Shades of Purple

This article is about the album. For information about shades of the color purple, see Shades of purple.

Shades of Purple
Studio album by M2M
Released March 7, 2000
Recorded 1998-1999
Genre Pop
Length 51:07
Label Atlantic
Producer Peter Zizzo, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger
M2M chronology

Shades of Purple
(2000)
The Big Room
(2001)
Alternative cover
Asian edition cover
Singles from Shades of Purple
  1. "Don't Say You Love Me"
    Released: October 26, 1999
  2. "Mirror Mirror"
    Released: February 22, 2000
  3. "The Day You Went Away"
    Released: March 20, 2000
  4. "Pretty Boy"
    Released: July 2000
  5. "Girl In Your Dreams"
    Released: September 26, 2000
  6. "Everything You Do"
    Released: December 5, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment Weekly[2] (B)

Shades of Purple is the debut album from Norwegian pop duo, M2M. The album was particularly highly successful in Southeast Asia, and sold over five million copies worldwide.

Six singles were released from the album: "Don't Say You Love Me", "Mirror Mirror", "The Day You Went Away", "Pretty Boy", "Girl in Your Dreams", and "Everything You Do". The latter was re-recorded with new vocals, and all six tracks appear on their best-of album The Day You Went Away.

Unreleased tracks

During the recording of Shades of Purple some songs were written or recorded by M2M as demos but never made it onto the album itself.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Don't Say You Love Me"  Jimmy Bralower, Marit Larsen, Marion Raven, Peter Zizzo 3:46
2. "The Day You Went Away"  Larsen, Raven, Matt Rowe 3:43
3. "Girl in Your Dreams"  Raven 3:31
4. "Mirror Mirror"  Dave Deviller, Sean Hosein, Pamela Sheyne 3:21
5. "Pretty Boy"  Bottolf Lødemel, Nora Skaug 4:40
6. "Give a Little Love"  Larsen, Raven, Rowe 3:59
7. "Everything You Do"  Lars Aass, Larsen, Raven 4:02
8. "Don't Mess with My Love"  Larsen, Shelly Peiken, Raven, Guy Roche 3:44
9. "Dear Diary"  Larsen, Raven, Sheyne, Greg Wells 3:58
10. "Do You Know What You Want"  Full Force, Larsen, Raven 4:06
11. "Smiling Face"  Larsen, Raven, Rowe 4:15
12. "Our Song"  Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Robert Jazayeri, Larsen, Sean "Mystro" Mather, Raven 3:54
13. "Why"  Larsen, Raven, Seger 4:20

Charts and certifications

Shades of Purple debuted at number eighty nine on the Billboard 200 in 2000.

Country Certification Sales
Chile Gold 10,000
Indonesia 7× Platinum 280,000
Malaysia 3× Platinum 110,000
Norway Gold 20,000
Philippines 4× Platinum 90,000
Singapore 2× Platinum 30,000
South Korea Platinum 30,000
Taiwan Platinum 70,000
Thailand 8× Platinum 500,000

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