Pure And Simple

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The song and band were also criticised by several contemporary musical acts at the time, including Stereophonics, David Gray, and Blur. Bridge over troubled water, a cover, but you only have to listen to this once to love it, and the third song - i can't stop thinking about it - a faster one.

Many critics noted that the song had a distinct resemblance to Oasis's " All Around the World" and All Saints' " Never Ever".

Bob Marley gave the songwriting credit for "No Woman No Cry" to his friend Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the area of Kingston where Marley grew up. The five chosen singers – Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, and Noel Sullivan – formed Hear'Say. In March 2002, Hear'Say cancelled their planned arena tour to allow Shentall time to "settle in" to the group. In March 2001, Hear'Say released their first single, " Pure and Simple", a cover of a little-known album track by Girl Thing.

It was a cover of the original version recorded three years earlier by English-Dutch girl group Girl Thing, who were dropped from BMG before the song was given to Hear'Say. The five unsuccessful finalists went on to form the group Liberty (later renamed Liberty X after a legal dispute). Pure and Simple" is a song by British pop group Hear'Say, the winners of the UK version of Popstars. Take Me Home Country Roads" is set in West Virginia, but John Denver had never been there when he recorded the song. Hear'Say achieved instant fame, breaking chart records with their debut single " Pure and Simple" and the album Popstars.Great vocals and a wicked beat make this one of the most promising debut singles from a "pop group" in a long, long time! Popstars sold 306,631 copies in its first week, breaking yet another record for fastest-selling debut album. However, in January 2002, Kym Marsh announced that she was leaving Hear'Say, later revealing she often fought with Klass and Noel Sullivan. Hear'Say's popularity had been eclipsed by that of Liberty X, a band composed of the five other finalists of Popstars.