SAVAGE GARDEN

        Australian pop duo Savage Garden have taken the world by storm without the record company hype and career establishing game plan that is often the background to pop-oriented acts.          The first single "I Want You" released in July 1996 reached #2 behind the dance craze hit "Macarena," but was followed by consecutive #1s with "To The Moon And Back" and "Truly Madly Deeply". When the self-titled debut album was released in March 1997 it entered the charts at #1 and notched up 13 weeks at the top, the third longest stay for any Australian-made album. In the meantime a Dallas radio station had started playing "I Want You" and the duo was signed to Sony's Columbia inprint. "I Want You" and "Truly Madly Deeply became worldwide hits, the latter achieving #1 in the US in January 1998.
         Hayes and Jones dealt with their success in their individual ways. Singer Hayes amicably ended his marriage, moved to a New York apartment and rubbed shoulders with his peers. Daniel Jones stayed in Brisbane wishing he could just write songs and make music in the studio. The second album Affirnation was basically written by phone and computer from their separate corners of the world. The album was produced in Los Angeles by award-winning Walter Afanasieff, known for his work with artists such as Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. In January 2000 the album's lead-off single "I Knew I Loved You gave Savage Garden its second US #1.

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SAVAGE GARDEN	AFFIRMATION

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