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Extraordinary (Clean Bandit song)

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"Extraordinary"
Single by Clean Bandit featuring Sharna Bass
from the album New Eyes
Released16 May 2014
Recorded2013
GenreTropical house, dance-pop
Length4:16
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jack Patterson
  • Mark Ralph
Clean Bandit singles chronology
"Rather Be"
(2014) 		"Extraordinary"
(2014) 		"Come Over"
(2014)
Sharna Bass singles chronology
"Extraordinary"
(2014) 		"Buss A 9"
(2018)
Music video
"Extraordinary" on YouTube

"Extraordinary" is a song by British electronic group Clean Bandit, featuring vocals from Sharna Bass. It was written by Jack Patterson, Jimmy Napes, Grace Chatto and Gustave Rudman.[1]

The song was issued as the fifth single from Clean Bandit's debut studio album, New Eyes (2014).[2] The single and its remix EP were first released in Ireland on 16 May 2014, and was released in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2014.

Music video

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The music video was filmed in Cuba. Cellist Grace Chatto told Capital FM: "[Cuba's] an incredible country – unlike anywhere else we have ever been to. We wanted to capture the euphoric feeling of the music in sunshine and dancing. We made the video ourselves… with help from two Russian friends and some wonderful people we met out in Havana."[2]

The video was released onto YouTube on 2 April 2014 at a total length of four minutes and seventeen seconds.[3] The video was made by the group and features Sharna Bass, who provides vocals for the track. As of April 2018, the video has received more than 34 million views.

Critical reception

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The Guardian said that "there's a lot going on in the recent single Extraordinary – steel drums, pizzicato strings, rumbling timpani, cut-up vocal samples, chattering electronics – but you'd never notice, partly because the production is so polite and anaemic that it saps the constant musical shifts of their power, and partly because it's all buried underneath another rotten song, this time a kind of uplifting Emile Sandé-esque ballad: the result is about as extraordinary as branch of Tesco Express".[4]

Track listing

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Digital download – single
No.TitleLength
1."Extraordinary" (featuring Sharna Bass)4:16
Digital download – EP
No.TitleLength
1."Extraordinary" (Sigma Remix)4:40
2."Extraordinary" (Zinc Remix)4:47
3."Extraordinary" (Bontan Remix)6:18
4."Extraordinary" (Klingande Remix)5:06

Charts and certifications

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Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[5] 4
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 34
Belgium Dance Bubbling Under (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 1
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[7] 17
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 41
Belgium Dance Bubbling Under (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 3
Europe (Euro Digital Songs)[9] 12
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 21
Italy (FIMI)[11] 17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 37
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 66
Poland (Dance Top 50)[14] 39
Scotland (OCC)[15] 7
Slovakia (IFPI)[16] 81
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[17] 100
UK Dance (OCC)[18] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[19] 5
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[20] 6

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[21] Gold 15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Country Date Format (Version) Label
Ireland 16 May 2014 Digital download[23]
Digital download – remixes[24]
United Kingdom 18 May 2014 Digital download[25]
Digital download – remixes[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Clean Bandit debut new single 'Extraordinary' music video - watch - Music News". Digital Spy. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/clean-bandit/videos/feat-sharna-bass-extraordinary/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ Clean Bandit - Extraordinary feat. Sharna Bass YouTube
  4. ^ Alexis Petridis (29 May 2014). "Clean Bandit: New Eyes review – featherweight pop dance with delusions of classical grandeur | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass – Extraordinary" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass – Extraordinary" (in Dutch). Ultratop Dance. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass – Extraordinary" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass – Extraordinary" (in French). Ultratop Dance. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Euro Digital Songs : Jun 07, 2014". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Chart Track: Week 21, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
  11. ^ "Top Digital Download – Classifica settimanale WK 32 (dal 04-08-2014 al 10-08-2014)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 28, 2014" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass – Extraordinary" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Dance Top 50. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. ^ "Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass – Extraordinary" (in Slovak). IFPI Slovakia. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  17. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201428 into search. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  18. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  19. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  20. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  21. ^ "Italian single certifications – Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass – Extraordinary" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select "2014" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Extraordinary" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  22. ^ "British single certifications – Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass – Extraordinary". British Phonographic Industry.
  23. ^ "Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass) - Single". iTunes Store (IE). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  24. ^ "Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass) Remixes - Single". iTunes Store (IE). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  25. ^ "Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass) - Single". iTunes Store (GB). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  26. ^ "Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass) Remixes - Single". iTunes Store (GB). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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