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[[Liam Frost]] released a solo cover on his 2014 [[The Wild Places EP]].
[[Liam Frost]] released a solo cover on his 2014 [[The Wild Places EP]].

Walden and [[Havana Brown (musician)|Havana Brown]] released a dance version as a single in 2015. <ref>{{cite web|title=No Ordinary Love (Walden Vs Havana Brown) - Single|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/no-ordinary-love-walden-vs/id958055585|website=iTunes|publisher=iTunes|accessdate=30 January 2015}}</ref>


==Track listings and formats==
==Track listings and formats==

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"No Ordinary Love"
Song
B-side"Paradise"

"No Ordinary Love" is a song by English band Sade, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Love Deluxe (1992). Released in late-1992 on Epic Records, it peaked at number 26 in the UK when originally released in October 1992, but reached number 14 when it was re-released in June 1993. Sade Adu is dressed as a mermaid and a bride in the music video. "No Ordinary Love" is considered Sade's signature song, alongside 1984's "Smooth Operator" and 1988's "Paradise."

Awards

Sade won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1994.

Media

"No Ordinary Love" was featured prominently in the 1993 film Indecent Proposal, though it was not included on the film's soundtrack album.

"No Ordinary Love" appeared in the second season episode of NBC's 30 Rock, "Jack Gets in the Game", when Kenneth Parcell tried to seduce Tracy Jordan's wife, Angie Jordan.

Cover versions

Serbian rock band Night Shift covered the song on their Undercovers album in 2002.

The band Deftones covered this song with Jonah Matranga for the band's 2005 B-side collection B-Sides & Rarities. This cover has generally been extremely well received by critics and fans of Sade and Deftones.[citation needed] Vocalist Chino Moreno often cites Sade as one of his favorite artists.

Pinoy rock band Urbandub also did a cover of this song, which was included on the EMI Music Philippines 2005 compilation Full Volume - The Best of Pinoy Alternative.[1]

The song was also covered instrumentally by trumpeter Chris Botti on his 2004 album When I Fall in Love.[2][3]

Marcia Hines covered the song on her 2007 album "Life"

Vesta Williams covered the song on her 2007 album "Distant Lover."

The Civil Wars cover it live in their album Live at Eddie's Attic available on their website as a free Internet download.

Richard Marx covered the song as "Ordinary Love" on his 2008 album titled Sundown.

A cover of "No Ordinary Love" is featured as the tenth and final track of Dallas Green's and Alecia Moore's You+Me debut album, "rose ave.".

Joanna Marie covered the song in English & Spanish as "ordinary Love" "Amor Ordinario" on her album "Simply Irresistible" 1999 Kariang Music.

Liam Frost released a solo cover on his 2014 The Wild Places EP.

Walden and Havana Brown released a dance version as a single in 2015. [4]

Track listings and formats

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Dutch Top 40[5] 19
French Singles Chart[6] 20
German Singles Chart[7] 43
Swedish Singles Chart[6] 33
Swiss Singles Chart[6] 23
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 21
UK Singles Chart[8] 14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 28
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[9] 9
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[9] 14

References

  1. ^ "EMI Philippines – Urbandub". EMI Music Philippines. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
  2. ^ "When I Fall In Love overview". Allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Chris Botti dating Katie Couric". SmoothVibes.com.
  4. ^ "No Ordinary Love (Walden Vs Havana Brown) - Single". iTunes. iTunes. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 46 – 1992". Top 40 (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d "Sade – No Ordinary Love – swisscharts.com". SwissCharts.com. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Musicline.de – Sade – No Ordinary Love". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Chart Stats – Sade – No Ordinary Love {1993}". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  9. ^ a b c "Sade > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 September 2008.