I've crossed the deserts for miles,
Swam water for time,
Searching places to find,
A piece of something to call mine,
(I'm coming - I'm coming),
A piece of something to call mine,
(I'm coming - Coming closer to you),
Ran along many moors,
Walked through many doors,
The place where I wanna be,
Is the place I can call mine,
(I'm coming - I'm coming),
Is the place I can call mine,
(I'm coming - Coming closer to you),
I'm moving, I'm coming,
Can you hear, what I hear,
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach,
(Take me to my beach),
I can hear it calling you,
I'm coming, not drowning,
Swimming closer to you,
Many faces I have seen,
Many places I have been,
Walked the deserts - Swam the shores,
(Coming closer to you),
Many faces I have known,
Many ways in which I've grown,
Moving closer on my own,
(Coming closer to you),
I'm moving - I feel it (I feel it),
I'm comin' (Comin') - Not drownin' (Drownin'),
I'm moving - I feel it (Feel it),
I'm coming (Comin') - Not drownin' (Drownin'),
I'm moving, I'm coming,
Can you hear, what I hear,
It's calling you my dear, out of reach,
(Take me to my beach),
I can hear it calling you,
I'm coming, not drowning,
Swimming closer to you,
I'm moving, I'm coming,
Can you hear, what I hear,
It's calling you my dear, out of reach,
(Take me to my beach),
I can hear it calling you,
I'm coming, not drowning,
Swimming closer to you,
I'm moving - I'm coming,
Can you hear - What I hear,
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach,
(Take me to my beach),
I can hear it calling you,
I'm coming - Not drowning,
Swimming closer to you,
(Take me to my beach).
Swam water for time,
Searching places to find,
A piece of something to call mine,
(I'm coming - I'm coming),
A piece of something to call mine,
(I'm coming - Coming closer to you),
Ran along many moors,
Walked through many doors,
The place where I wanna be,
Is the place I can call mine,
(I'm coming - I'm coming),
Is the place I can call mine,
(I'm coming - Coming closer to you),
I'm moving, I'm coming,
Can you hear, what I hear,
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach,
(Take me to my beach),
I can hear it calling you,
I'm coming, not drowning,
Swimming closer to you,
Many faces I have seen,
Many places I have been,
Walked the deserts - Swam the shores,
(Coming closer to you),
Many faces I have known,
Many ways in which I've grown,
Moving closer on my own,
(Coming closer to you),
I'm moving - I feel it (I feel it),
I'm comin' (Comin') - Not drownin' (Drownin'),
I'm moving - I feel it (Feel it),
I'm coming (Comin') - Not drownin' (Drownin'),
I'm moving, I'm coming,
Can you hear, what I hear,
It's calling you my dear, out of reach,
(Take me to my beach),
I can hear it calling you,
I'm coming, not drowning,
Swimming closer to you,
I'm moving, I'm coming,
Can you hear, what I hear,
It's calling you my dear, out of reach,
(Take me to my beach),
I can hear it calling you,
I'm coming, not drowning,
Swimming closer to you,
I'm moving - I'm coming,
Can you hear - What I hear,
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach,
(Take me to my beach),
I can hear it calling you,
I'm coming - Not drowning,
Swimming closer to you,
(Take me to my beach).
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LinguaggioInglese
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Ultimo aggiornamentoMarch 7th, 2022
Circa"Pure Shores" is a song by British-Canadian girl group All Saints. It was released on 12 September 1999 in Australia, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom by London Records via digital download as the lead single from their second studio album Saints & Sinners (2000). This was followed by a physical worldwide release on 11 February 2000. The song was used in the film The Beach (2000).
The song was written by band member Shaznay Lewis and produced by William Orbit in Los Angeles, California. "Pure Shores" is a electronica song with elements of ambient music. The song's lyrics talk about finding a place to relax and calling it one's own. It received critical acclaim from music critics, who praised the production, lyrics and the vocals on the song. Critics praised "Pure Shores" for being a "relaxing" song, and it has featured on several best song lists.
