Pure Shores

"Pure Shores" was written by All Saints group member Shaznay Lewis and producer William Orbit.{{cite AV media notes|year=2000|title=Saints & Sinners|publisher=London Records|id=8573 85298 2|location=Germany|page=8}} Pete Tong, All Saints' A&R at the time, wanted the group to be a part of the soundtrack he was producing for Danny Boyle's film The Beach.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/2412001-2412001|title=Pete Tong - Does Rock 'n' Roll Kill Braincells?|last=Ryan|first=Gary|website=NME|date=24 November 2018|access-date=28 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/all-saints-pure-shores-shaznay-lewis-anniversary_uk_5e31a460c5b690f105769f63|title='I Lost The Lyrics So Had To Write It Again From Scratch': Shaznay Lewis On All Saints' Pure Shores|last=Bagwell|first=Matt|website=HuffPost|date=7 February 2020|access-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419064947/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/all-saints-pure-shores-shaznay-lewis-anniversary_uk_5e31a460c5b690f105769f63|archive-date=19 April 2021|url-status=live}} Boyle, however, disliked the idea of having a pop group associated with his film. Tong then contacted Orbit and convinced Boyle to include All Saints on the basis that Orbit would produce the song. Orbit spent over two months tirelessly producing the song to the extent that he had "totally lost sight of its potential" and thought it was "a turd".{{cite web|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2022/11/william-orbit-interview/|title=William Orbit interview: 'Imposter syndrome has been with me all along'|last=Earls|first=John|website=Classic Pop|date=2 November 2022|access-date=14 May 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/19/madonna-drugs-and-helicopter-trained-dogs-the-dark-starry-life-of-william-orbit|title=Madonna, drugs and helicopter-trained dogs: the dark, starry life of William Orbit|last=Hutchinson|first=Kate|website=The Guardian|date=19 November 2021|access-date=28 January 2022}} Orbit and engineer Jake Davies used a Solid State Logic (SSL) 9000 J-series mixing console, Boxer 5 studio monitor, Sony 3348 digital multitrack recorder and the digital audio workstation Pro Tools. English mixing engineer Spike Stent mixed the song in his room at Olympic Studios in London using a SSL 4064 G-series console, Genelec monitor and Studer tape recorder.{{cite magazine|title=Top 10 UK-Recorded/Mixed Singles of the First Quarter 2000|magazine=Music Week|issn=0265-1548|page=25|date=13 May 2000}}

Lewis wrote "Pure Shores" based on Orbit's backing track, and a 40-second clip from the scene where co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Virginie Ledoyen swim underwater.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/dec/12/popandrock.shopping|title=1000 number ones|website=The Observer|date=12 December 2004|access-date=17 July 2021}} She had previously read half of the 1996 novel on which the film was based.{{cite interview|last=Lewis|first=Shaznay|subject-link=Shaznay Lewis|title=All Saints: Heavenly Bodies|interviewer=Johnny Vaughan|work=The Big Breakfast |publisher=Channel 4|date=11 February 2000|time=08:25}} Regarding the writing process, Lewis said: "It was a case of 'watch this, be inspired, go off and give it a go'. They didn't really point me in any direction of how they wanted it to be lyrically. Being given a brief like that, they'd already painted the picture for me." Lewis originally wrote the lyrics during a flight to Los Angeles where she was going to work with Orbit on the song. However, after arriving at her hotel, she discovered that she lost the lyrics and had to rewrite them. As a result, some of lyrics changed in the rewritten version. Lewis came up with the title "Pure Shores" after writing the song. "I've never even thought that it isn't mentioned once in the actual song," she said.

