I Knew I Loved You

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"I Knew I Loved You"
"I Knew I Loved You" cover
Single by Savage Garden
from the album Affirmation
Released 1999
Format Compact Disc (7")
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop
Length 4:10.8
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Daniel Jones, Darren Hayes
Producer(s) Daniel Jones, Darren Hayes
Chart positions
  • #1 U.S.
  • #10 UK
  • #4 Australia
Savage Garden singles chronology
"The Animal Song"
(1999)
"I Knew I Loved You"
(1999)
"Affirmation"
(1999)

"I Knew I Loved You" is a song by Savage Garden. It was their second number one after Truly Madly Deeply. It reached the top spot of Billboard Hot 100 on the week dated January 29, 2000. It stayed there for three consecutive weeks, before being knocked off by Mariah Carey's "Thank God I Found You" featuring Joe and 98 Degrees, and returned to the top again the following week for its fourth and final week at the top.

The video for this single featured the band in a subway station with Hayes playing out a romantic plot on the subway with a teenaged Kirsten Dunst as the object of his affections. It was filmed in November, 1999 and was directed by Kevin Bray[1].

Cantopop singer Edison Chen covered the song for his 2002 album Break Through.

Preceded by
"What a Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
January 29, 2000- February 12, 2000
Succeeded by
"Thank God I Found You" by Mariah Carey featuring Joe and 98 Degrees