Savage Garden

Savage Garden was an Australian pop band that featured in the charts between 1997 and 2001 .

history

The band was formed in 1993 when Daniel Jones was holding an audition to find a new singer for his band Red Edge. Jones chose former kindergarten teacher Darren Hayes . Both soon broke away from Red Edge and released their debut album of the same name in the spring of 1997 under the name Savage Garden . The name of the band came from the vampire novels by Anne Rice ("The mind of each man is a savage garden ..." - dt : "The mind of every man is a wild garden ..."), which is one of Darren Hayes' favorite books counting.

Hayes and Jones wrote and produced their own music. They quickly enjoyed commercial success in their home country. With the single Truly Madly Deeply , the band made their international breakthrough. The single reached number 1 on the US Billboard charts in early 1998 and stayed there for two weeks. In total, the album sold 13 million times worldwide, including seven million in America, where the duo already took fourth place on the Billboard Hot 100 with their first single, I Want You .

In 1997, Savage Garden won eleven ARIA Awards and are thus in the Guinness Book of Records , as many of these trophies had no artist before received in one night.

In autumn 1999, Savage Garden's second album, Affirmation, was released. The second single I Knew I Loved You became the band's biggest hit. In the USA, the single topped the charts for four weeks. The album sold over seven million times worldwide.

The following year, Hayes and Jones took part in the Pavarotti and Friends 2000 benefit concert , the proceeds of which went to children in Cambodia and Tibet . On 1 October 2000 Savage Garden occurred during the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Sydney with her song affirmation on.

In October 2001, Savage Garden announced their separation after a world tour. By 2004, the group had sold over 23 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.

Hayes started a solo career after the split. In spring 2002 his first single, Insatiable , was released, which sold very well in Great Britain and Asia . In the USA, however, he could not build on the success of Savage Garden.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
1997	Savage Garden	DE14th gold (42 weeks)DE	AT10 (20 weeks) AT	CH8th platinum (37 weeks)CH	UK2 × 3 Triple platinum (68 weeks)UK	US3 × 7 Seven times platinum (104 weeks)US	AU1 × 12 Twelve times platinum (77 weeks)AU	First published: March 24, 1997
1999	Affirmation	DE11 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT26 (4 weeks) AT	CH8 (16 weeks) CH	UK7th × 3 Triple platinum (64 weeks)UK	US6th × 3 Triple platinum (59 weeks)US	AU1 × 8 Eight times platinum (78 weeks)AU	First published: November 9, 1999

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2005	Truly Madly Completely: The Best of	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	-	AU11 platinum (10 weeks)AU	First published: November 1, 2005
2015	The Singles	-	-	-	-	-	AU15 (2 weeks) AU	First published: June 2015

More compilations

• 1998: Truly Madly Deeply - Ultra Rare Tracks
• 1999: Ultra Hit Tracks
• 1999: Asian Tour Package
• 2000: B-Sides
• 2003: Superstars and Cannonballs + Affirmation (CD + DVD)
• 2004: Greatest Hits

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
1996	I Want You Savage Garden	DE38 (16 weeks) DE	AT14 (10 weeks) AT	CH21 (16 weeks) CH	UK11 (17 weeks) UK	US4th gold (33 weeks)US	AU4 (22 weeks) AU	First published: June 30, 1996
	To the Moon and Back Savage Garden	DE14 (26 weeks) DE	-	CH16 (12 weeks) CH	UK3 platinum (17 weeks)UK	US24 (33 weeks) US	AU1 platinum (30 weeks)AU	First published: September 5, 1996
1997	Truly Madly Deeply Savage Garden	DE11 (23 weeks) DE	AT2 gold (22 weeks)AT	CH7 (25 weeks) CH	UK4th × 2 Double platinum (25 weeks)UK	US1 gold (52 weeks)US	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (32 weeks)AU	First published: March 3, 1997
	Break Me Shake Me Savage Garden	DE86 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	AU7th gold (17 weeks)AU	First published: June 16, 1997
	Universe Savage Garden	-	-	-	-	-	AU26 (9 weeks) AU	First published: October 20, 1997
1999	The Animal Song Affirmation	-	-	-	UK16 (6 weeks) UK	US19 (10 weeks) US	AU3 platinum (23 weeks)AU	First published: February 23, 1999
	I Knew I Loved You Affirmation	DE34 (9 weeks) DE	AT36 (9 weeks) AT	CH34 (15 weeks) CH	UK10 silver (12 weeks)UK	US1 gold (33 weeks)US	AU4th platinum (19 weeks)AU	First published: September 28, 1999
2000	Crash and Burn Affirmation	DE69 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH77 (4 weeks) CH	UK14 (6 weeks) UK	US24 (20 weeks) US	AU16 gold (12 weeks)AU	First published: February 4, 2000, theme song of the first season Velvet and Silk
	Affirmation Affirmation	DE64 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK8th silver (10 weeks)UK	-	AU16 gold (16 weeks)AU	First published: March 23, 2000
	Chained to You Affirmation	-	-	-	-	-	AU21 (13 weeks) AU	First published: September 18, 2000
	Hold Me Affirmation	DE79 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK16 (7 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: November 13, 2000
2001	The Best Thing Affirmation	-	-	-	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: March 19, 2001

More singles

• 1998: Tears of Pearls
• 1998: I Want You '98
• 1998: Santa Monica
• 1998: The Future of Earthly Delites
• 1999: Last Christmas
• 2004: To the Moon and Back / Affirmation (Almighty Mixes)

Video albums

• 1998: The Video Collection
• 2000: Superstars and Cannonballs - Live and on Tour in Australia

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 1998: for the album Savage Garden 1998: for the single Truly Madly Deeply  Denmark 2020: for the single Truly Madly Deeply  Finland 1999: for the album Affirmation  France 1998: for the single Truly Madly Deeply 1999: for the single To the Moon and Back  New Zealand 1997: for the single To the Moon and Back 1997: for the single Truly Madly Deeply  Norway 1998: for the single Truly Madly Deeply  Sweden 1999: for the single The Animal Song 2 × gold record  France 1999: for the album To the Moon and Back

Platinum record  Finland 1998: for the album Savage Garden  New Zealand 1997: for the album Savage Garden 2005: for the album Truly Madly Completely: The Best of  Norway 1998: for the album Savage Garden  Sweden 2000: for the single I Knew I Loved You 3 × gold record  Mexico 2000: for the album Affirmation

2 × platinum record  Denmark 2001: for the album Affirmation  Europe 1998: for the album Savage Garden  Canada 1999: for the album Affirmation  New Zealand 2000: for the album Affirmation  Sweden 1998: for the album Savage Garden 2000: for the album Affirmation Diamond record  Canada 1998: for the album Savage Garden

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	26 × platinum26th	-	1,925,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	50,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	145,000	ifpi.dk hitlisten.nu
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	93.043	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	4 × gold4th	-	-	700,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Canada (MC)	-	-	2 × platinum2	diamond1	1,200,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	225,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	75,000	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	45,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	5 × platinum5	-	365,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	50,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	10 × platinum10	-	11,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	-	9 × platinum9	-	4,060,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	22 × gold22nd	64 × platinum64	diamond1

swell

1. ↑ Data and facts
2. ↑ Chart sources: AU DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Velvet and silk , television dictionary.

Web links

• Website of Savage Garden (English)
• Recordings from Savage Garden in the catalog of the German National Library
• Savage Garden at MusicBrainz (English)
• Savage Garden at Allmusic (English)
• Savage Garden at Discogs (English)