"Pure Shores" is a dream pop song,{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=129178|title=Various – The Beach soundtrack|last=Baillie|first=Russell|website=The New Zealand Herald|date=6 April 2000|access-date=4 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/cameron-adams-judges-the-hits-and-misses-of-the-last-decade-do-you-agree/story-e6frf9hf-1225815030639|title=Cameron Adams judges the hits and misses of the last decade – do you agree?|first=Cameron|last=Adams|website=Herald Sun|date=31 December 2009|access-date=15 August 2013}}{{cite magazine|last=Harnell|first=Steve|date=December 2018|title=Where It's At|magazine=Classic Pop|issue=47|pages=29}} with electronic and ambient production.{{cite news|title=Could All Saints' comeback be just the beginning..?|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|date=17 October 2016|page=13}} It marked a departure from the R&B style of All Saints' previous music.{{cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/reviews/February2000/reviews12825.asp|title=All Saints – 'Pure Shores' (London)|last=Poletti|first=James|website=Dotmusic|date=1 February 2000|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001213042900/http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/reviews/February2000/reviews12825.asp|archive-date=13 December 2000}} Tom Ewing from the e-zine Freaky Trigger described it as "a pop take on ambient music" with "chillout bubbles and ripples".{{cite web|url=http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2015/02/all-saints-pure-shores|title=All Saints – 'Pure Shores'|last=Ewing|first=Tom|website=Freaky Trigger|date=11 February 2015|access-date=19 July 2021}} The sheet music for the song shows a time signature of {{music|time|4|4}} and a key of D major, with a tempo of 102 beats per minute and a chord progression of D–Em–C–G, with a sequence of A–A₉sus₄–A₉ in the bridge.{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Shaznay|last2=Orbit|first2=William|author2-link=William Orbit|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0114587|title=All Saints 'Pure Shores' Sheet Music (Easy Piano) in D Major|date=11 March 2013|publisher=Universal Music Publishing Group|access-date=19 July 2021|via=Musicnotes.com}} Although written by Lewis, the lead vocals on the track are by group member Melanie Blatt;{{cite book|last1=Kutner|first1=Jon|last2=Leigh|first2=Spencer|date=2010|title=1,000 UK Number One Hits|publisher=Omnibus Press |page=849|isbn=978-0-85712-360-2}} Lewis sings the bridge, and sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton sing backing vocals and chorus harmonies.{{harvnb|Appleton, Natalie|2002|pp=264}} The song is built around a syncopation of synth delays, arpeggiated and reverberated guitar, and electronic percussion.{{cite news|title=Album of the week: All Saints Saints and Sinners|last=Segal|first=Victoria|newspaper=The Times|date=21 October 2000|page=12|issn=0140-0460}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/classifiche/classifiche-musica/i-10-migliori-pezzi-delle-peggiori-band/399811/#saints|title=Le 10 canzoni più belle delle peggiori band|language=it|trans-title=The 10 best songs of the worst bands|website=Rolling Stone Italia|date=26 January 2018|access-date=22 July 2021}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link1=Colin Larkin|date=2011|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Omnibus Press|page=1994|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}} Ethereal sound effects are filtered and distorted throughout, with some resembling whale vocalisations.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/621216/waves-of-electronica-flood-beach-soundtrack/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722164523/http://www.mtv.com/news/621216/waves-of-electronica-flood-beach-soundtrack/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2021|title=Waves Of Electronica Flood 'Beach' Soundtrack|last=Simon|first=Richard B|publisher=MTV News|date=11 February 2000|access-date=22 July 2021}} The track has a relaxed pace with surges in the chorus and bridge. Richard Folland of PopMatters writes that "Pure Shores" is "buoyed by a lyric promising a bright future."{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/all-saints-red-flag1-2495434956.html|title=All Saints: Red Flag|last=Folland|first=Richard|website=PopMatters|date=5 May 2016|access-date=22 July 2021}}

"Pure Shores" was well received by music critics upon release. In his review for The Times, Ed Potten characterised the song as the "musical equivalent of a pina colada: faintly exotic, syrupy sweet and ultimately quite intoxicating."{{cite news|last=Potten|first=Ed|title=Singles out|newspaper=The Times|page=12|date=5 February 2000|issn=0140-0460}} The Daily Telegraph gave the song five out of five stars, writing, "You can almost feel your toes dipping into the tropical sea and hot sand running through your fingers. The result is totally addictive."{{cite news|title=Music: Reviews|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=12 February 2000|page=185}} Uncut magazine's Chris Roberts found the production beautiful and said it "will sound as floatily motivating in a decade's time".{{cite magazine|last=Roberts|first=Chris|title=Albums: All Saints|magazine=Uncut|issue=43|date=1 December 2000|page=89|issn=1368-0722}} John Walshe of Hot Press wrote that it "marries William Orbit's swirling galaxies of sound with their harmony-driven pop to perfect effect",{{cite web|last=Walshe|first=John|date=12 October 2000|title=Saints & Sinners|url=http://www.hotpress.com/The-All-Saints/music/reviews/albums/Saints--Sinners/480982.html|magazine=Hot Press|access-date=28 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307015019/http://www.hotpress.com/The-All-Saints/music/reviews/albums/Saints--Sinners/480982.html|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=live}} while Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian argued that All Saints "lend radiance to [Orbit's] twinkling fairy lights".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,381186,00.html|title=Pop CD of the week: All Saints|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|website=The Guardian|date=13 October 2000|access-date=19 July 2021}}

