Ordinary Angels

For the film, see Ordinary Angels (film).

"Ordinary Angels" is a song by Australian indie pop group Frente!. The song was not released as a single in Australia but was included on the Clunk EP, which peaked at number three on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in 1992.^[1] "Ordinary Angels" was released in North America and Europe in 1993 and was included on their first full-length album Marvin the Album. The song won the Breakthrough Artist – Single category at the ARIA Music Awards of 1993.^[2]

"Ordinary Angels"
Single by Frente!
from the album Marvin the Album
Released	1993
Length	2:37
Label	Mammoth, Mushroom
Songwriter(s)	A Hart, S Austin
Producer(s)	Daniel Denholm
Frente! singles chronology
"No Time" (1993) "Ordinary Angels" (1993) "Lonely" (1994)

Background

According to Angie Hart, 'Ordinary Angels' was written in a day. "We'd flown to Sydney to meet with (record label) RooArt who were courting us with a demo deal. We stupidly offered them a brand-new song as a sweetener, thinking it would make things more solid. Of course we hadn't written it yet. We had nothing and Simon and I were devastated. We were both exhausted and despondent and through sobs, the first lines of the song emerged. It stacked like a puzzle, word by word, chord by chord. It is still one of my favourites to this day."^[3]

Track listings

European CD single

1. "Ordinary Angels" (A Hart, S Austin) – 2:37
2. "Book Song" (S Austin) – 2:39
3. "Seamless" (M Picton) – 2:59
4. "Nadi" (A Hart) – 0:34

North American CD single

1. "Ordinary Angels" – 2:51
2. "Most Beautiful" (acoustic version) – 2:32
3. "Ordinary Angels" (acoustic version) – 2:41
4. "Accidently Kelly Street" (acoustic version) – 3:18

1994 CD remixes

1. "Ordinary Angels" – 2:48
2. "Ordinary Angels" (7-inch remix) – 2:48
3. "Ordinary Angels" (Ayonarra mix) – 2:52