The
Australian pop duo
Savage Garden was created by singer
Darren Hayes and multi-instrumentalist
Englishman
Daniel Jones in 1996. The two first met while playing in bar bands in
Queensland in 1994.
Their first album,
Savage Garden, was recorded in
Sydney in June of 1996. They soon bacame popular
with '
I Want You,' which became the biggest selling Australian single of 1996. '
I Want You' later became an
international best seller and reached US number 4 in May 1997. In early 1998, '
Truly, Madly, Deeply' topped
the US charts and spent several weeks in the UK top 10.
Savage Garden made number 3 on the US album
charts in April. It was certified 7x platinum February 1, 2000. Their second album,
Affirmation, was recorded
in
San Francisco. It was certified 2x platinum on February 16, 2000. The single, '
I Knew I Loved You,' was
certified gold by the RIAA January 27, 2000.