The Animal Song

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“The Animal Song”
“The Animal Song” cover
Single by Savage Garden
from the album Affirmation
Released 1999
Format CD single
Genre Pop
Writer(s) Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
Producer Savage Garden and Walter Afanasieff
Savage Garden singles chronology
Tears of Pearls
(1998)
The Animal Song
(1999)
I Knew I Loved You
(1999)

"The Animal Song" is a song by Savage Garden, released in 1999. It was written for The Other Sister soundtrack, but also appeared on their Affirmation album as well as their Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden. It was Savage Garden's first encounter with Walter Afanasieff—a producer well-known for his work with Mariah Carey—who would later produce the Affirmation album (and also Darren Hayes' first solo album, Spin).

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[edit] Music video

The video for this single featured Hayes walking through a parade and was directed by Jim Gable

[edit] Chart performance

"The Animal Song" became the group's third Canadian number-one single, topping the singles chart for three weeks, from March 27, 1999.

[edit] Track Listing

  1. The Animal Song (Album Version)
  2. Santa Monica (Bittersweet Remix)

[edit] References