No Ordinary Love

"No Ordinary Love"
Single by Sade
from the album Love Deluxe
Released	10 October 1992 (UK) 7 November 1992 (U.S.)
Format	CD single, 7" single, 12" maxi single
Recorded	1992
Genre	Soul, downtempo, Soft rock
Length	5:22 (Single Version) 7:20 (Album Version) 4:01 (Video Version)
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman
Producer	Sade, Mike Pela
Sade singles chronology
"Haunt Me" (1989) "No Ordinary Love" (1992) "Feel No Pain" (1992)

"No Ordinary Love" is the lead single from the English artist Sade's fourth studio album, Love Deluxe (1992). Released in 1992 on Epic Records, it peaked at number 26 in the UK when originally released in October 1992, but reached number 14 when re-released in June 1993.

Awards

The song won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1994.

Cover versions and appearances in the media

"No Ordinary Love" was featured prominently in the 1993 film Indecent Proposal, though it was not included on the film's soundtrack album.

Serbian rock band Night Shift covered the song on their Undercovers album in 2002.

Trip hop band Endless Blue covered the song on their self titled debut album in 2004.

The band Deftones covered this song with Jonah Matranga for the band's 2005 B-side collection B-Sides & Rarities. This cover has generally been extremely well received by critics and fans of Sade and Deftones.

Pinoy rock band Urbandub also did a cover of this song, which was included on the EMI Music Philippines 2005 compilation Full Volume - The Best of Pinoy Alternative.^[1]

The song was also covered instrumentally by trumpeter Chris Botti on his 2004 album When I Fall in Love.^[2][3]

Vesta Williams covered the song on her 2007 album "Distant Lover"

The Civil Wars cover it live in their album Live at Eddie's Attic available on their website as a free Internet download.

Richard Marx covered the song as "Ordinary Love" on his 2008 album titled Sundown.

"No Ordinary Love" appeared in the second season episode "Jack Gets in the Game", when Kenneth Parcell tried to seduce Tracy Jordan's wife, Angie Jordan.

Rappers The Jacka and Lee Majors heavily sampled the song in "No Ordinary Drug" from their 2010 album The Gobots 2: D-Boy Era

"No Ordinary Love" is often considered Sade's signature song, alongside 1988's "Paradise" and 1985's "Smooth Operator."

Track listings and formats

UK CD single "No Ordinary Love" – 5:22 "Paradise" (Remix) – 5:40 "No Ordinary Love" (Album Version) – 7:18 UK 7" single Side A: "No Ordinary Love" – 5:22 Side B: "Paradise" (Remix) – 5:40

UK 12" maxi single Side A: "No Ordinary Love" (Album Version) – 7:18 Side B: "Paradise" (Remix) – 5:40 "Paradise" (Drums and Sade) – 5:40 U.S. CD single "No Ordinary Love" – 5:23 "Paradise" (Remix) – 5:40

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Dutch Top 40[4]	19
French Singles Chart[5]	20
German Singles Chart[6]	43
Swedish Singles Chart[5]	33
Swiss Singles Chart[5]	23
Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[5]	21
UK Singles Chart[7]	14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8]	28
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[8]	9
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8]	14

References

1. ^ "EMI Philippines – Urbandub". EMI Music Philippines. http://www.emimusic.ph/urbandub. Retrieved 2008-01-11. 
2. ^ "When I Fall In Love overview". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r709152. 
3. ^ "Chris Botti dating Katie Couric". SmoothVibes.com. http://www.smoothvibes.com/movabletype/archives/000255.html. 
4. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 46 – 1992" (in Dutch). Top 40. http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=46&jaar=1992. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d} "Sade – No Ordinary Love – swisscharts.com". SwissCharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=No+Ordinary+Love&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
6. ^ "Musicline.de – Sade – No Ordinary Love" (in German). Musicline.de. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/SADE/No+Ordinary+Love/single. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
7. ^ "Chart Stats – Sade – No Ordinary Love {1993}". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=20886. Retrieved 2008-09-03. 
8. ^ ^{a b c} "Sade > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5337. Retrieved 2008-09-03.