Ordinary Girl (Hannah Montana song)

"Ordinary Girl" is a song by American singer and actress Miley Cyrus, performing as Hannah Montana – the alter ego of Miley Stewart – a character she plays on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. It was released to Radio Disney on July 6, 2010 as the lead single for the fourth season of Hannah Montana. Lyrically, the track speaks about how Hannah Montana might be famous, but she is just an ordinary girl underneath. The song was later released on July 6, 2010 through digital distribution as the lead single from the soundtrack of the same title as the special title (Hannah Montana Forever) of the fourth and final season of the series.

"Ordinary Girl"
Single by Miley Cyrus
from the album Hannah Montana Forever
ReleasedJuly 6, 2010
Recorded2010
Genre
Length2:57
LabelWalt Disney
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Toby Gad
Miley Cyrus singles chronology
"Supergirl"
(2009)		 "Ordinary Girl"
(2010)		 "Are You Ready"
(2010)

Background and composition

"Ordinary Girl" was written by Toby Gad and Arama Brown,[1] and was released as the lead single from Hannah Montana Forever. It premiered on Radio Disney on July 2, 2010[2] and was released on July 6, 2010 to all digital outlets.[3][4] On October 15, 2010, the song was released as a CD single.[5][6][7] It is featured in the second episode of Hannah Montana Forever (final season), "Hannah Montana to the Principal's Office". "Ordinary Girl" is a song with a length of two minutes and fifty-nine seconds.[8]

Reception

Stephanie Bruzzese of CommonSenseMedia stated that the song's "solid, snappy guitar hook is backed by catchy percussive clapping and a chorus of cute young voices -- a set-up that sounds more suited to Miley's maturing vocals."[9] The song debuted at ninety-eight on the US Hot Digital Songs chart for the week ending July 11, 2010,[10] then peaked at #49 two weeks later. The song has also debuted at #91 on Billboard's US Hot 100 on the week dated July 31, 2010. It spent two weeks at its peak, then fell off the chart.[11]

Music video

Unlike other Hannah Montana music videos, "Ordinary Girl" is not a concert taping performance. Hannah in the video is also a model, and not Miley Cyrus, as Miley Cyrus refused to appear in the video. It premiered on July 2, 2010 and starts out in Montana's dressing room where she is getting ready for a concert. She uses her video camera to tape everything that goes on, leading up to her stepping onstage, where a screaming crowd is waiting. She waves, then hands the camera to a girl in the front row of the concert. The video then flashes to a school room where the girl has a party with her friends after receiving the camera, while shots from the Hannah Montana season 3 concert are playing on the chalk boards. The camera is then passed onto another girl who bumps into a boy who begins talking to her. R5 artists Riker and Ross Lynch are seen in the classroom.[12]

Track listings
  • U.S. digital download[7]
  1. "Ordinary Girl" (Album Version) – 2:57
  • EU 2-Track CD Single[13]
  1. "Ordinary Girl" (Album Version) – 2:57
  2. "Ordinary Girl" (Instrumental) – 2:57

Charts
Chart performance for "Ordinary Girl"
Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 93
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 91

Certification
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[16] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Format Label
United States July 2, 2010 Radio Disney Walt Disney Records
July 6, 2010 Digital download[7]
Germany October 15, 2010[13] CD single

References
  1. (end credits) on YouTube
  2. Toor, Armar (August 19, 2010). "'Hannah Montana Forever' -- 2010 New Album Preview". AOL. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  3. "Ordinary Girl - Single Hannah Montana". iTunes Store. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  4. "Ordinary Girl: Hannah Montana: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  5. "Ordinary Girl (G-S-a 2-Track: Hannah Montana: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon Germany. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  6. "Disney". Radio Disney. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  7. "Ordinary Girl: Hannah Montana: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  8. "Hannah Montana Forever". [AlltheMusic.com]. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  9. This review was written by Stephanie Bruzzese (2010-07-06). ""Ordinary Girl" (CD single) - Music Review". Commonsensemedia.org. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  10. "Ordinary Girl - Hannah Montana". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  11. "Music News, Reviews, Articles, Information, News Online & Free Music". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  12. "Hannah Montana - Ordinary Girl". The Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved June 25, 2012 – via YouTube.
  13. "Ordinary Girl (G-S-a 2-Track-S: Hannah Montana: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon Germany. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  14. "Hannah Montana: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  15. "Hannah Montana Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  16. "American single certifications – Hannah Montana – Ordinary Girl". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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