Ordinary Love (U2 song)
| "Ordinary Love" | ||||
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Cover art designed by Oliver Jeffers | ||||
| Single by U2 | ||||
| from the album Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
| B-side | "Breathe" (Mandela version) | |||
| Released | 29 November 2013 | |||
| Studio | Electric Lady Studios (New York) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:39 (single version) 3:47 (Extraordinary Mix) | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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| Lyricist(s) | Bono | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Ordinary Love" lyric video on YouTube | ||||
"Ordinary Love" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It was written to honour Nelson Mandela and is included in the biography film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The song received a limited 10-inch vinyl release on Record Store Day on 29 November 2013, less than a week before Mandela died.
"Ordinary Love" peaked at number one on the Top Digital Download chart in Italy, where it was certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. U2 won the 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and in January 2014 the song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but it lost to "Let It Go" from Frozen.
An alternate version of the song, titled the "Extraordinary Mix", was included on deluxe edition of the band's 2017 studio album, Songs of Experience.