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Ordinary World is een nummer van de Britse popgroep Duran Duran. Het is de eerste single van hun zevende studioalbum uit 1993, dat dezelfde naam draagt als de band. Op 19 december 1992 werd het nummer op single uitgebracht.

De single werd de laatste grote wereldhit die Duran Duran had. In thuisland het Verenigd Koninkrijk behaalde de single de 6e positie in de UK Singles Chart, in de Nederlandse Top 40 werd een 14e plek behaald en in de Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30 wist het een 20e positie te behalen.

"Ordinary World" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 19 December 1992 by Capitol Records as the first single from their second self-titled album (1993), commonly known as the Wedding Album. It was later released in the UK by EMI and Parlophone on 18 January 1993. The ballad, both written by the band and co-produced with John Jones, topped the US Billboard Top 40/Mainstream chart, the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart, and the Italian Singles Chart. It also peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, number two in Iceland and Sweden, and number six on the UK Singles Chart. The song's music video was directed by Nick Egan and filmed in California.

The song was nominated for Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically and won the Performing Right Society award for the year's most performed song in May 1994. Lead vocalist Simon Le Bon sang the song with Luciano Pavarotti at a benefit concert for War Child. "Ordinary World" remains one of Duran Duran's most popular songs and, in October 2021, was their second-most streamed song in the UK.