I Knew I Loved You

"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.

[edit] Music video

The video for this single featured the band in a subway station with Hayes playing out a romantic plot on the subway with Kirsten Dunst as the object of his affections. The video shows the band alone in a carriage and also full of people. Then the train seems to stop and the power goes out, a red back up light comes on and everyone in the carriage joins hand. Hayes who is sitting opposite Dunst reaches out his hands to her. As they touch, we are shown the couple walking through a park bathed in sunlight, laughing and holding hands. Then its back to reality as the train lights come back on and comes to the next station. Both Hayes and Dunst get up to leave, smile at each other as they exit the carriage and part ways. The video ends with Savage Garden performing by themselves in the carriage and subway. It was filmed in November, 1999 and was directed by Kevin Bray^[1].

[edit] Cover versions

Country singer Daryle Singletary covered the song for his 2000 album Now and Again. Cantopop singer Edison Chen covered the song for his 2002 album Break Through. Korean singer Park YooChun of DBSK also covered the song in the 2005 Rising Sun Showcase.

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
Preceded by "Thank God I Found You" by Mariah Carey featuring Joe and 98 Degrees	Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 26, 2000	Succeeded by "Amazed" by Lonestar