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. Elizabeth Warren:

   When you've got a government, when you've got an economy that does great for those with money and isn't doing great for everyone else, that is corruption, pure and simple. We need to call it out. We need to attack it head on, and we need to make structural change in our government, in our economy and in our country.

2. Amanda Vincent:

   It's just devastating and it wreaks ecological havoc, it's annihilation fishing, pure and simple, and it has to stop.

3. Equality Park CEO Robert Boo:

   This was a pure accident, at first we didn't know what it was, but I'm telling you right now, I talked to a gentleman that was there right before it happened, and he asked this gentleman,' please, can you move your truck up just a little bit ?' He goes,' sure,' starts the truck up, goes, what I understand, I haven't heard this from Wilton Manors Police, but what I understand, is Wilton Manors Police had a problem with Wilton Manors Police leg and that's why Wilton Manors Police didn't walk in the parade, that's a pure and simple accident. We're not just praying to God for the one that's in the hospital, we need to pray for the gentleman that, I don't know if I could live if something like that would have happened to me, so please pray for all of them.

4. Bob Menendez:

   This is a power grab, pure and simple, with lasting implications for the role of Congress in the sale of arms around the world.

5. James Comer:

   President Biden has a pattern of putting unions first and Americans last, first, he allowed a radical teachers union to dictate scientific guidance effectively keeping children locked out of their classrooms. Now, he’s granted ethics waivers to allow former union officials to wield government power on behalf of the union bosses. This is a conflict of interest, pure and simple. The Biden Administration must provide answers about these controversial appointments.

References

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