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"No Ordinary Love"
Single by Sade
from the album Love Deluxe
B-side
"Paradise" (remix)
Released
28 September 1992 (1992-09-28)
Studio
The Hit Factory, New York City
Genre
Quiet storm[1]
pop[2]
Length
7:20 (album version)
5:22 (single version)
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Sade Adu
Stuart Matthewman
Producer(s)
Sade
Sade singles chronology
"Haunt Me" (1989)
"No Ordinary Love" (1992)
"Feel No Pain" (1992)
Music video
"No Ordinary Love" on YouTube
"No Ordinary Love" is a song by English band Sade, released in September 1992 by Epic Records as the lead single and opening track from their fourth studio album, Love Deluxe (1992). The song is written by lead singer Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman, and was a success in Europe and New Zealand. It reached number four in Italy, number 17 in New Zealand, number 19 in Finland and the Netherlands, number 20 in France and number 26 in the UK. In January 1993, the song peaked at number 15 in Canada and number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100. When re-released in May 1993, "No Ordinary Love" reached a new peak of number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and number 21 in Australia. In the accompanying music video, directed by Sophie Muller, Sade Adu plays a mermaid who wants to be a bride.
American magazine Rolling Stone included "No Ordinary Love" in their list of "500 Best Songs of All Time" in 2021.[3]
^Harvey, Eric (19 May 2012). "The Quiet Storm". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^Sarig, Roni (2004). "Sade". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 712–713. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^"500 Best Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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