Q magazine's Dan Gennoe named it the "crowning glory" of The Beach soundtrack which "confirmed All Saints' position as pop's coolest girl band."{{cite magazine|title=All Saints: Saints & Sinners (London 8573 85295 2)|last=Gennoe|first=Dan|magazine=Q|date=November 2000|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/all-saints-isaints--sinnersi-london-8573-85295-2|access-date=27 July 2021|via=Rock's Backpages|url-access=subscription}} In The Sydney Morning Herald, Stephanie Peatling believed the "lush" track "puts the streetwise cousins of the Spice Girls back on the block."{{cite news|last=Peatling|first=Stephanie|title=CD reviews|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 December 2000|page=25|issn=0312-6315}} Fiona Shepherd of The Scotsman described it as "classy".{{cite news|last=Shepherd|first=Fiona|title=Charted territory|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=29 December 2000|page=8|issn=0307-5850}} Writing for Mixmag, Dorian Lynskey felt the song provided "a twist" to All Saints, calling it "a heady, sensual melancholy better suited to headphones than the Met Bar."{{cite magazine|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|title=Albums: Tunes: Unbelievers: The 'All Saints' follow-up, and only Orbit can lift the girls|magazine=Mixmag|volume=2|issue=114|date=1 November 2000|page=197|issn=0957-6622}} In a less enthusiastic review, Dotmusic{{'}}s James Poletti gave "Pure Shores" a rating of three out five, commenting, "Despite Orbit's slightly lightweight electronics, the song isn't half bad".

NME ranked the song 18th in its Single of the Year list for 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/what-was-the-best-track-of-2000-32533|title=What Was The Best Track Of 2000?|last=Schiller|first=Rebecca|website=NME|date=26 October 2011|access-date=5 September 2021}} Playlouder listed it as the best song of 2000, writing that the "bewitching" track found the group "ditching the famous-for-being-famous tag, and finally becoming the statuesque pop goddesses they always claimed to be."{{cite web|url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/top50/singles.html|title=Top 50 Records of the Year|website=Playlouder|access-date =5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010420012041/http://www.playlouder.com/review/top50/singles.html|archive-date=20 April 2001|url-status=dead}} "Pure Shores" was also included in The Daily Telegraph{{'}}s list of "100 pop songs that defined the Noughties",{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/6198897/100-songs-that-defined-the-Noughties.html|title=100 pop songs that defined the Noughties|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|website=The Daily Telegraph|date=25 June 2018|access-date=5 September 2021|url-access=subscription}} The Observer{{'}}s list of the best singles of the 2000s decade,{{cite news|title=OMM: Review of the decade: The Best 75 Singles of the Noughties|newspaper=The Observer|date=29 November 2009|page=12|issn=0029-7712}} and Time Out London{{'}}s list of the 50 best pop songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-pop-songs|title=The 50 best pop songs|date=12 March 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|work=Time Out}}

