So Pure

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title: "So Pure" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1999-singles", "1998-songs", "alanis-morissette-songs", "juno-award-for-video-of-the-year-videos", "maverick-records-singles", "reprise-records-singles", "song-recordings-produced-by-glen-ballard", "songs-written-by-alanis-morissette", "songs-written-by-glen-ballard"] description: "1999 single by Alanis Morissette" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Pure" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1999 single by Alanis Morissette ::

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Field	Value
name	So Pure
cover	Alanis Morissette - So Pure.png
type	single
artist	Alanis Morissette
album	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
released
recorded	Mid-1998
studio	Royaltone (Los Angeles)
genre
length	2:49
prev_title	Joining You
prev_year	1999
next_title	Unsent
next_year	1999
misc
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| name = So Pure | cover = Alanis Morissette - So Pure.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Alanis Morissette | album = Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie | released = | recorded = Mid-1998 | studio = Royaltone (Los Angeles) | genre = | length = 2:49 | label =

• Maverick
• Reprise | writer =
• Alanis Morissette
• Glen Ballard | producer =
• Alanis Morissette
• Glen Ballard | prev_title = Joining You | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Unsent | next_year = 1999 | misc = "So Pure" is a song written and produced by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard for Morissette's fourth album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998). It was released in Japan as the album's second single on March 10, 1999, and as the third single worldwide in June 1999. One line in the song, "supposed former infatuation junkie", inspired its album's title. A special "radio friendly remix" was featured on US promotional singles and was only commercially released on the Australian domestic single.

"So Pure" peaked outside the top 20 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40 and Top 40 Mainstream charts, but inside the top 20 in Canada. "So Pure" failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 and performed moderately in the United Kingdom, where it reached the top 40. In 2000, the song was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards but lost to Sheryl Crow's live version of "There Goes the Neighborhood", which original version was already nominated in the same category in 1999, but lost to "Uninvited" by Morissette. The music video won the award for Best Video at 2000 Juno Awards.

Music video

The single's video, directed by Morissette, featured her and (then boyfriend) actor Dash Mihok as dance partners transitioning through time and style, from ballroom to salsa, swing, tap, contemporary and rave. It was filmed over two days in Toronto, Canada. Morissette said of the video, "Over the last year, I'd become enamored with the dancing styles of the '40s in particular, and intrigued by the evolution of dancing throughout the last five decades and the spirit and different kinds of attitudes that fuel them. When it came time to create this video, there was no question that there would be dancing in it and that these different eras needed to be referenced!" The video world-premiered on AOL on June 25, 1999, and was the first from a major artist to debut on the internet.

Track listings

Canadian CD single

1. "So Pure" (album version) – 2:49
2. "I Was Hoping" (acoustic modern rock live) – 4:34
3. "So Pure" (Pure Ecstasy extended mix) – 6:04
4. "So Pure" (acoustic modern rock live) – 2:42

US promo CD

1. "So Pure" (radio friendly remix) – 2:39
2. "So Pure" (Pure Ecstasy mix) – 6:04
3. "So Pure" (album version) – 2:49

UK CD1

1. "So Pure" (album version) – 2:49
2. "I Was Hoping" (acoustic modern rock live) – 4:34
3. "So Pure" (Pure Ecstasy extended mix) – 6:04 UK CD2
4. "So Pure" (album version) – 2:49
5. "Would Not Come" (live) – 4:13
6. "So Pure" (acoustic modern rock live) – 2:42

Australian CD single

1. "So Pure" (album version)
2. "I Was Hoping" (acoustic modern rock live)
3. "So Pure" (Pure Ecstasy extended mix)
4. "So Pure" (Guido's radio friendly mix)

Japanese CD single

1. "So Pure" (album version)
2. "Your House" (BBC/Radio One live)
3. "London" (Bridge School Benefit live)

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1999) | Peak position | Australia (ARIA) | Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS) | |---|---|---|---| | 112 | | | | | 10 | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1999)	Position	US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)
95
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Release history

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Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.	Japan	Canada	United States	United Kingdom
March 10, 1999	CD
June 14, 1999	Maverick	url=https://alanis-m.com/discography/supposed-former-infatuation-junkie/	title=Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	website=alanis-m.com	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123215842/https://alanis-m.com/discography/supposed-former-infatuation-junkie/	archive-date=November 23, 2021	access-date=November 23, 2021}}
June 28, 1999
July 19, 1999		Maverick
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References

References

1. "Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance". [[Grammy Award]]s.
2. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_June_25/ai_54988117 "Alanis Morissette Sets Internet Precedent With Worldwide Debut of New 'So Pure' Video Exclusively on America Online; AOL Video Debut on Friday, June 25, at Keyword: Alanis"]. [[Business Wire]]. June 24, 1999. Retrieved August 22, 2006.
3. (1999). "So Pure". [[Maverick Records]].
4. (1999). "So Pure". Maverick Records.
5. (1999). "So Pure". Maverick Records.
6. (1999). "So Pure". Maverick Records.
7. (1999). "So Pure". Maverick Records.
8. (1999). "So Pure". Maverick Records.
9. "Alanis Morissette ARIA chart history (partial) 1998/99 from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA.
10. "Canadian Top 20 in 1999".
11. (December 24, 1999). "Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1999".
12. "ソー・ピュア {{!}} アラニス・モリセット". [[Oricon]].
13. "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie".
14. (June 28, 1999). "Impact Dates".
15. (July 17, 1999). "New Releases – For Week Starting 19 July, 1999".

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