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Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo that enjoyed major international success between 1997 and 2000. The band was composed of Darren Hayes (vocals) and Daniel Jones (keyboards, sequencing, and guitar). They had a string of hits in the late nineties, and are best remembered today for their ballad “Truly Madly Deeply”, which is considered their signature song and songs “To the Moon and Back”, “I Knew I Loved You”, “I Want You” and “Affirmation”.
Formation
In 1993, multi-instrumentalist and producer Daniel Jones placed an advertisement in Brisbane newspaper Time Off seeking a vocalist for his five-piece band Red Edge. Darren Hayes, who was studying at a university in Brisbane at the time, responded and was asked to join immediately after his first audition.
Truly Madly Deeply
In June 1994, Darren and Daniel left Red Edge to pursue a career together. The new duo was named “Savage Garden” – a name taken from The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (”The mind of each man is a savage garden…”) of which Darren was a fan.
By the end of that year, the pair had penned enough songs for a demo tape, which they sent to various record companies around the world. In 1995, they entered the studio to work on their eponymous debut album.
Debut album
In July 1996, under Roadshow Music, the duo released their debut single “I Want You”. The single was a hit in Australia and became the highest-selling single by an Australian artist of the year. The success of the single garnered much interest from many US record labels and, in September, Columbia Records won the bidding war to sign the band. In November, a second single, “To the Moon and Back”, was released and was another chart hit – reaching #1 in January of the following year.
Crash ‘n’ Burn
“I Want You” was released in the United States in February 1997, where it peaked at #4 and quickly achieved gold status. “Truly Madly Deeply”, the band’s third Australian single, was released in March and reached #1 just before “I Want You” was released across Europe in April. The duo’s debut album, Savage Garden, entered the Australian charts at #1 in March and remained at that peak for 17 weeks – it was released around the world two weeks later. At the end of May, “To the Moon and Back” was the most played song on US radio.
The animal song
In June, a fourth single, “Break Me Shake Me” was released in Australia as the band’s debut album sat at #3 on the US charts and was certified gold by RIAA. By the end of August, the album had gone seven-times platinum in Australia, triple-platinum in Canada, and double-platinum in New Zealand and Singapore. At the end of August, Savage Garden was nominated for a record 13 ARIA Awards. The 10 ARIAs won by them in September was also a record, and one that still stands today. Riding this massive wave of popularity was the release of their fifth Australian single, “Universe”.
Break and shake me
In November, “Truly Madly Deeply” became their third US release, shooting up the charts to blow Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997″ out of its 14-week run at the number-one spot. By the end of 1997, Hayes and Jones had become international stars.
In January 1998, “All Around Me”, was released as a radio only single in Australia, though about 3000 physical copies were produced and given away at their second concert in Brisbane. By the end of the year, “Truly Madly Deeply” was the most-played song on US radio and the only one-sided single to spend a full year in the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100.
I Want You
In November 1998, “Santa Monica”, the final single from the debut album, was released exclusively in Japan, accompanied by a live video with their performance of the song at the Hard Rock Cafe.
As of 2005, the band’s debut album had been certified twelve-times platinum in Australia, seven-times platinum in the United States, and double-platinum in the United Kingdom.
To the moon and back
Affirmation
In February 1999, “The Animal Song” (featured in the Disney film The Other Sister) became a hit in Australia and the US. That September saw the release of a new single previewing their forthcoming album; the smooth, romantic ballad, “I Knew I Loved You”.
Affirmation(MV)
In November of that year, the duo’s second album, Affirmation, was released around the world. It took a month for it to go platinum in the US, largely due to the success of the single “I Knew I Loved You,” which hit #1 on the charts, eventually going platinum and becoming the most-played single on US radio for the year.
Affirmation saw a new turn for Savage Garden; their looks had more similarities to that of mainstream pop and some of their new songs possessed a more adult contemporary sound.
The group finished out the year by winning two Billboard Music Awards: Adult Contemporary Single of the Year and Hot 100 Singles Airplay of the Year.
Two Beds and a Coffee Machine
In February 2000, as “Crash and Burn” became the third single from their second album, 1997’s “Truly Madly Deeply” was amazingly still on the Monitor/Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart, breaking the record for length of time of any single on that chart. It would finally drop off the chart after 123 weeks, while “Crash and Burn” peaked at #24.
In June, Darren Hayes performed “‘O Sole Mio” at Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti’s annual charitable benefit concert Pavarotti and Friends. Savage Garden’s great success was reflected once again at the Billboard Music Awards, where they won Best Adult Contemporary Video and No. 1 Adult Contemporary Song of the Year, for “I Knew I Loved You”, and No. 1 Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year. “I Knew I Loved You” stayed on the Monitor/Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart for 124 weeks – overtaking the duo’s own record previously set by “Truly Madly Deeply”.
Savage Garden Tears of Pearls
Split
In October 2001, Savage Garden officially announced their breakup and the duo went their separate ways. Darren began work on his first solo album. The first single, “Insatiable”, was released in 2002 and the album, Spin was released the same year. Spin spawned several UK Top 40 singles, including “I Miss You”, “Strange Relationship”, and “Crush (1980 Me)”.
Darren’s second solo album, The Tension and the Spark, was released in 2004, its first single “Pop!ular” becoming a dance hit. Despite a follow-up single, “Darkness”, the second album failed to repeat the success of his debut solo album.
