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, and Chris Heath. It was first released in New Zealand and Australia as a promotional single intended to advertise the album. A video was shot with Williams performing in a garage, however, its performance was poor with focus on Williams' debut single " Tripping" from that album. It was featured on physical copies of the single "Tripping". A physical CD single was released exclusively in Mexico.

Background

The song deals with Williams asking God to make him pure—later in his life. The chorus is a translation of a line of Saint Augustine of Hippo, ''Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo!''

Chart performance

"Make Me Pure" reached number-fifteen in the

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, although it had never been released as a single. Due to airplay of the B-side song of the single "Tripping", it reached the Dutch Top 40 while "Tripping" and "

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" were also Top 40 hits. In Mexico, the song was released between "Advertising Space" and "Sin Sin Sin" to fill the gap left between these singles. The song was very popular on radio, reaching number twenty-seven; although video airplay was not very strong, the track reached number-nineteen on the Digital Sales chart.

Track listing

# "Make Me Pure" – 4:34 # "Make Me Pure" (acoustic version) – 3:53 # "Tripping" (video) # Video clips and photo gallery

Charts

References

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