"Pure Shores" entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, where it remained for two weeks. It achieved worldwide success, reaching the top ten in countries including Australia, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. In North America, it charted on the Canadian Singles Chart but failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. It became the second most successful single of 2000. It has sold a total of 815,000 copies in the UK and received multiple certifications in other countries.
The music video features clips from The Beach and shows the group walking and singing on a beach at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. The video received positive reviews and won the Loaded Award for Best Video. "Pure Shores" was featured on All Saints' compilation albums All Hits and Pure Shores: The Very Best of All Saints. The group performed the song at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, and the World Sports Awards in 2000. The single received accolades and nominations, and was awarded the 2000 Capital FM award for best song, Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work and was nominated for two BRIT Awards for Best British Single and Best British Video.
"Pure Shores" is an electronica pop song which is set in an ambient style. According to Musicnotes.com, the song is in the key Db Major and the song's lyrics talk about being in a relaxing place and a place one can call their own. Cameron Adams of the Herald Sun called it "futuristic dream-pop". The Herald Sun also said that according to a survey commissioned by Radox, "Pure Shores" was among the ten most relaxing tracks.
Jim Wirth of NME compared the song to Madonna's album Ray of Light (also produced by Orbit, and partly co-written with him), saying "Pure Shores is an inane enough confection of bleeps and field mouse rhythms which sounds so close to Madonna that it's almost indistinguishable." The New Zealand Herald described the song's composition as "high-lustre" and a "dream pop single". Nigel Packer from BBC Music said the song uses "deep sea bass and dolphin splash keyboards ... "
"Pure Shores" was critically acclaimed by music critics worldwide, who praised it for its "lush, electronic soundscapes". Cameron Adams from the Herald Sun gave it four stars out of five classified it as "futuristic dream-pop" and ranked it at number 17 on the his top 100 songs of the 2000–2009 decade. PlayLouder.com gave it a positive review, saying; "This was the single that saw the Saints out-performing every other girl group on the planet, ditching the famous-for-being-famous tag, and finally becoming the statuesque pop goddesses they always claimed to be. Russell Bailler from the New Zealand Herald highlighted the song along with "Black Coffee" and "Surrender", saying it is "a great single which is also the best thing here on the album." Theresa Johnston from About.com listed the song in the "Top Picks for Romantic Songs".
Nigel Packer from BBC Music highlighted the song from the album. Amy Fleming from The Guardian added the song to her list of "songs to have babies to", calling it a "harmless, feelgood, uplifting, and a bit of ambient song" and "mellow and infectious." Entertainment Weekly reviewed the soundtrack and said along with Sugar Ray's song "Spinning Away", the songs were "bright". Mixmag said along with Barry Adamson's song "Business as Usual", the songs were "superb". On 18 October 2011, David Gerges from The Daily Mail had listed the song on his "Most Relaxing Songs Ever Created" at number seven.
The song received many nominations and accolades. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work and was later nominated for two BRIT Award for Best British Single and Best British Video in 2001, but lost both awards to Robbie Williams' "Rock DJ". It also won the Capital FM choice for Best Song. According to BBC Radio 2, "Pure Shores" is the 14th most played song on the station since 2009.
The music video for "Pure Shores" was directed by Vaughan Arnell and is set on a beach and features clips from the film The Beach. The video was filmed on Holkham beach in Norfolk, England and featured the members of All Saints walking near the beach at night, using various camera effects, with some daytime shots in front of the Wells-next-the-Sea beach huts. Scenes were also filmed in a jungle house with bamboo and trees. On 8 May 2000, the video won the Loaded Award as best single of the year. Another video is similar but has clips from the band's other videos and does not feature clips from the film.
All Saints performed "Pure Shores" at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, and at the World Sports Awards in 2000. It was also performed on Top of the Pops. In 2002, DJ Osymyso sampled the song on his album Intro-Inspection (2002). The band then performed a live version of the song on Later with Jools Holland with just a piano and a drum set.
It is also included in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V on one of the games radio stations.
The song was written by band member Shaznay Lewis and produced by William Orbit in Los Angeles, California. "Pure Shores" is a electronica song with elements of ambient music. The song's lyrics talk about finding a place to relax and calling it one's own. It received critical acclaim from music critics, who praised the production, lyrics and the vocals on the song. Critics praised "Pure Shores" for being a "relaxing" song, and it has featured on several best song lists.
