Pure and Simple
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| Single by Hear'Say from the album Popstars |
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| Released | March 12, 2001 | ||||
| Format | CD single: Worldwide | ||||
| Recorded | 2001 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:47 | ||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||
| Writer(s) | Tim Hawes, Pete Kirley & Alison Clarkson | ||||
| Producer | Tim Hawes & Pete Kirley | ||||
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"Pure and Simple" is a popular song, released as the debut single by Hear'Say, the original winners of the UK version of Popstars. It was released as a double A-side with "Bridge Over Troubled Water", which was a fan favourite at the live shows.
The single spent 3 weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart and, at the time, it was the fastest selling debut single of all time in the UK, selling just under 550,000 copies in the first week,[1] a record beaten a year later by Will Young, the first UK Pop Idol, with his debut single "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen". It was the second highest selling single of 2001 behind "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy, and in total, more than 1.2 million copies were sold.[2]
The song was a cover version of a song originally released a year earlier by Girl Thing, who were dropped from Polydor Records to make way for Hear'Say.
The song was co-written by Betty Boo under her real name of Alison Clarkson.
[edit] References
- ^ Hear'Say hit number one. BBC News (18 March 2001). Retrieved on 23 September 2007.
- ^ Hear'Say split up. BBC News (1 October 2002). Retrieved on 23 September 2007.
- All the No. 1's – Pure and Simple. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved on 23 September 2007.
| Preceded by "Uptown Girl" by Westlife |
UK number one single 18 March 2001 - 8 April 2001 |
Succeeded by "What Took You So Long?" by Emma Bunton |
