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Songs of Surrender · Track 15 · 2023

Ordinary Love

Songs of Surrender Version

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Lyrics

Read the lyrics and recording notes for this version at U2Songs.

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Song Propaganda

The documented history below belongs to the song's original single or specifically named recording/video—not automatically to this album's mix, live performance or re-recording. Single-era reference: 2013.

Chart positions

  • Ireland — Singles peak: 13 Source
  • UK — Singles peak: 82 Source
  • US — Billboard Hot 100 peak: 84 Source

Certifications

No song-specific certification has been verified for this entry. The album's certification does not certify each track.

Grammys & other honours

  • 2014 Golden Globe — Best Original Song, Motion Picture (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) Source

Checked 2026-09-11. A missing entry means not established here, not necessarily that the song never charted or won an award.

Recording context

Forty songs are reinterpreted in quieter, often radically altered arrangements. These are 2023 re-recordings, not a greatest-hits compilation of original masters.

Album credits, production history and Did you know?

Exact recording source — U2SongsOfficial release — U2.com

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