I don’t know you anymore
In 2007, Darren’s third solo album, This Delicate Thing We’ve Made, was released. This double cd album has spawned two singles, On the Verge of Something Wonderful and Me, Myself And I.
Darren Hayes has confirmed that Savage Garden will “never by any chance” reunite.
Truly Madly Completely
The greatest hits package Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden was released on November 7, 2005 – with a US release following in early 2006 – and included a new single by Darren Hayes entitled “So Beautiful”. The collection contained the hits from both studio albums, alongside five B-Sides and two new songs by Darren Hayes. Several variations of the release also included a bonus DVD featuring several music video clips, as well as the Parallel Lives documentary, which was earlier released as a bonus feature of the Superstars and Cannonballs DVD/VHS.
Hold Me
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June 15th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Verse 1
I’ll be your dream
I’ll be your wish
I’ll be your fantasy.
I’ll be your hope
I’ll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I love you more with every breath
Truly madly deeply do..
I will be strong I will be faithful
‘Cos I’m counting on a new beginning.
A reason for living.
A deeper meaning.
Chorus
I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me…
Verse 2
And when the stars are shining brightly
In the velvet sky,
I’ll make a wish
Send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry..
The tears of joy
For all the pleasure and the certainty.
That we’re surrounded
By the comfort and protection of..
The highest power.
In lonely hours.
The tears devour you..
I want to stand with you on a mountain,
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever,
Until the sky falls down on me…
Bridge
Oh can’t you see it baby?
You don’t have to close your eyes
‘Cos it’s standing right before you.
All that you need will surely come…
I’ll be your dream
I’ll be your wish
I’ll be your fantasy.
I’ll be your hope
I’ll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I’ll love you more with every breath
Truly madly deeply do…
Chorus
June 15th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Affirmation lyrics
I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people’s hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it’s bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I’m loved when I’m completely by myself alone
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can’t appreciate real love until you’ve been burned
I believe the grass is more greener on the other side
I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye
I believe you can’t control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe that your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can’t appreciate real love until you’ve been burned
I believe the grass is more greener on the other side
I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye
I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can’t appreciate real love until you’ve been burned
I believe the grass is more greener on the other side
I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye
June 15th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Animal Song lyrics
When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
A television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Subway makes me nervous people pushing me too far
I’ve got to break away
So take my hand now
Chorus
’cause I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
The wind in my hair and the sand at my feet
I’ve been having difficulties keeping to myself
Feelings and emotions better left up on the shelf
Animals and children tell the truth they never lie
Which one is more human
There’s a thought now you decide
Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands yeah
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand yeah
Chorus
Sometimes this life can get you down
It’s so confusing
There’s so many rules to follow
And I feel it
’cause I just run away in my mind
Superstars and cannonballs running through your head
Television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Animals and children tell the truth they never lie
Which one is more human
There’s a thought now you decide
Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands yeah
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand yeah
June 15th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Crash and Burn lyrics
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned it’s back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It’s hard to find relieve and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can’t take anymore
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I’ll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You’re not alone
When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You’re caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can’t face they day
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I’ll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You’re not alone
Because there has always been heartache and pain
And when it’s over you’ll breathe again
You’ll breath again
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I’ll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You’re not alone
June 15th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I Knew I Loved You lyrics
Maybe it’s intuition
but some things you just don’t question
Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant
And there it goes,
I think I found my best friend
I know that it might sound
more than a little crazy
but I believe…
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
There’s just no rhyme or reason
Only the sense of completion
And in your eyes, I see
the missing pieces I’m searching for
I think I’ve found my way home
I know that it might sound
more than a little crazy
but I believe…
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
A thousand angels dance around you
I am complete now that I’ve found you
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
(To Fade)
June 15th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
To The Moon And Back lyrics
She’s taking her time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes
Everyone’s got a theory about the bitter one
They’re saying “Mamma never loved her much”
And,”Daddy never keeps in touch
That’s why she shies away from human affection”
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she’s waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she’ll say to him
I would fly to the moon and back if you’ll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
She can’t remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was color blind
All her friends they’ve been tried for treason
And crimes that were never defined
She’s saying”Love is like a barren place
And reaching out for human faith is like a journey
I just don’t have a map for”
So baby’s gonna take a dive and
Push the shift to overdrive
Send a signal that she’s hanging
All her hopes on the stars
What a pleasant dream
I would fly to the moon and backif you’ll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong “repeat”
June 15th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I Want You lyrics
(Verse 1)
Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
I don’t need to try to explain
I just hold on tight and If it happens again
I may move so slightly to the arms
And the lips and the face
Of The Human Cannonball that
I need to I want to…
Bridge)
Come stand a little bit closer
Breathe in and get a bit higher
You’ll never know what hit you when
I get to you
(Chorus)
Ooh I want you, I don’t know if I need you but
Ooh I’d die to find out
Ooh I want you, I don’t know if I need you but
Ooh I’d die to find out
(Verse 2)
I’m the kind of person who endorses a deep commitment
Getting comfy getting perfect is what I live for
But a look and then a smell of perfume
It’s like I’m down on the floor
And I Don’t know what I’m in for
Conversation has a time and place in the interaction
Of a lover and a mate but the time of talking
Using symbols, using words can be likened
To a deep sea diver who is swimming with a raincoat
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
Ooh, ahh…
Ooh, ahh…
(Verse 1)