Ordinary People (Clay Walker song)

"Ordinary People"
Single by Clay Walker
from the album Greatest Hits
Released	May 5, 1998
Format	CD single
Genre	Country
Length	3:49
Label	Giant
Writer(s)	Ed Hill, Craig Wiseman
Producer	James Stroud
Clay Walker singles chronology
"Then What?" (1998) "Ordinary People" (1998) "You're Beginning to Get to Me" (1998)

"Ordinary People is the title of a country music song written by Ed Hill and Craig Wiseman. It was recorded by American singer Clay Walker on his 1998 Greatest Hits album and released as the album's first single.

The song is Walker's sixteenth single release, as well as his sixteenth Top forty hit on the Billboard country singles charts. However, it was his lowest charting single at the time of its release as well as his first single to miss the top twenty.

Content

The song describes how "ordinary people have extraordinary love." The narrator compares ordinary people to famous people.

Reception

Larry Flick of Billboard gave the song a positive rating "Cynics might be quick to dismiss the lyrics as being to syrupy. However, it's a sediment that country music's core audience can relate to. Walker teams with James Stroud for production that is understated, while Walker turns in a plaintive, heartfelt performance."^[1]

Chart positions

"Ordinary People" is Walker's sixteenth Top 40 single on the Billboard country singles charts. The song spent nineteen weeks on the charts, peaking at #35 on the chart week of July 4.^[2] It also peaked at #22 on the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada.

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	35
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	22
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	20

References

1. ^ Larry Flick, Billboard Magazine, May 2, 1998, Billboard Magazine
2. ^ "Hot Country Songs listing for "Ordinary People"". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/clay-walker/ordinary-people/1232381. Retrieved 2011-04-12.