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 <ref>BPI.co.uk Certification "Pure Shores" Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>	685,343
Ireland	February 26, 2000	#1 <ref name="irish">IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search. N.B. "All" cannot be used in the search string (Accessed: November 2, 2006)</ref>
New Zealand	March 26, 2000	#2 <ref>Charts.org.nz "Pure Shores" page. Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>	Gold <ref>Rianz.org.nz Chart 25 June 2000 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>	5,000+
Australia	April 2, 2000	#4 <ref>Australian-Charts.com "Pure Shores" page Accessed: November 24, 2006</ref>	Platinum <ref>Aria.com.au Certifications 2000 Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
Finland	February 2000	#5 <ref>FinnishCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006</ref>
Norway	March 2000	#5 <ref>NorwegianCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006</ref>
France	March 25, 2000	#6 <ref>LesCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006</ref>
Switzerland	March 12, 2000	#6 <ref>SwissCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006</ref>
Japan	April 16, 2000	#8 <ref>Sound.jp Tokyo Hot 100 archive. Accessed November 24, 2006</ref>
The Netherlands	March 2000	#9 <ref>Top4000.nl Charts Week 9 2000. Accessed October 15, 2006</ref>
Sweden	April 6, 2000	#10 <ref>SwedishCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006</ref>
Austria	April 9, 2000	#11 <ref>AustrianCharts.at "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 28, 2006</ref>
Germany	April 2000	#14 <ref>Infinity Charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of April 2000 Accessed November 2, 2006</ref>
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

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.