"Pure Shores" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming All Saints' fourth chart-topper. The single sold 199,084 copies in its first week, outselling its closest competitor by three to one.{{cite magazine|title=Chart Commentary: Single Factfile|last=Jones|first=Alan|magazine=Music Week|date=26 February 2000|page=13|issn=0265-1548}}{{cite magazine|title=Chart Commentary|last=Jones|first=Alan|magazine=Music Week|date=29 July 2000|page=13|issn=0265-1548}} The song topped the chart for a second week with sales of 155,000 copies, before being replaced by another Orbit production, Madonna's "American Pie".{{cite magazine|title=Chart Commentary|last=Jones|first=Alan|magazine=Music Week|date=4 March 2000|page=13|issn=0265-1548}}{{cite magazine|title=Chart Commentary: Single Factfile|last=Jones|first=Alan|magazine=Music Week|date=4 March 2000|page=13|issn=0265-1548}} "Pure Shores" spent 20 weeks on the chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3467/all-saints/|title=All Saints full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=30 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211111009/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3467/all-saints/|archive-date=11 December 2021|url-status=dead}} It was the second best-selling single of 2000, behind Bob the Builder's "Can We Fix It?", and ranked 27th in the decade-end chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-saints-biggest-singles-on-the-official-chart-revealed__13875/|title=All Saints' Top 10 biggest selling singles revealed|last=Myers|first=Justin|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=25 July 2018|access-date=25 July 2018}} The song was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for track-equivalent sales of 1.2 million. It is All Saints' second best-selling single in the UK, behind "Never Ever" (1997).{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-1998-all-saints-under-the-bridgelady-marmalade__22806/|title=Official Charts Flashback 1998: All Saints - Under The Bridge/Lady Marmalade|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=6 May 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=14 May 2024}}

The song boosted All Saints' profile internationally, becoming their most successful single since "Never Ever" in many key territories.{{cite magazine|title=Global success of Pure Shores gives boost to All Saints' profile|last=Williams|first=Paul|magazine=Music Week|date=11 March 2000|page=8|issn=0265-1548}} In Europe, "Pure Shores" became the group's first chart-topper in Belgium (Wallonia), Ireland, Italy and Romania, and reached number three on the Eurochart Hot 100. In France, it peaked at number six, becoming the band's second top-10 single, and was certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) in 2000 for sales of 250,000 copies. It also charted in the top 10 in Belgium (Flanders), the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

In Australia, "Pure Shores" peaked at number four on the ARIA Charts, making it All Saints' third top-five single in the country. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in 2000. On the Official New Zealand Music Chart, the song reached number two. It marked All Saints' fourth top-10 record in New Zealand and was certified platinum by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ). In Canada, the song peaked at number 35 on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart.

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The music video for "Pure Shores" was directed by Vaughan Arnell, and filmed on the coast of the Holkham National Nature Reserve and Wells-next-the-Sea

in Norfolk over three days in early January 2000.{{harvnb|Appleton, Natalie|2002|pp=223}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22949459|title='Shakespeare in Love' Holkham naturist beach to close|date=18 June 2013|publisher=BBC News|access-date=31 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/news/January2000/news12615.asp|title=Sister's are doing it for themselves – First All Saint solo release revealed|date=10 January 2000|access-date=4 February 2019|website=Dotmusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000528061228/http://dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/news/January2000/news12615.asp|archive-date=28 May 2000}} According to Natalie and Nicole Appleton, Blatt and Lewis were prioritized for screentime and they had to ask Arnell for more visibility during filming. Nicole Appleton wrote in the Appleton autobiography Together that this made Lewis cry and attempt to quit the video shoot.{{harvnb|Appleton, Nicole|2002|pp=222}} A police investigation was launched after a freelance photographer, Rob Howarth, claimed he was assaulted at the filming location by a security guard hired by All Saints.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/593261.stm|title=Photographer in All Saints video row|publisher=BBC News|date=6 January 2000|access-date=5 June 2022}}

The video premiered on Dotmusic{{'}}s website on 25 January 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/news/January2000/news12762.asp|title=Exclusive full length All Saints video|website=Dotmusic|date=25 January 2000|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304201504/http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/news/January2000/news12762.asp|archive-date=4 March 2000}} It opens with All Saints in numerous ghost-like frames, moving in blurry night vision and infrared shots on a beach. The group are then shown in an aerial view, strolling and running on sand dunes. Short scenes of DiCaprio in The Beach are intercut throughout. He is shown spinning, in a cavern, and in a confrontational scene with co-actress Tilda Swinton. All Saints are also seen singing in a concrete tunnel, and at a Norfolk beach hut resembling those of Ko Phi Phi Le from the film.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/all-saints-pure-shores-review-3888095-Mar2018/|title=An ode to All Saints' Pure Shores|last=O'Neill|first=Rachel|website=TheJournal.ie|date=19 March 2018|access-date=6 June 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/14/heartbreak-and-horror-eight-of-the-best-subversive-beach-scenes|title=Heartbreak and horror: eight of the best subversive beach scenes|last=Cragg|first=Michael|website=The Guardian|date=14 August 2021|access-date=5 June 2022}}

