"Pure Shores"
File:Pure Shores All Saints.jpg
Single by All Saints
from the album Saints & Sinners & The Beach OST
B-side "If You Don't Know What I Know"
Released 14 February 2000
Format CD
Recorded Guerrilla Beach Studio, Conway Studios etc.
Genre Pop, R&B, ambient
Length 4:27
Label London Records
Writer(s) William Orbit, Shaznay Lewis
Producer William Orbit
All Saints singles chronology
"War of Nerves"
(1998)		 "Pure Shores"
(2000)		 "Black Coffee"
(2000)

"Pure Shores" is a song by All Saints, released as the first single from their second album, Saints & Sinners. The song was written for the film The Beach and produced by William Orbit.

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Reception [link]

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 19 April 2000. The song has sold 720,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company.

Tracklist [link]

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Pure Shores".

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
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)" 10:05

Song information [link]

Lyrics and Music William Orbit and Shaznay Lewis
Producer William Orbit
Keyboards and guitars William Orbit
Mixed Mark Stent
Drums Chris Spurrier

Charts [link]

Country Date Position Certification Copies
Australia 2 April 2000 4[1] Platinum[2] 70,000+
Austria 9 April 2000 11[3]    
Belgian (Flanders) 6 March 2000 5 Gold[4]  
Belgian (Wallonia) 6 March 2000 1 Gold[4]  
Canada 6 March 2000 35    
Netherlands March 2000 9[5]    
Finland February 2000 5[6]    
France 25 March 2000 6[7] Gold[8] 190,000[8]
Germany April 2000 14[9]    
Ireland 26 February 2000 1[10]    
Italy 13 February 2000 1
Japan 16 April 2000 8[11]    
New Zealand 26 March 2000 2[12] Gold[13] 5,000+
Norway March 2000 5[14]    
Sweden 6 April 2000 10[15] Gold[16]  
Switzerland 12 March 2000 6[17]    
United Kingdom 13 February 2000 1 Platinum[18] 720,000

End-of-decade positions [link]

Chart (2000–2009) Position
UK Singles Chart 27[19]


Preceded by
"Go Let It Out" by Oasis		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
20 February 2000 – 5 March 2000		 Succeeded by
"American Pie" by Madonna

Reviews [link]

The single received acclaim and praise from many critics worldwide. It was well reviewed with general positive consensus. Due to its futuristic pop sound and simple, yet catchy tune it was placed well on many end of decade song lists. Cameron Adams from Melbourne, Australia's Herald Sun classifies it as "futuristic dream-pop" and ranked it at number 17 on the his top 100 songs of the 2000-2009 decade. The song was well received internationally garnering good chart success. However, many have suggested that due to the benchmark the song had created for 2000 and the following years it underperformed commercially.[20]

"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.[21]

Music video [link]

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

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

Remixes [link]

Pure Shores

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

See also [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ Australian-Charts.com "Pure Shores" page Accessed: November 24, 2006
  2. ^ Aria.com.au Certifications 2000 Accessed: October 29, 2006
  3. ^ AustrianCharts.at "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 28, 2006
  4. ^ a b Ultratop 150 Singles Wallonie 2000 Awards 2000.
  5. ^ Top4000.nl Charts Week 9 2000. Accessed October 15, 2006
  6. ^ FinnishCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
  7. ^ LesCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
  8. ^ a b "InfoDisc : Les Certifications (Singles) du SNEP (Bilan par Artiste) – Search for "ALLSAINTS"". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. https://www.infodisc.fr/Single_Certif.php. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 
  9. ^ Infinity Charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of April 2000 Accessed November 2, 2006
  10. ^ IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search. N.B. "All" cannot be used in the search string (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
  11. ^ Sound.jp Tokyo Hot 100 archive. Accessed November 24, 2006
  12. ^ Charts.org.nz "Pure Shores" page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
  13. ^ Rianz.org.nz Chart 25 June 2000 Accessed: November 2, 2006
  14. ^ NorwegianCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
  15. ^ SwedishCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
  16. ^ "IFPI Swedish Awards 2000" (in Swedish) (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. https://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20001.pdf. Retrieved 04-07-2010. 
  17. ^ SwissCharts.com "Pure Shores" page. Accessed October 29, 2006
  18. ^ BPI.co.uk Certification "Pure Shores" Accessed: October 29, 2006
  19. ^ Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by Nihal on Tuesday 29th December 2009
  20. ^ https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/cameron-adams-judges-the-hits-and-misses-of-the-last-decade-do-you-agree/story-e6frf9hf-1225815030639
  21. ^ "https://www.playlouder.com/top50/2000/singles.html Playlouder: Best single of 2000

External links [link]

All Saints
Studio albums
Compilations
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Pure Shores

by: All Saints

I've crossed the deserts for miles
Swam water for time
Searching places to find
A piece of something to call mine
(I'm coming)
A piece of something to call mine
(I'm coming)
(I'm coming)
Coming closer to you
ran along many moors
Walked through many doors
The place where I wanna be
Is the place I can call mine
(I'm coming)
Is the place I can call mine
(I'm coming)
(I'm coming)
Coming closer to you
I'm moving
I'm coming
Can you hear, what I hear
It's calling you my dear
Out of reach
(Take me to my beach)
I can hear it, calling you
I'm coming not drowning
Swimming closer to you
Never been here before
I'm intrigued, I'm unsure
I'm searching for more
I've got something thats all mine
I've got something thats all mine
Take me somewhere I can breathe
I've got so much to see
This is where I want to be
In a place I can call mine
In a place I can call mine
I'm moving
I'm coming
Can you hear, what I hear
It's calling you my dear
Out of reach
(Take me to my beach)
I can hear it, calling you
I'm coming not drowning
Swimming closer to you
Moving, coming
Can you hear what I hear?
(Hear it out of reach)
I hear it calling you
Swimming closer to you
Many faces I have seen
Many places I have been
Walked the deserts, swam the shores
(Coming closer to you)
Many faces I have known
Many ways in which I've grown
Moving closer on my own
(Coming closer to you)
I moving
I feel it
I'm coming
Not drowning
I moving
I feel it
I'm coming
Not drowning
I'm moving
I'm coming
Can you hear, what I hear
It's calling you my dear
Out of reach
(Take me to my beach)
I can hear it, calling you
I'm coming not drowning
Swimming closer to you
(Take me to my beach)
I'm moving
I'm coming
Can you hear, what I hear
It's calling you my dear
Out of reach
(Take me to my beach)
I can hear it, calling you
I'm coming not drowning
Swimming closer to you
(Take me to my beach)




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