Ordinary Pain (track)
by Stevie Wonder
Year: 1976
From the album Songs In The Key Of Life (track #10)
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Ordinary Pain appears on the following album(s) by Stevie Wonder:
- Songs In The Key Of Life (track #10) (this album) (1976)
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| ! | 07/12/2026 08:50 | Siromynian | 18,087 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 16:33 | wizardalien | 9,888 | 61/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2026 13:20 | Bjartmar03 | 3,201 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 20:15 | Pepeov | 6,486 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 15:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,543 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.1/100, a mean average of 83.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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tgarritsen 03/10/2015 17:40 | #136509
Great song about fooling yourself that your not really hurt. The change in the middle of the song makes for a very harsh ending fitting with real life.
Quite a fun song. Not at all what I saw coming when I listened to this album.
ffudnebbuh 01/13/2011 14:07 | #17547
I love how this song completely changes into this superfunk groove in the second half.
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