The music video received heavy rotation from MTV Australia, MTV Europe, MTV UK and British television channel The Box.{{cite journal|title=MTV around the world|journal=Adweek|date=15 May 2000|volume=41|issue=20|page=CT1|issn=0199-2864}}{{cite magazine|title=The Clip List|date=1 April 2000|magazine=Billboard|page=102|volume=112|issue=14|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite magazine|title=All the Charts: Exposure|magazine=Music Week|date=26 February 2000|page=20|issn=0265-1548}} Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph wrote that it was unclear whether All Saints were promoting The Beach or vice versa, citing it as an example of a symbiotic relationship between the music and film industries.{{cite news|title=The Arts: And now, the film of the soundtrack All Saints, Bob Dylan, Madonna - they're all part of a growing band of pop stars writing new songs for movies|last=McCormick|first=Neil|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=17 February 2000|page=17|issn=0307-1235}} CBC Television placed "Pure Shores" second in its ranking of All Saints music videos, appreciating how Arnell reflected scenes from the film with the group.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/covermecanada/2011/09/our-five-fave-all-saints-videos.html|title=Our Five Fave All Saints Videos|publisher=CBC Television|date=8 September 2011|access-date=31 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924060026/http://www.cbc.ca/covermecanada/2011/09/our-five-fave-all-saints-videos.html|archive-date=24 September 2011|url-status=dead}} The Guardian included the video in its list of best subversive beach scenes, writing that the setting "feels taunting, a constant reminder of what happens when plans are ruined." BBC America's Kevin Wicks, on the other hand, dismissed it as "the most unflattering girl group video ever", criticising the use of night vision which made All Saints look like "hopelessly dazed raccoons".{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2007/11/anglo-for-your-ear-all-saints-pure-shores|title=Anglo For Your Ear: All Saints' 'Pure Shores'|last=Wicks|first=Kevin|publisher=BBC America|date=November 2007|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918163514/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2007/11/anglo-for-your-ear-all-saints-pure-shores|archive-date=18 September 2020|url-status=dead}}

To promote "Pure Shores", All Saints performed the song on television shows such as Top of the Pops,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/history/2000s.shtml|title=Top of the Pops – Through the Ages|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 January 2019}} CD:UK,{{cite web|url=http://dotmusic.com:80/artists/AllSaints/news/November2000/news16353.asp|title=All Saints in disarray|date=11 November 2000|publisher=Dotmusic|access-date=24 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001214124200/http://dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/news/November2000/news16353.asp|archive-date=14 December 2000|url-status=live}} Sen kväll med Luuk, Wetten, dass..?,{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/global-success-of-pure-shores-gives-boost-to-all-saints-profile/032896|title=Global success of Pure Shores gives boost to All Saints' profile

|date=6 March 2000|work=Music Week|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228152025/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/global-success-of-pure-shores-gives-boost-to-all-saints-profile/032896|archive-date=28 December 2014}} and Later with Jools Holland.{{cite web|url=http://dotmusic.com:80/artists/AllSaints/news/November2000/news16333.asp|title=All Saints on 'Later'|date=9 November 2000|publisher=Dotmusic|access-date=24 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001214113500/http://dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/news/November2000/news16333.asp|archive-date=14 December 2000|url-status=live}} The song was also included on their sets for Witnness, V2000 and Creamfields festivals in August 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com:80/artists/AllSaints/reviews/August2000/reviews16271.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211065508/http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/reviews/August2000/reviews16271.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 February 2001|title=dotmusic – All Saints Review – All Saints – Witnness Festival, Ireland|date=11 February 2001|access-date=31 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://dotmusic.com:80/artists/AllSaints/reviews/August2000/reviews16276.asp|title=dotmusic – Review – ALL SAINTS – V2000 FESTIVAL, HELMSFORD|date=14 December 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001214221900/http://dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/reviews/August2000/reviews16276.asp|archive-date=14 December 2000|url-status=dead|access-date=31 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com:80/artists/AllSaints/reviews/September2000/reviews15265.asp|title=dotmusic – Review – ALL SAINTS-CREAMFIELDS, OLD SPEKE AIRFIELD, SPEKE ROAD LIVERPOOL|date=13 December 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001213091200/http://www.dotmusic.com/artists/AllSaints/reviews/September2000/reviews15265.asp|archive-date=13 December 2000|url-status=dead|access-date=31 January 2019}} The group then performed "Pure Shores" at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, which were held on 16 November 2000 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. NME magazine complimented their "flare-clad, pristine performance".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/backstreet-boys-9-1307392|title=MTV Europe Music Awards – The Full Report|date=16 November 2000|access-date=24 January 2019|work=NME}} A day later, they performed on BBC's Children in Need marathon.{{cite episode|series=Children in Need|series-link=Children in Need|network=BBC|date=17 November 2000|season=11|number=5}} All Saints performed the song at the 2001 World Sports Awards, held at London's Royal Albert Hall on 16 January 2001. For the performance, Natalie Appleton wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the legend 'I Love Liam' as a reference to her boyfriend, The Prodigy's Liam Howlett. At the time, the group was at the verge of splitting up, with the media noting the "irreconcilable rift had indeed developed between the four" on stage.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,13302,00.html|title=Saints alive – but only just|date=16 January 2001|work=NME|access-date=25 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010126213500/http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,13302,00.html|archive-date=26 January 2001}}

