100% Pure Love

"100% Pure Love"
Single by Crystal Waters
from the album Storyteller
Released	February 17, 1994
Format	CD single CD maxi 12" maxi
Recorded	1993
Genre	House dance-pop
Length	4:40
Label	Mercury
Writer(s)	Crystal Waters Teddy Douglas Thomas Davis Jay Steinhour
Producer(s)	Teddy Douglas Jay Steinhour
Certification	Gold (US)
Crystal Waters singles chronology
"Gypsy Woman (Basement Boys "Strip to the Bone" Remix) (1992) "100% Pure Love" (1994) "What I Need" (1994)

"100% Pure Love" is a 1994 single recorded by house musician Crystal Waters. It reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, number 38 on the US R&B chart, and number 15 in the UK. The single spent a total of 45 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming one of the longest charting singles in the US to date. The song won Waters a Billboard Award for Top-Selling Hot Dance Music Club Play Single at the 1994 Billboard Music Awards. The song was certified Gold in the United States. The music video, directed by Marcus Nispel and choreographed by Michael K. Williams (who later went on to star as Omar Little on The Wire), was also nominated for Best Dance Video at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards.

Music video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQX2q6WCrbE

Track listings

Australian CD single

1. "100% Pure Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:06
2. "100% Pure Love" (Club Mix) - 8:04
3. "100% Pure Love" (Gumbo Mix) - 5:22

Official versions

• "100% Pure Love" (Album Version) / (Original Version) - 4:38
• "100% Pure Love" (Gumbo Mix) - 5:22
• "100% Pure Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:06
• "100% Pure Love" (Club Mix) - 8:04

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[1] 2 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 26 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 31 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 14 Germany (Official German Charts)[5] 33 Ireland (IRMA) 30 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 15 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 44 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 20 UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 15 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1 US Billboard Hot 100 11 US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 2 US Billboard US Top 40 Mainstream 7 US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 2

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position US Billboard Hot 100[9] 46 Chart (1995) Position US Billboard Hot 100[10] 82

References

1. "Australian-charts.com – Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
2. "Austriancharts.at – Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
3. "Ultratop.be – Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
4. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
5. "Musicline.de – Crystal Waters Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
7. "Charts.org.nz – Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love". Top 40 Singles.
8. "Swisscharts.com – Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love". Swiss Singles Chart.
9. "Billboard Top 100 - 1994". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
10. "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". Retrieved 2010-08-27.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics