Definitions for pure and simple
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1. pure and simpleadjective

   plain and unadorned

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1. Pure and Simple

   Pure and Simple is a song by British pop group Hear'Say, the winners of the UK version of Popstars. 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 song was released on 12 March 2001 as the lead single from Hear'Say's debut studio album Popstars (2001). The B-side is a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water". 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. In the 2014 series of The Big Reunion, other members of the band including Michelle Barber recall the band being present and contributing to the song, but none received credit as co-writers. 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 was described by band member Nikki Stuart as "digging the knife in."

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1. Pure and Simple

   "Pure and Simple" is a song by Hear'Say, the original winners of the UK version of Popstars. The B-side was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" The single spent three weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart and, at the time, it was the fastest selling debut single of all time in the UK, selling just under 550,000 copies in the first week, a record beaten a year later by Will Young, the winner of the first series of Pop Idol, with his debut single "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen". It was the second highest selling single of 2001 behind "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy, and in total, more than 1.2 million copies were sold, meaning it achieved a Double Platinum certification, one of the few singles to achieve the feat that decade. The song was a cover version of a song originally released a year earlier by Girl Thing, who were dropped from Polydor Records to make way for Hear'Say. In 2006, it was covered by America's Got Talent winner Bianca Ryan on her self-titled album. The song was co-written by Pete Kirtley, Tim Hawes and Betty Boo under her real name of Alison Clarkson. At the time of release many critics noted that the song had an uncanny resemblance to the Oasis song "All Around the World" and the All Saints song "Never Ever". BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles even recorded a parody version of "Pure and Simple" that included the song lyrics from these two songs.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pure and simple in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pure and simple in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of pure and simple in a Sentence

1. Kevin Faulconer:

   Gavin Newsom is trying to nationalize [and] partisan-ize the election, what he doesn't realize is that this is a referendum on his failures here in California, pure and simple. It's a failure on schools, it's a failure on skyrocketing homelessness, [a] dramatic rise in crime and his lack of preparedness for wildfires.

2. One Chinese diplomatic source:

   It's a supply facility pure and simple.

3. Betsy Billard:

   What this does for the children is it solidified what a family is. Pure and simple.

4. Prosecutor Worthy:

   Pure and simple this case is about justice, truth, accountability, poisoned children, lost lives, shattered families that are still not whole and simply giving a damn about all of humanity.

5. Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   This is animal abuse, pure and simple, i'm proud to sign this common-sense legislation and end these cruel and unacceptable practices in New York once and for all.

References

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