The song is about no matter what happens to us, to just get right back out there and keep going. And as the song goes 'And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day... And it's all your state of mind... At the end of the day, you've just got to say...It's all right...'
Over the years Great Big Sea have played 'Ordinary Day' thousands of times for fans as the song was one of their most popular songs. In 2017 CBC music conducted an online music survey to find out what were most popular Canadian songs of all time and 'Ordinary Day' made the list.
In 2017 Canadian musician Brett Kissel recorded 'Ordinary Day' for Warner Music Canada who celebrated their 50 th anniversary by making a compilation album called 'Covered In Gold 5.0'.
Today, 'Ordinary Day' remains a fan favourite and is still on the setlist of an Alan Doyle concert. So the fans were surprised recently when the was being used by the CPP Investment Board in a commercial.
Fans were wondering if the company had permission to use the song. Alan Doyle informed fans via his official Twitter account they did indeed have permission.
As one fan put it in the discussion it it was hoped Great Big Sea were paid well by this company using their song.
I have circulated a copy of the official video of Great Big Sea's 'Ordinary Day' on my Google + page.
I have also circulated a copy of an interview of Brett Kissel talking about recording Great Big Sea's 'Ordinary Day'.
