There were several other versions of 'Ordinary World' released. This mini- Decade was spread over the two CD singles released during the campaign.Īn acoustic version of the song was included on the band's next release, the ' Come Undone' single. To capitalise on the success of 'Ordinary World' and the new Duran Duran fans it was finding, EMI used the single's release to lure these new fans to the band's back catalogue. The video was filmed by director Nick Egan at Huntington Gardens in Pasadena, California and features a woman and her husband posing for photographs after presumably getting married while the band attend the wedding or rather reception as guests. It has been voted Best Duran Duran Song On Earth by fans. This performance was released on Pavarotti & Friends: Together for the Children of Bosnia. Simon Le Bon would go on to sing the song with Luciano Pavarotti at a War Child benefit show. The song won an Ivor Novello Award in May 1994. The keyboards and strings in the song were arranged and performed by Nick Rhodes and John Jones, using an AKAI S1000 & S900, Emulator III, and a Roland D-50. The song can also be credited with introducing Duran Duran to a new generation of fans. In the UK, the original January release date stood. The single proved so popular that Capitol had to push the US release date up, ultimately releasing it in December. It wasn't until Capitol leaked 'Ordinary World' to a radio station in Florida in the autumn of 1992 that it looked like Duran Duran mania might yet hit again.

Their album Liberty had proved a commercial failure, its two singles failing to make a significant showing on British or American charts. By the early 1990s, Duran Duran's once-Beatlesque popularity had faded.

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