of the music video, however, the hunter gets scratched by the woman.This month on NBC’s The Voice, seventeen-year-old Josh West performed Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World” and received a four-chair ovation from the show’s celebrity hosts. It's the story of a man on the prowl for a woman, tracking her from the city to the forest until he captures her. The song is rampant with its animalistic sexual undertones. At the end of the music video, however, the hunter gets scratched by the woman. ![]() The lyrics, they say, were inspired by the tale of ``Little Red Riding Hood.'' The laughter heard at the start of the song was recorded live by Nick Rhodes' girlfriend at the time, as were the screams played during the fade-out. The song was written and recorded in one day by band members. Subsequently, the video won the first Grammy Award in 1984 for Best Short Form Music Video. Though the band had initially failed to cross over to the US market, MTV put the video for the song into heavy rotation, which resulted in the song peaking at #3 on the Billboard Top 100 in March 1983. In 1982, British New Wave band Duran Duran released their fifth single, ``Hungry Like the Wolf,'' to the UK market, where it reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart. I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found Scent and a sound, I'm lost and I'm foundīurning the ground, I break from the crowd You feel my heat, I'm just a moment behind High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight Stalked through the forest, too close to hide And catch my breathing even closer behind ![]()
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