Ordinary World
Released On
God's Favorite Band [2017]
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
OTIS
Green Day
83
2016-09-26
2017-08-02
Staple (80-100%)
Regular (50-79%)
Sporadic (20-49%)
Rare (1-19%)
Inactive (0%)
Performance Probability
0%
Odds of being played at the next showDoubtful
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Song Notes
The song was originally written for, and appeared in, a movie Billie Joe starred in called 'Ordinary World,' which was also released in 2016.
A second version of the song was released on the greatest hits compilation God’s Favorite Band, featuring a duet with Miranda Lambert.
I was in a movie called Ordinary World in 2016, and the director, Lee Kirk, wanted a song that kind of summed up the character’s life. I had a couple of strikeouts with it. One of them was 'Outlaws', which is also on Revolution Radio. Then I ended up writing this song, 'Ordinary World', that sounded more country, and it just sort of fit the movie. It’s about family, really. It’s just finding out that the things in life that are more simple are actually the biggest connections that you can have. We tend to overthink the things that are not really important.
I think about this song as an extension of '2000 Light Years Away', 20-something years apart. I value my relationships so much. I’m very deeply connected to Adrienne, and I’m very deeply connected to Green Day. People ask me, like, “Why do you maintain these relationships for so long?” I don’t know. Roots matter to me, I guess.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Rolling Stone)
A second version of the song was released on the greatest hits compilation God’s Favorite Band, featuring a duet with Miranda Lambert.
I was in a movie called Ordinary World in 2016, and the director, Lee Kirk, wanted a song that kind of summed up the character’s life. I had a couple of strikeouts with it. One of them was 'Outlaws', which is also on Revolution Radio. Then I ended up writing this song, 'Ordinary World', that sounded more country, and it just sort of fit the movie. It’s about family, really. It’s just finding out that the things in life that are more simple are actually the biggest connections that you can have. We tend to overthink the things that are not really important.
I think about this song as an extension of '2000 Light Years Away', 20-something years apart. I value my relationships so much. I’m very deeply connected to Adrienne, and I’m very deeply connected to Green Day. People ask me, like, “Why do you maintain these relationships for so long?” I don’t know. Roots matter to me, I guess.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Rolling Stone)
Lyrics
Where can I find the city of shining light
In an ordinary world?
How can I leave a buried treasure behind
In an ordinary world?
The days into years roll by
It's where that I live until I die
Ordinary world
What would you wish if you saw a shooting star
In an ordinary world?
I'd walk to the end of the earth and afar
In an ordinary world
Baby, I don't have much
But what we have is more than enough
Ordinary world
Where can I find the city of shining light?
In an ordinary world
How can I leave a buried treasure behind?
In an ordinary world
Baby, I don't have much
But what we have is more than enough
Ordinary world