"Ordinary Girl" is a song by English singer Alison Moyet, which was released in 1987 as the third single from her second studio album Raindancing.

On its release, Ian Cranna of Smash Hits described "Ordinary Girl" as an "excellent and unusual song" and praised its lyrics, but added, "Pity the pushy synthetic music doesn't really match up to the idea or the typically wonderful singing.

"[2] Jane Solanas of New Musical Express noted the "interesting subject matter" of "platonic love between women", but felt the song was a "pretty basic pop single" and one that "lesbians will buy in their thousands".

[3] Vincent O'Keeffe of The Kerryman described it as "an unusual song about the singer's best friend who suddenly leaves home" and added that "the idea and music work and blend in perfectly together.

[5] In a retrospective review of the album, Darren Howard of Gay Times felt that the song, along with "Is This Love?