“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” was a commercial success, topping the Billboard Global 200 for ten straight weeks, while reaching number one in over 30 countries. It also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Croatia, France, Italy, Lebanon, South Africa, and Sweden. 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 (surpassing “Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran‘s 11-week reign in July-September 2021), 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 Airplaychart, 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.[2]
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.[5] 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.
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.[6]
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