It was also the third-fastest-selling single in UK chart history at that point, behind " Do They Know It's Christmas?

BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles even recorded a parody version of "Pure and Simple" that included the song lyrics from these two songs.This single had the third fastest selling opening week (550,000 copies sold) in UK chart history and the biggest ever by a debut act and a non-charity record.

Great vocals and a wicked beat make this one of the most promising debut singles from a "pop group" in a long, long time! Lovin' Is Easy", the group's only single to be released with Shentall, failed to make a commercial impact. 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. The audition process was televised in segments of This Morning, an ITV daily morning show, mirroring the procedure during which the original members of Hear'Say were chosen.After following the tv show i was slightly worried they would produce more manufactured rubbish but bin this at your peril! It sold 160,000 copies during its first day on sale and 549,823 copies during its first week, becoming the fastest-selling debut single of all time in the UK, [1] [8] a record beaten a year later by Will Young, the winner of the first series of Pop Idol, with his debut single " Evergreen" / " Anything Is Possible". In November 2001, just nine months after the release of their debut album, Hear'Say released Everybody.