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So Pure

{{Short description|1999 single by Alanis Morissette}}

{{other uses|So Pure (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = So Pure

| cover = Alanis Morissette - So Pure.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Alanis Morissette

| album = Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

| released = {{start date|1999|3|10}}

| recorded = Mid-1998

| studio = Royaltone (Los Angeles)

| genre =

| length = 2:49

| label =

| writer =

| producer =

  • Alanis Morissette
  • Glen Ballard

| prev_title = Joining You

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Unsent

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|LIlF_XS3H8o|"So Pure"}}}}

}}

"So Pure" is a song written and produced by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard for Morissette's fourth album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998). It was released in Japan as the album's second single on March 10, 1999, and as the third single worldwide in June 1999. One line in the song, "supposed former infatuation junkie", inspired its album's title. A special "radio friendly remix" was featured on US promotional singles and was only commercially released on the Australian domestic single.

"So Pure" peaking outside the top 20 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40 and Top 40 Mainstream charts, but it did peak inside the top 20 in Canada. "So Pure" failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 and performed moderately in the United Kingdom, where it reached the top 40. In 2000, the song was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards but lost to Sheryl Crow's live version of "There Goes the Neighborhood", which original version was already nominated in the same category in 1999, but lost to "Uninvited" by Morissette.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/210|title=Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|publisher=Grammy Awards|access-date=July 22, 2021}} The music video won the award for Best Video at 2000 Juno Awards.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Music video

The single's video, directed by Morissette, featured her and (then boyfriend) actor Dash Mihok as dance partners transitioning through time and style, from ballroom to salsa, swing, tap, contemporary and rave. It was filmed over two days in Toronto, Canada. Morissette said of the video, "Over the last year, I'd become enamored with the dancing styles of the '40s in particular, and intrigued by the evolution of dancing throughout the last five decades and the spirit and different kinds of attitudes that fuel them. When it came time to create this video, there was no question that there would be dancing in it and that these different eras needed to be referenced!" The video world-premiered on AOL on June 25, 1999, and was the first from a major artist to debut on the internet.[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_June_25/ai_54988117 "Alanis Morissette Sets Internet Precedent With Worldwide Debut of New 'So Pure' Video Exclusively on America Online; AOL Video Debut on Friday, June 25, at Keyword: Alanis"]. Business Wire. June 24, 1999. Retrieved August 22, 2006.

Track listings

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Canadian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=So Pure|others=Alanis Morissette|year=1999|type=Canadian CD single liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=CD 44704}}

  1. "So Pure" (album version) – 2:49
  2. "I Was Hoping" (acoustic modern rock live) – 4:34
  3. "So Pure" (Pure Ecstasy extended mix) – 6:04
  4. "So Pure" (acoustic modern rock live) – 2:42

US promo CD{{cite AV media notes|title=So Pure|others=Alanis Morissette|year=1999|type=US promo CD liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=PRO-CD-9750}}

  1. "So Pure" (radio friendly remix) – 2:39
  2. "So Pure" (Pure Ecstasy mix) – 6:04
  3. "So Pure" (album version) – 2:49

UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=So Pure|others=Alanis Morissette|year=1999|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=W492CD1, 9362 44722 2}}

  1. "So Pure" (album version) – 2:49
  2. "I Was Hoping" (acoustic modern rock live) – 4:34
  3. "So Pure" (Pure Ecstasy extended mix) – 6:04

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UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=So Pure|others=Alanis Morissette|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=W492CD2, 9362 44723 2}}

  1. "So Pure" (album version) – 2:49
  2. "Would Not Come" (live) – 4:13
  3. "So Pure" (acoustic modern rock live) – 2:42

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=So Pure|others=Alanis Morissette|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=9362447272}}

  1. "So Pure" (album version)
  2. "I Was Hoping" (acoustic modern rock live)
  3. "So Pure" (Pure Ecstasy extended mix)
  4. "So Pure" (Guido's radio friendly mix)

Japanese CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=So Pure|others=Alanis Morissette|year=1999|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Maverick Records|id=WPCR-10069}}

  1. "So Pure" (album version)
  2. "Your House" (BBC/Radio One live)
  3. "London" (Bridge School Benefit live)

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1999)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/BumIRFm | title=Alanis Morissette ARIA chart history (partial) 1998/99 from ARIA in May 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=14 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

| style="text-align:center;"|112

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|14|chartid=8460|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2020}}
{{single chart|Canadarock|25|chartid=8446|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2020}}
scope="row"|Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407221908/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/1999.pdf|archivedate=April 7, 2005|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/1999.pdf|title=Canadian Top 20 in 1999|website=Cross Canada Countdown|accessdate=November 13, 2023}}

| style="text-align:center"|10

{{single chart|Scotland|37|date=19990731|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2020}}
{{single chart|UK|38|date=19990731|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|25|artist=Alanis Morissette|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|38|artist=Alanis Morissette|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1999)

!Position

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1999|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=47|date=December 24, 1999}}

|95

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Release history

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scope="row"|Japan

|March 10, 1999

|rowspan="2"|CD

|{{hlist|Maverick|WEA Japan}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/35424/products/305872/1/|title=ソー・ピュア {{!}} アラニス・モリセット|trans-title=So Pure {{!}} Alanis Morissette|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=December 14, 2023}}

scope="row"|Canada

|June 14, 1999

|Maverick

|{{cite web|url=https://alanis-m.com/discography/supposed-former-infatuation-junkie/|title=Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie|website=alanis-m.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123215842/https://alanis-m.com/discography/supposed-former-infatuation-junkie/|archive-date=November 23, 2021|access-date=November 23, 2021}}

scope="row"|United States

|June 28, 1999

|{{hlist|Hot adult contemporary|modern adult contemporary|contemporary hit radio}}

|{{hlist|Maverick|Reprise}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Impact Dates|magazine=Gavin Report|issue=2261|pages=10, 24|date=June 28, 1999}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|July 19, 1999

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|Maverick

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-07-17.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 19 July, 1999|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=July 17, 1999|access-date=July 22, 2021}}

References

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{{Alanis Morissette songs}}

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Category:1999 singles

Category:1998 songs

Category:Alanis Morissette songs

Category:Juno Award for Video of the Year videos

Category:Maverick Records singles

Category:Reprise Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Glen Ballard

Category:Songs written by Alanis Morissette

Category:Songs written by Glen Ballard