Ordinary People was recorded in 2004 and was the second single released from John Legend's album Get Lifted. John produced and wrote this song along with will.i.am.
The song won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, in 2006.
The song is very simple but yet very emotional.
John Legend explained the lyrics: "The idea for the song is that relationships are difficult and the outcome uncertain. If a relationship is going to work, it will require compromise and, even then, it is not always going to end the way you want it to. No specific experience in my life led me to the lyrics for this song, although my parents were married twice to each other and divorced twice from each other. Their relationship is, of course, one of my reference points, but I didn't write this to be autobiographical or biographical. It is just a statement about relationships and my view on them."
Becky Hill and Jaz Ellington covered the song on the first series of The Voice UK, and that was when I discovered this song.
I know i misbehave
And you made your mistakes
And we both still got room left to grow
And though love sometimes hurts
I still put you first
And we'll make this thing work
But i think we should take it slow