Upon the group's first return in 2006, it was performed on their show at the Sheperd's Bush Pavilion in London.{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/tm_headline=saints-alive-&method=full&objectid=17992695&siteid=115875-name_page.html |title=SAINTS ALIVE! from 26 Oct 2006 |last=Simpson |first=Eva |date=26 October 2006 |work=Daily Mirror |access-date=24 April 2010}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23372049-all-saints-are-back-in-the-groove.do |title=All Saints are back in the groove |last=Elwell-Sutton |first=Chris |date=26 October 2006 |work=Evening Standard |access-date=23 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605170317/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23372049-all-saints-are-back-in-the-groove.do |archive-date=5 June 2011}} The group wore black or white-coloured shirts teamed with big, loose-knotted ties.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/all-saints-shepherds-bush-pavilion-london--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fourstar-fivestar-421864.html |title=All Saints, Shepherd's Bush Pavilion, London |last=McNair |first=James |date=27 October 2006 |work=The Independent |access-date=24 April 2010}} Eva Simpson and Caroline Hedley of the Daily Mirror said that the group "put on one hell of a show". "Pure Shores" was then performed live on Popworld on 4 November 2006 as part of promotion leading up to their new album Studio 1{{'}}s release two days later.{{cite episode |title=All Saints |series=Popworld |series-link=Popworld |network=Channel 4 |airdate=4 November 2006}} Additionally, the song was performed by All Saints on The Chart Show on 18 November 2006,{{cite web |url=http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/radio1/chartshow2006.php |title=Unofficial Mills – Radio 1's Chart Show Live 2006 |access-date=23 April 2010 |publisher=Unofficial Mills |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727231149/http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/radio1/chartshow2006.php |archive-date=27 July 2011 }} and on Channel 4's T4, aired on the same day.{{Cite episode|title=All Saints|series=T4|series-link=T4 (Channel 4)|network=Channel 4|airdate=18 November 2006}} In January 2014, Natalie Appleton performed the song with English singer Melanie C on her Sporty's Forty concert, which celebrated her 40th birthday.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/melanie-c-review|title=Melanie C – review|last=Gittins|first=Ian|date=12 January 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