"Pure Shores" entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, where it remained for two weeks. It achieved worldwide success, reaching the top ten in countries including Australia, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. In North America, it charted on the Canadian Singles Chart but failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. It became the second most successful single of 2000. It has sold a total of 815,000 copies in the UK and received multiple certifications in other countries.
The music video features clips from The Beach and shows the group walking and singing on a beach at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. The video received positive reviews and won the Loaded Award for Best Video. "Pure Shores" was featured on All Saints' compilation albums All Hits and Pure Shores: The Very Best of All Saints. The group performed the song at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, and the World Sports Awards in 2000. The single received accolades and nominations, and was awarded the 2000 Capital FM award for best song, Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work and was nominated for two BRIT Awards for Best British Single and Best British Video.
"Pure Shores" is an electronica pop song which is set in an ambient style. According to Musicnotes.com, the song is in the key Db Major and the song's lyrics talk about being in a relaxing place and a place one can call their own. Cameron Adams of the Herald Sun called it "futuristic dream-pop". The Herald Sun also said that according to a survey commissioned by Radox, "Pure Shores" was among the ten most relaxing tracks.
Jim Wirth of NME compared the song to Madonna's album Ray of Light (also produced by Orbit, and partly co-written with him), saying "Pure Shores is an inane enough confection of bleeps and field mouse rhythms which sounds so close to Madonna that it's almost indistinguishable." The New Zealand Herald described the song's composition as "high-lustre" and a "dream pop single". Nigel Packer from BBC Music said the song uses "deep sea bass and dolphin splash keyboards ... "
"Pure Shores" was critically acclaimed by music critics worldwide, who praised it for its "lush, electronic soundscapes". Cameron Adams from the Herald Sun gave it four stars out of five classified it as "futuristic dream-pop" and ranked it at number 17 on the his top 100 songs of the 2000–2009 decade. PlayLouder.com gave it a positive review, saying; "This was the single that saw the Saints out-performing every other girl group on the planet, ditching the famous-for-being-famous tag, and finally becoming the statuesque pop goddesses they always claimed to be. Russell Bailler from the New Zealand Herald highlighted the song along with "Black Coffee" and "Surrender", saying it is "a great single which is also the best thing here on the album." Theresa Johnston from About.com listed the song in the "Top Picks for Romantic Songs".
Nigel Packer from BBC Music highlighted the song from the album. Amy Fleming from The Guardian added the song to her list of "songs to have babies to", calling it a "harmless, feelgood, uplifting, and a bit of ambient song" and "mellow and infectious." Entertainment Weekly reviewed the soundtrack and said along with Sugar Ray's song "Spinning Away", the songs were "bright". Mixmag said along with Barry Adamson's song "Business as Usual", the songs were "superb". On 18 October 2011, David Gerges from The Daily Mail had listed the song on his "Most Relaxing Songs Ever Created" at number seven.
The song received many nominations and accolades. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work and was later nominated for two BRIT Award for Best British Single and Best British Video in 2001, but lost both awards to Robbie Williams' "Rock DJ". It also won the Capital FM choice for Best Song. According to BBC Radio 2, "Pure Shores" is the 14th most played song on the station since 2009.
The music video for "Pure Shores" was directed by Vaughan Arnell and is set on a beach and features clips from the film The Beach. The video was filmed on Holkham beach in Norfolk, England and featured the members of All Saints walking near the beach at night, using various camera effects, with some daytime shots in front of the Wells-next-the-Sea beach huts. Scenes were also filmed in a jungle house with bamboo and trees. On 8 May 2000, the video won the Loaded Award as best single of the year. Another video is similar but has clips from the band's other videos and does not feature clips from the film.
All Saints performed "Pure Shores" at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, and at the World Sports Awards in 2000. It was also performed on Top of the Pops. In 2002, DJ Osymyso sampled the song on his album Intro-Inspection (2002). The band then performed a live version of the song on Later with Jools Holland with just a piano and a drum set.
It is also included in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V on one of the games radio stations.