"After all of the chaos that's on the album, whether it's pop culture or whatever new apps we're using, everything gets so complicated. At some point you want something simple. That's sort of what "Ordinary World" is about." - Billie Joe (Rolling Stone, Aug. 11, 2016)

"Armstrong wrote this ballad for his upcoming movie of the same name, where he stars as a failed rocker turned family man, after director Lee Kirk asked him for a poignant song that his character might've written. It took him a couple tries, but he ended up with a song so strong that he wanted it on Green Day's new album, as well. The final line gives the album a happy ending: 'Baby, I don't have much,' Armstrong sings over acoustic strumming and a gently chiming electric guitar, 'but what we have is more than enough/Ordinary world.'" (Track by Track Guide, Rolling Stone)