Ordinary Lives

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"Ordinary Lives"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album One
B-side	"Wing and a Prayer"
Released	27 March 1989
Recorded	April 1988
Genre	Pop
Length	4:01
Label	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Music
Songwriter(s)	Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Producer(s)	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Brian Tench
Bee Gees singles chronology
"E.S.P." (1987) "Ordinary Lives" (1989) "One" (1989)

"Ordinary Lives" is a song by the Bee Gees from their 16th studio album One, released on 27 March 1989 by Warner Records as the album's first single. It was written by the group and they produced it with Brian Tench. Following the premature death of their younger brother Andy Gibb in 1988, the Bee Gees dedicated this song and their new album to him. Originally the song was titled "Cruel World" but was later changed to "Ordinary Lives". The song reached the top 10 in Switzerland (number 9) and Germany (number 8), and hitting the top 40 in some European countries except France and the UK, where it peaked at number 49 and 54 respectively.^[1]