Upon their second return eight years later, All Saints performed "Pure Shores" as the encore on their opening act for Backstreet Boys' In a World Like This Tour in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopreviews/10746540/Backstreet-Boys-and-All-Saints-O2-Arena-review.html|title=Backstreet Boys and All Saints, O2 Arena, review|last=Gee|first=Catherine|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=5 April 2014|access-date=31 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} They also sang the song in a concert at G-A-Y,{{cite web|url=http://attitude.co.uk/article/watch-all-saints-perform-classic-hit-never-ever-at-g-a-y/1591/|title=Watch All Saints perform classic hit 'Never Ever' at G-A-Y|date=15 April 2014|website=Attitude|access-date=31 January 2019}} and the 2014 V Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/16/all-saints-v-festival-2014-arena-stage_n_5684837.html|title=All Saints Delight Fans With V Fest Reunion|date=16 August 2014|website=HuffPost UK|language=en|access-date=31 January 2019}} After the announcement of their fourth studio album Red Flag, the group performed it on the 2016 Elle Style Awards,{{cite web|url=https://vfeeds.itn.co.uk/MSNVideo_b2fc0b41fb3c45bc98894d2f9434a9ae/ITNP_ENTS_ALLSAINTS_PURESHORES_24.mp4|title=All Saints sing Pure Shores at ELLE Style Awards 2016|website=MSN|language=en-US|access-date=31 January 2019}} and as the encore on their show at London's KOKO.{{cite web|last=Starkey|first=Adam|url=https://metro.co.uk/2016/04/05/all-saints-made-their-live-comeback-and-fans-never-ever-had-such-a-good-time-5796876|title=All Saints made their live comeback and fans Never Ever had such a good time|date=5 April 2016|work=Metro|access-date=24 January 2019}} The group also sang the song at Starnacht am Neusiedler See in Austria,{{cite web|url= https://tv.orf.at/highlights/orf2/starnacht_neusiedler_see100.html|title=Premiere für die "Starnacht am Neusiedler See" aus Podersdorf|date=7 May 2016|publisher=ORF|access-date=21 January 2019|language=de}} that Energy Fashion Night event,{{cite web|url=https://www.fashionpaper.ch/fashion/energy-fashion-night-2016-unter-glamouroesen-sternen/|title=Energy Fashion Night 2016 unter glamourösen Sternen|date=8 May 2016|access-date=21 January 2019|publisher=Fashion Paper|language=de}} as well as on Michael McIntyre's Big Show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03wt8yg|title=BBC One – Michael McIntyre's Big Show, Series 1, Episode 6, All Saints perform Pure Shores|website=BBC|date=31 May 2016 |language=en-GB|access-date=31 January 2019}} and V Festival 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/nu5rlv/all-saints-travis-took-us-straight-back-to-the-90s-at-v-festival|title=All Saints And Travis Took Us Straight Back to the 90s at V Festival|website=www.mtv.co.uk|language=en|access-date=31 January 2019}} "Pure Shores" was included on the setlist of their 2016 Red Flag Tour.{{cite magazine|last=Veevers|first=Brendon|url=http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/live-review-all-saints-thursday-13th-october-brixton-academy-london-uk/|title=Live Review: All Saints – Thursday 13th October – Brixton Academy, London, UK|date=14 October 2016|access-date=24 January 2019|magazine=Renowned for Sound}} All Saints supported Take That on their Wonderland Live tour in 2017, and performed "Pure Shores" on their set as opening acts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/whats-on/music/review-take-that-supported-by-all-saints-at-manchester-arena-1-8551939|title=REVIEW: Take That supported by All Saints at Manchester Arena|website=www.lep.co.uk|date=19 May 2017 |language=en|access-date=31 January 2019}} To promote their fifth studio album Testament, they performed again the song on Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n56pqd|title=Pure Shores (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018) – All Saints Song – BBC Music|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=31 January 2019}} Children in Need Rocks 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06rw5ts|title=BBC – BBC Children in Need, All Saints performs 'After All/Pure Shores'|website=BBC|date=15 November 2018 |language=en-GB|access-date=31 January 2019}} and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.{{cite episode|series=Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two|series-link=Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two|network=BBC|date=16 November 2018|season=15|number=40}} "Pure Shores" was also included on the setlist of the Testament Tour later that year.{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Daisy|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/review-saints-manchester-academy-15527206|title=Review: All Saints at Manchester Academy|date=9 December 2018|access-date=24 January 2019|work=Manchester Evening News}}

• CD1 and cassette single

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

• CD2 single

1. "Pure Shores" – 4:27
2. "Pure Shores" (2 Da Beach U Don't Stop Remix) – 5:01
3. "Pure Shores" (Cosmos Remix) – 10:03

• CD maxi-single

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

• William Orbit – producer, vocal arrangement, keyboards, guitars
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
• Jake Davies – mix engineer
• Mark Endert – engineer
• Sean Spuehler – engineer, Pro Tools programming
• Andrew Nichols – assistant engineer
• Ben Georgiades – assistant engineer
• John Nelson – assistant engineer
• Shaznay Lewis – vocals, vocal arrangement
• Melanie Blatt – vocals
• Nicole Appleton – vocals
• Natalie Appleton – vocals
• Steve Sidelnyk – drums

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