Ordinary (Alex Warren song)
"Ordinary" is a song by American singer-songwriter Alex Warren. It was released on February 7, 2025, through Atlantic Records as the lead single from his debut studio album, You'll Be Alright, Kid. Warren wrote the song with producer Adam Yaron, alongside Cal Shapiro and Mags Duval.
"Ordinary" received mixed to negative reviews from music critics, most of whom panned Warren's bored-sounding vocals, its unoriginality, and formulaic nature, but was a commercial success, topping the Billboard Global 200 for ten straight weeks, while reaching number one in over 30 countries. The song was number one for 10 weeks in the US and 13 weeks in the UK. It also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Croatia, France, Italy, Lebanon, South Africa, and Sweden.
Composition
The song talks about the feeling of loving somebody "who makes life extraordinary".Critical reception
The song received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. Paste named it the sixth-worst song of 2025 and criticized it for sounding as "if someone fed Imagine Dragons' entire discography into ChatGPT". The New Yorker's Sheldon Pearce described it as "pummeling" and "gray", "distinctly middle-aged, destined to be played at dentist’s offices and wedding receptions from now until the end of time." Vulture believed that its lyrics had "religious and classical metaphors that wouldn't make it out of a high-school creative writing class."Chart performance
In the United States, the song peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 for ten non-consecutive weeks, becoming the second song in 2025 to spend at least ten weeks at number one, and in the United Kingdom, "Ordinary" became the longest-running number one song on the UK Singles Chart of the 2020s thus far, as well as the longest-running uninterrupted number one song on the UK Singles Chart by an American male artist of all time. On the Pop Airplay chart, the song broke the record for the longest-running number one song in the chart's history by spending 16 non-consecutive weeks at number one.Music video
The music video was released alongside the song on February 7, 2025, and features Warren's wife, Kouvr Annon. He is seen chasing her through different places, including a forest, a beach, and a desert, before they finally catch up. At the end, both levitate towards the sky.Commercial and live performances
The song received a significant boost in streaming, sales, and Shazams after Warren performed it on season 8 of the reality television show Love Is Blind. The song was also featured on the July 28, 2025, edition of WWE Raw, used as part of a video package to remember the life of professional wrestling icon and WWE Hall of Famer, Hulk Hogan who had died a few days prior on July 24, 2025. It was also used by Fox Footy on January 23, 2026 to advertise their then-upcoming coverage of the 2026 AFL season.Alex Warren performed the song live at Lollapalooza 2025 with country singer Luke Combs. This version was released as a promotional single on August 4, 2025.
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart | Peak position |
| New Zealand Hot Singles | 7 |