Pure And Simple

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They initially announced five dates which quickly sold out, causing the band to schedule thirty more dates. With the release of their debut album Popstars, Hear'Say became the first act in UK chart history to simultaneously top the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart with their debut releases. Pure and Simple" was covered by America's Got Talent winner Bianca Ryan for her self-titled debut album in 2006. It sold 160,000 copies during its first day on sale and 549,823 copies during its first week, becoming the fastest-selling debut single of all time in the UK, [1] [8] a record beaten a year later by Will Young, the winner of the first series of Pop Idol, with his debut single " Evergreen" / " Anything Is Possible". Johnny Shentall, husband of Steps singer Lisa Scott-Lee, won the auditions, joining the group on 5 February 2002.

However, in January 2002, Kym Marsh announced that she was leaving Hear'Say, later revealing she often fought with Klass and Noel Sullivan. In March 2002, Hear'Say cancelled their planned arena tour to allow Shentall time to "settle in" to the group. Controversy erupted when it was found out that Shentall had previously been a member of short-lived pop group Boom!Pure and Simple" was released on 12 March 2001 in the United Kingdom and received a continental European release in April 2001. Tabloids began reporting that Kym Marsh, who had gained attention due to her relationship with former EastEnders actor Jack Ryder, had left the band following feuds with bandmate Myleene Klass. Take Me Home Country Roads" is set in West Virginia, but John Denver had never been there when he recorded the song. Pure and Simple" is a song by British pop group Hear'Say, the winners of the UK version of Popstars.

Hear'Say announced their split in October 2002, twenty months after their formation, citing "abuse from the public" as the main reason for their demise. Popstars sold 306,631 copies in its first week, breaking yet another record for fastest-selling debut album. Great vocals and a wicked beat make this one of the most promising debut singles from a "pop group" in a long, long time!Over the course of six weeks in late 2000, thousands of hopeful singers attended open television auditions for ITV's Popstars talent show. It was also the third-fastest-selling single in UK chart history at that point, behind " Do They Know It's Christmas? In November 2001, just nine months after the release of their debut album, Hear'Say released Everybody. Pure and Simple" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart after selling 550,000 copies in its first week, which, at the time, made it the fastest-selling debut single of all time in the United Kingdom. The song was released on 12 March 2001 as the lead single from Hear'Say's debut studio album, Popstars (2001).

The song was co-written by Pete Kirtley, Tim Hawes and Betty Boo (under her real name of Alison Clarkson); however, nearly 14 years after the song was released, Linzi Martin of the band Girl Thing made the assertion that she was responsible for the majority of the song's composition, having written the verses after Pete Kirtley (her then boyfriend) had brought the chorus of the track to her as a gift. The song and band were also criticised by several contemporary musical acts at the time, including Stereophonics, David Gray, and Blur. Girl Thing then found out, after the song was written, that their manager Chris Herbert (who also managed Hear'Say) had given the song to the newer band as their debut single, an act that upset Girl Thing. The song went straight to number one on the UK Singles Chart in March 2001, selling just under 550,000 copies. This followed on from a mini-series named Meet the Popstars which was intended to allow the public to get to know the group and their music away from the talent show format.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The five chosen singers – Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, and Noel Sullivan – formed Hear'Say. Lovin' Is Easy", the group's only single to be released with Shentall, failed to make a commercial impact. BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles even recorded a parody version of "Pure and Simple" that included the song lyrics from these two songs.