- published: 30 Apr 2016
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"Typical" is the debut single from New Orleans rock group Mutemath. The song was written in 2003 by Paul Meany and Darren King. The digital single was released on April 10, 2007. A physical single was released in the UK only on August 27, 2007. Josh Harris club remixes of the song were also released digitally to several outlets on September 18, 2007. The song is also featured as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of video games. The song was also featured in the 2009 film, The Stepfather.
The group has performed the song on both ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and the video began rotation on MTV Networks in May 2007 beginning with MTVu. An edited form of the song was featured on an advertisement for the Discovery Channel in the spring of 2008.
As of late June, the single started receiving major airplay in Modern Rock and is quickly rising up the Mediabase Alternative chart jumping from #115 to #65 and was also the second most added song on Alternative stations the week of June 13, 2007. The single then jumped to a peak position of #36 the first week of August 2007, remaining there for over 6 weeks and debuted at #39 on Billboard's US Modern Rock Chart the week of August 4, 2007 where it reached a peak position of #33.
I'm not just
An ordinary me
I've got my own
Individuality
Not the same
So why should I pretend
To only blend into the crowd
Because
I don't wanna be just typical
Only wanna be original...and say
Never wanna be just typical
Cause you write the world you live in
And I'm gonna do it my own way
Ay ya....ay ya...ay ya...ay ya...
My style is
Anything I like
I am myself
And I never compromise
Can't be her
But I can be the only girl
In all the world that's me
Because
I don't wanna be just typical
Only wanna be original...and say
Never wanna be just typical
Cause you write the world you live in
And I'm gonna do it my own way
I could never be somebody
Else I know I never will
We're beautiful the way we are