Ordinary Girl / Brand New Key [Single]

China Forbes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002D7O
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #552,190 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great pop-rock confection, August 8, 2005

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David Pearlman "sound fanatic" (Arlington, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ordinary Girl / Brand New Key (Audio CD)

This single consists of the track Ordinary Girl by China Forbes that everyone buys it for (and which is available NOWHERE ELSE), and a second [we used to call 'em b-sides] track, "Brand New Key" by Rasputina, that no one buys it for (and which is easily available on Rasputina's album Thanks for the Ether--no need to shell out for this single to hear it...and I won't bother to review it)

Ordinary Girl was the theme song to the TV show Clueless, which followed in the wake of the suprise hit movie, and which lasted three seasons. Expectedly, for the theme to a movie about chipper high school girls, it's a sticky sweet pop rock confection--the aural equivalent of the juicy wad of sugary bubblegum.

Perhaps not so expectedly, the song provides a great 3 minute buzz, a happy rockin' and catchy track that sounds a lot like vintage Go-Gos. That's perhaps no surprise, since the track was co-written by the Go-Go's Charlotte Caffey in collaboration with That Dog's Anna Waronker. Why neither Caffey nor Waronker has delivered this kind of confection to their own projects is a mystery, but China Forbes' rendition is excellent and the track sounds like the big hit it should have been.

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't get it out of my head..., September 28, 2010

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HMVincent "The House of No" (Richmond, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ordinary Girl / Brand New Key (Audio CD)

The jewel case has one CD with one track, "Ordinary Girl." It does NOT have "Brand New Key." The CD is perfect, the sound is great. The CD was released as a demo in 1996 before the "Clueless" series aired.