Pure and Simple
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Danny Foster (musician).... He worked as a cleaner and trained as a youth worker before going through the talent show Popstars. The band had chart success with Pure and Simple becoming the then fastest selling debut single. The group had other successes including... In this article: Danny Foster, Hear'Say, Pure and Simple, Michelle Marsh, Craig Charles, Chesney Hawkes, Popstars, Stan Boardman, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder |
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
Hear'Say
...of Popstars, an ITV reality TV show based on a New Zealand show of the same name. They enjoyed huge success with their debut single, "Pure and Simple", helped by the publicity surrounding the ITV programme, the first of its kind in the UK.
In this article: Hear'Say, Kym Marsh, Myleene Klass, Suzanne Shaw, Popstars, Johnny Shentall, ITV, Polydor Records, Danny Foster, and Noel Sullivan
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Wikipedia | October 25, 2009
All Around the World (Oasis song)
...Ashcroft of The Verve. When it was suggested that Oasis take legal action against pop band Hear'Say for their first single's ("Pure and Simple") uncanny similarity to "All Around the World", Noel simply laughed at the hypocrisy of such...
In this article: Noel Gallagher, Oasis, All Around the World, The Beatles, Hey Jude, Whatever, Street Fighting Man, AT&T, Richard Ashcroft, and Creation Records
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Wikipedia | October 21, 2009
Girl Thing
...You Can't Hide". They are also infamous for being the band who recorded the Alison Clarkson (aka Betty Boo, now in WigWam) co-written song, "Pure and Simple", before ITV's Popstars winners Hear'Say. Since splitting up two members have found...
In this article: Girl Thing, Girls On Top, Jodi Albert, Japan, Eliot Kennedy, and K3
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Wikipedia | September 20, 2009
Now ... Us!
...to be released as a special Christmas single in December 2001. However, due to Hear'Say's limited fame in Germany (their debut single "Pure and Simple" peaked at number 83 only) Polydor and Cheyenne Records decided to exclude the band's...
In this article: No Angels, Elle'ments, Something about Us, Still in Love with You, All Cried Out, Peter Ries, Let's Go to Bed, Hear'Say, and Thorsten Brotzmann
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Wikipedia | July 28, 2009
Pure and Simple
"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...
In this article: Hear'Say, UK, Bridge over Troubled Water, Anything Is Possible, Never Ever, It Wasn't Me, Evergreen, Waterfalls, and Official UK Charts Company
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Wikipedia | June 01, 2009
Jiant
...1999, the team has expanded to seven writers, also consisitng of Dave Valler. In 2001, the received an Ivor Novello Award for their work on "Pure and Simple," the fastest-selling UK single of the year. No Angels - "No Angel (It's All in...
In this article: Jiant, Ivor Novello Award, and UK
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Wikipedia | May 26, 2009
The Way to Your Love
...of the UK version of Popstars. This song debuted at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and despite the success of the group's debut single "Pure and Simple", it only spent one week at the top of the chart and only a 10th of the number of...
In this article: Popstars, The Way to Your Love, Hear'Say, and UK
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | February 10, 2009
Myleene Klass: a touch of Klass
...of Music. She was 22 when she became one fifth of Hear'Say, the band manufactured before our eyes on Popstars. Their debut single, Pure and Simple, was the fastest selling in history, but after less than two years they split. Klass was...
In this article: Lauren Laverne, Mothercare, Hear'Say, Nicky Hambleton-Jones, Marks & Spencer, and Mary Shelley
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Wikipedia | November 07, 2008
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (Asia)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 was released in 2001. The album is the 7th edition of the Asian Now! series. Blue : "All Rise", Hear'Say : "Pure and Simple", Atomic Kitten : "Whole Again" and Gorillaz : "Clint Eastwood" are included on the...
In this article: Now That's What I Call Music!, Clint Eastwood, Always Come Back to Your Love, Whole Again, Hear'Say, Samantha Mumba, Michael Learns to Rock, Aaron Carter, and Atomic Kitten
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Independent.co.uk - Music | August 28, 2008
Now that's what we (still) call music!
...Cats" One to forget: Men Without Hats, "Safety Dance" One to remember: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Relax" One to forget: Tom Jones & Mousse-T, "Sex Bomb" One to forget: Hear'Say, "Pure and Simple" The first edition The bestseller
In this article: Itunes, Sex Bomb, Safety Dance, Love Cats, Hear'Say, Tom Jones, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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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, 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.
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 and has an uncanny resemblance to the Oasis song 'All around the world'.
- Name:
- Pure and Simple
- Genre:
- Pop
- Release Date:
- March 12, 2001
- Produced by:
- Tim Hawes & Pete Kirley
- Written By:
- Tim Hawes, Pete Kirley & Alison Clarkson
- Recorded By:
- Hear'Say
- Length:
- 3:47
- Record Label:
- Polydor
- Recording Dates:
- 2001
- Audio Format:
- CD single: Worldwide
- From Album:
- Popstars
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