Ordinary Day (Vanessa Carlton song)

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"Ordinary Day"
Single by Vanessa Carlton
from the album Be Not Nobody
B-side	"Paradise"
Released	July 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)
Length	3:58
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Vanessa Carlton
Producer(s)	Ron Fair
Vanessa Carlton singles chronology
"A Thousand Miles" (2002) "Ordinary Day" (2002) "Big Yellow Taxi" (2002)

"Ordinary Day" is a song written and performed by Vanessa Carlton from her 2002 debut album, Be Not Nobody. Carlton wrote the song when she was 17 and was the first song that she had ever written in only one sitting. Released as a single on July 1, 2002, the song peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

When Carlton performs the song live, she uses some of the original lyrics that she wrote for the song rather than the ones recorded for the album version. On the album, the lyrics at the end of the chorus are "Don't you see your dreams lie right in the palm of your hand?" and in the live version Vanessa sings "If we walk now, we will divide and conquer this land".

There was a demo version of Ordinary Day called “Ordinary Days” Which uses the “If we walk now, we will divide and conquer this land” lyrics.