"No Ordinary Morning" / "Halcyon" is a double A-side single by British electronic dance music artist Chicane

Chicane (recording artist)

Chicane is a British electronic dance music act, and the guise of British musician, composer, songwriter and record producer, Nicholas Bracegirdle....

. It was released as the fourth single from his second studio album, Behind the Sun

Behind the Sun (Chicane album)

Behind The Sun is Chicane's second album, released in August 2000 under Alex Gold's Xtravaganza Recordings in the UK. In the United States, it was distributed by C2 Records, as part of a then newly-signed distribution deal between Xtravaganza and the now defunct imprint of Columbia Records.The...

on 10 July 2000. The single reached number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

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"No Ordinary Morning" features the vocals of Tracey Ackerman

Tracey Ackerman

Tracy Ackerman is a British singer and songwriter. She works with several other British songwriters including Andy Watkins and Paul Wilson of Absolute and Mark Taylor....

 and is co-written by Ray Hedges

Ray Hedges

Ray Hedges from Surrey, England is a songwriter and record producer.Ray Hedges has had over 60 top 20 singles and albums including 6 UK No 1’sas producer and or writer with many on his own record labels....

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"Halcyon" refers to Halcyon

Halcyon (genus)

Halcyon is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the family Halcyonidae.The following is the list of species:* Ruddy Kingfisher, Halcyon coromanda* Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Halcyon badia...

, a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of kingfisher

Kingfisher

Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...

s (specifically, those of the Halcyonidae

Tree kingfisher

The tree kingfishers or wood kingfishers, family Halcyonidae, are the most numerous of the three families of birds in the kingfisher group, with between 56 and 61 species in around 12 genera, including several species of kookaburras. The family appears to have arisen in Indochina and the Maritime...

 family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

) in scientific classification, as is evident by the opening moments of the song, where a kingfisher's call is heard before the tempo starts to pick up and the song begins.

On 6 October 2008 Chicane released the greatest hits album, The Best of Chicane: 1996–2008, which includes a reworked version of "Halcyon".

Track listings

• Australia and Europe Maxi CD Single

1. "No Ordinary Morning" (Radio Edit) – 3:49
2. "Halcyon" (Original Mix) – 9:02
3. "Halcyon" (Airscape Remix) – 7:01

• Cassette single

Side A

1. "No Ordinary Morning" (7" Radio Edit) – 3:50
2. "Halcyon" (Original Mix) – 9:02

Side B

1. "No Ordinary Morning" (7" Radio Edit) – 3:50
2. "Halcyon" (Original Mix) – 9:02

• UK 12" vinyl

Side A

1. "No Ordinary Morning" (Original Mix)

Side B

1. "Halcyon" (Original Mix)

Charts

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Chart (2000)	Peak position