Ordinary love
Ordinary love | |
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U2 | |
publication | November 29, 2013 |
length | 3:38 |
Genre (s) | skirt |
Author (s) | U2, Danger Mouse |
Label | Interscope |
Award (s) | Golden Globe 2014 |
Ordinary Love is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from 2013. It was written in honor of Nelson Mandela and is part of the soundtrack to his biography Mandela - The Long Road to Freedom (2013). The song received several nominations, including one for an Oscar for best movie song . In 2014 the band won a Golden Globe for best movie song .
History of origin
U2 had been friends with Nelson Mandela since their first anti- apartheid concerts and appearances in South Africa in the 1970s. Film producer Harvey Weinstein asked the band if they could write a song for the soundtrack, and the band agreed without hesitation. After seeing an early version of the film, they decided to make a song that pays tribute to Nelson Mandela and reflects his role.
Bono wrote the lyrics for the song, the music is from U2 and producer Danger Mouse . The recordings took place at Electric Lady Studios in New York City .
publication
The song marked the band's first song release in three years. It was written specifically for the film. A trailer for the film aired in October that included parts of the song. Initially, a release was announced through their website, but plans changed. On November 22nd, the official “Lyric Video” was released, created by Oliver Jeffers and Marc Premo .
For Record Store Day on November 29, 2013, U2 released a limited 10-inch LP via Island Records . On the B-side is the song Breathe from the 2009 album No Line on the Horizon in a special "Mandela Version". On the cover there is a picture of Nelson Mandela, which was also made by Oliver Jeffers . Only then was it published on iTunes .
Music style and text
U2 themselves described the song as a "complicated song for a complicated love story". The song contains elements of church music , so it starts with a synthesizer choir and it contains a break by Edge that is reminiscent of a church bell. It is a slow rock ballad with sparingly used instruments. Bono sings falsetto .
success
The song received a Golden Globe for the best movie song on January 12, 2014 and was considered a promising candidate for an Oscar for the best movie song , but lost to Let It Go from the Disney film Frozen - Totally Unabashed . It also received nominations for the 2014 Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the Denver Film Critics Society Awards .
The song reached top 100 placements in the most important record markets. In Italy the song even became a number one hit and reached platinum status .
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
Germany (GfK) | 39 (13 weeks) | 13 |
Ireland (IRMA) | 13 (7 weeks) | 7th |
Austria (Ö3) | 29 (10 weeks) | 10 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 11 (19 weeks) | 19th |
United States (Billboard) | 84 (2 weeks) | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ U2: 'A COMPLICATED SONG FOR A COMPLICATED LOVE STORY'. Golden Globe Awards , December 7, 2013, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Kory Grow: U2 Ready Two New Songs for 'Back to Black Friday'. Rolling Stone , October 30, 2013; accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Ordinary Love (10 inch vinyl). Official website of U2, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Kevin Rujerford: The track from 'Long Walk to Freedom' is the band's first new music in three years. In: Hollywood Reporter . Billboard.com , November 22, 2013, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Video: New U2 song 'Ordinary Love' part of Mandela biopic. Irish Times , October 22, 2013, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Natalie Kuchik: U2 release official 'Ordinary Love' lyric video. November 24, 2013, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ in the original: "It's a complicated love story so we ended up writing a complicated love song"; U2: 'A COMPLICATED SONG FOR A COMPLICATED LOVE STORY'. Golden Globe Awards, December 7, 2013, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ^ David Fricke: Ordinary Love. December 2, 2013, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Mandela: The Long Road to Freedom - Awards. Internet Movie Database , accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE IE AT CH US