"Ordinary Day" is a song by English band
Curiosity Killed the Cat
Curiosity Killed the Cat was a British pop band that achieved success in the UK in the late 1980s, with hit singles such as " Down to Earth", " Misfit" and " Ordinary Day", from their No. 1 debut album, '' Keep Your Distance''. This was follo ...
, released in March 1987 by
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...
as the third single from their debut album ''
Keep Your Distance
''Keep Your Distance'' is the debut album by the British band Curiosity Killed the Cat, released in April 1987. It debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, and is their only album to chart on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, reaching #55.
Tra ...
''. It peaked at number 11 on the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Reception
Reviewing for ''
Record Mirror
''Record Mirror'' was a British weekly music newspaper between 1954 and 1991 for pop fans and record collectors. Launched two years after the ''NME'', it never attained the circulation of its rival. The first UK album chart was published in ''Re ...
'', Michelle Nicholasen wrote that "
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Down To Earth" was a bit of brilliant pop diversion from the norm. It ''does'' move along at a fair pace, however, and young Volauvent will no doubt leap around to it with enough style to take it well into the flingaway charts". However, Karen Swayne for ''
Number One
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* ''Number 1'' (Big Bang album), and the title song
* ''No. 1'' (BoA album), and the title song
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'' was more positive, writing that "it's clear they
uriosity Killed the Catwere born to be pop stars" and that "this single will certainly establish them as more than one-hit wonders".
Track listings
7": Mercury / CAT 3 (UK)
# "Ordinary Day" – 3:53
# "Bullet" – 3:42
12": Mercury / CATX 3 (UK)
# "Ordinary Day" (Extended Version) – 4:53
# "Bullet" – 3:42
# "Ordinary Day" (Dub Mix) – 3:40
12": Mercury / CATXR 3 (UK)
# "Ordinary Day" (Extraordinary Mix) – 5:23
# "Ordinary Day" (Ordinary Version) – 3:53
# "Bullet" – 3:42
12": Mercury / 15PP-60 (Japan)
# "Ordinary Day" (7" Version) – 3:54
# "Ordinary Day" (Extended Version) – 4:50
# "Down to Earth" – 3:51
# "Down to Earth" (Extended Version) – 6:01
Charts
References
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1987 singles
Mercury Records singles
1987 songs