Pure Shores

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"Pure Shores"

Single by All Saints
from the album Saints & Sinners
Released	February 26, 2000
Format	CD
Recorded	Guerrilla Beach Studio, Conway Studios etc.
Genre	Pop
Length	4:27
Label	London Records
Producer(s)	William Orbit
Chart positions
#1 (UK (2 weeks), Ireland) #2 (New Zealand) #4 (Australia) #9 (NL, Japan) #35 (Canada)
All Saints singles chronology
"War of Nerves" (1998)	Pure Shores	"Black Coffee" (2000)

"Pure Shores" was the first single released from the All Saints's second album, Saints & Sinners. The song was written for The Beach movie. Many consider it the best record the band has ever produced.

The single topped the UK charts at #1 and became the second best-selling single of 2000 and was awarded the Capital FM award for best song on April 19, 2000.

1 Tracklist
2 Song information
3 Charts
4 Reviews
5 Music video
6 Remixes
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Tracklist

CD 1
1.	"Pure Shores"	4:27
2.	"If You Don't Know What I Know"	4:36
3.	"Pure Shores (The Beach Life Mix)"	4:31
4.	"Pure Shores (2 Da Beach U Don't Stop Remix)"	5:01
CD 2
1.	"Pure Shores (Original Mix)"	4:27
2.	"Pure Shores (2 Da Beach U Don't Stop Remix)"	5:01
3.	"Pure Shores (Cosmos Remix)"	3:40

[edit] Song information

Lyrics and Music	William Orbit and Shaznay Lewis
Producer	William Orbit
Keyboards and guitars	William Orbit
Mixed	Mark Stent
Drums	Steve Sidelnyk

[edit] Charts

Country	Date	Position	Certification	Copies
United Kingdom	February 13, 2000	#1 (2 Weeks)	Platinum ^[1]	685,343
Ireland	February 26, 2000	#1 ^[2]
New Zealand	March 26, 2000	#2 ^[3]	Gold ^[4]	5,000+
Australia	April 2, 2000	#4 ^[5]	Platinum ^[6]
Finland	February 2000	#5 ^[7]
Norway	March 2000	#5 ^[8]
France	March 25, 2000	#6 ^[9]
Switzerland	March 12, 2000	#6 ^[10]
Japan	April 16, 2000	#8 ^[11]
The Netherlands	March 2000	#9 ^[12]
Sweden	April 6, 2000	#10 ^[13]
Austria	April 9, 2000	#11 ^[14]
Germany	April 2000	#14 ^[15]
Canada	March 6, 2000	#35

[edit] Reviews

"This was the single that saw the Saints out-performing every other girl group on the planet, ditching the famous-for-being-famous tag, and finally becoming the statuesque pop goddesses they always claimed to be."
- Playlouder: Best single of 2000

[edit] Music video

Pure Shores screen capture

The Pure Shores video is set in the beach and features clips from the The Beach movie. Part of the video was shot at night. The video was filmed on Holkham beach in Norfolk, England.

On May 8, 2000 the video won the Loaded Award as best single of the year.

[edit] Remixes

Pure Shores

2 Da Beach U Don't Stop Remix
Album Version
Cosmos Remix
Instrumental
The Beach Life Mix

[edit] References

^ BPI.co.uk Certification "Pure Shores" Accessed: October 29, 2006
^ IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search. N.B. "All" cannot be used in the search string (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
^ Charts.org.nz "Pure Shores" page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
^ Rianz.org.nz Chart 25 June 2000 Accessed: November 2, 2006
^ Australian-Charts.com "Pure Shores" page Accessed: November 24, 2006
^ Aria.com.au Certifications 2000 Accessed: October 29, 2006
^ FinnishCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
^ NorwegianCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
^ LesCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
^ SwissCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
^ Sound.jp Tokyo Hot 100 archive. Accessed November 24, 2006
^ Top4000.nl Charts Week 9 2000. Accessed October 15, 2006
^ SwedishCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
^ AustrianCharts.at "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 28, 2006
^ Infinity Charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of April 2000 Accessed November 2, 2006