| "Truly Madly Deeply" | ||||
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| Single by Savage Garden | ||||
| from the album Savage Garden | ||||
| B-side | "I'll Bet He Was Cool", "I Want You", "Promises", "This Side Of Me", "Love Can Move You" | |||
| Released | 3 March 1997 (Australia) 18 November 1997 (US) 16 February 1998 (UK) |
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| Format | CD single, Cassette single | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
| Genre | Pop, soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:37 | |||
| Label | Columbia (International) Roadshow Music (Australia) Sony Records (Japan) |
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| Writer(s) | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | |||
| Producer | Charles Fisher | |||
| Certification | Gold (France)[1] | |||
| Savage Garden singles chronology | ||||
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"Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop band Savage Garden, released as a single in March 1997. Written by band-mates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of a song called "Magical Kisses" that the pair wrote together long before recording began on their debut album. "Truly Madly Deeply" was released as the third single from their self-titled debut album. In 1998, it became the main theme from the soundtrack of the movie Music from Another Room, starring Jude Law and Gretchen Mol.[2]
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There are two distinct versions of the song. The first was made available on the Australian version of the group's album, whereas the second version appears on the release of the album in Europe and America. This version was composed in 1996, and features a drum-machine track instead of the more acoustic-sounding music featured on the Australian version. The European version also features on the group's greatest hits compilation, Truly Madly Compeletely.
Two music videos were made for the song. The video used for the European market was filmed in the Sacré-Cœur area of Paris. It was directed by Adolfo Doring.[3] The video depicts the story of two lovers, a young man and a lady, who have been separated by circumstances. The woman arrives in Paris, possibly at Gare du Nord station, in search of her lover, who is also waiting for her. He is wandering in various places within the Montmartre area, including the Soleil de la Butte restaurant. In between the scenes involving the two lovers, Darren Hayes can be seen walking around Paris, in locations such as the place de la Concorde and the Jardin des Tuileries. He is singing, thereby acting as a narrator to the story involving the two lovers. Towards the end of the video, Hayes enters a small concert hall where Daniel Jones is playing guitar. Shortly afterwards, the young lady manages to find her lover, right in the centre of Paris. They are both filled with emotion on seeing each other again. The video ends with Hayes and Jones coming out of the concert hall, and coming across the two lovers who are rejoicing in their reunion. The second video, used for the Australian market, features the pair performing in the outback.[4]
The song was a major and sustained success in the U.S. beginning in 1997. Entering the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #26 on 6 December 1997,[5] it peaked at #1 for two weeks in January 1998 and lingered for a full year on the chart.[5] It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and #2 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart. It also went Top 10 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart. On the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart the song hit number one for one week on 31 January before dropping to number two as Celine Dion assumed the top spot with the theme to the hit film Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On". Savage Garden's single held at #2 for ten weeks, before returning to the number one spot again the week of 18 April.[6] The song set a record for the most weeks of any single in history on the U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary chart. In 1998 the song logged eleven weeks at number one on this chart, but its full chart span lasted 123 weeks. That record would stand for just under two years, when another of the group's ballads spent its 124th week on the chart. The song was "I Knew I Loved You", from the album Affirmation.[7] After leaving the main Adult Contemporary chart, the song entered the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart where it charted for another 202 weeks. The song was so popular that it re-entered Billboard's Hot Singles Sales chart in March 2002[8] and—four and a half years after its release—again became a U.S. Top 30 bestseller,[9] remaining on that chart until late July 2002.[10] The original version logged its final week on the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart on 17 June 2006.[11] The song also reached #1 in their home country of Australia and in Canada. Savage Garden's single hit #2 in Norway, Sweden, Austria and Ireland and went top ten in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, where it peaked at #4. In 1998, the song was certified a Gold single in France, for sales of 200,000 copies.[1] In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named "Truly Madly Deeply" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.[12][13] In 2008, the song was listed at #30 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[14]
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The song was covered in 1998 by Brazilian brother-sister singing duo Sandy & Junior. The Portuguese-language version, No Fundo Do Coração ("Deep Inside The Heart"), was released as the third single from the teens' eighth album, Era Uma Vez (Ao Vivo). The album was certified Diamond in Brazil in 1999 by the Brazilian Association of Discs Producers (ABPD) for sales of over 1,8 million copies in Brazil alone.[19] The album was their last for PolyGram Records before moving to Universal Music Group.
| "Truly Madly Deeply" | ||||
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| Single by Cascada | ||||
| from the album Everytime We Touch | ||||
| Released | 31 January 2006 (UK) | |||
| Format | CD, 12", Digital | |||
| Recorded | 2005 Plazmatek Studio Cologne Plazmatek Studio Erkrath |
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| Genre | Eurotrance | |||
| Length | 2:59 (radio edit) 4:11 (slow version) |
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| Label | Zooland | |||
| Producer | Manuel Reuter, Yann Peifer | |||
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German Eurotrance group Cascada covered "Truly Madly Deeply" on the album Everytime We Touch and released it as the second single in the UK and Germany. Although the album version of the song is a ballad, there is also a trance version of the song more in keeping with their typical style, which is the main single version. Both versions are featured on the UK edition of the album. First released in the U.S. exclusively in the iTunes store on 27 February, the U.S. physical release was 13 March 2007.
UK CD single Part 1
UK CD single Part 2
German 12-inch single
German CD single
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Other remixes
The Cascada single entered the UK Singles Chart at number 17 solely on downloads and peaked at number 4 the following week, after its physical release. In Ireland, it remained in the top 4 for four weeks.
| Charts (2006) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[20] | 22 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 11 |
| Belgium (Ultratop) (Wallonia)[21] | 25 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Airplay | 14 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 16 |
| Dutch top 40 | 32 |
| Charts (2007) | Peak position |
| German Singles Chart | 26 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[22] | 39 |
| Latvian Chart[23] | 10 |
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
| United Kingdom | 31 January 2006 | CD | |
| Germany | 14 February 2006 | 12-inch | Zooland Records |
| Germany | 2 March 2006 | 12-inch | Zeitgeist |
| United States | 13 March 2006 | 12-inch | Robbins Entertainment |
| Germany | 6 April 2006 | CD | Zeitgeist |
| Preceded by "Don't Speak" by No Doubt |
Australia ARIA Singles Chart number-one single (Savage Garden version) 6 April 1997 – 25 May 1997 |
Succeeded by "MMMBop" by Hanson |
| Preceded by "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle In The Wind 1997" by Elton John |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Savage Garden version) 17 January 1998 – 24 January 1998 |
Succeeded by "Together Again" by Janet Jackson |
| Preceded by "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion |
Billboard Top 40 Mainstream number-one single (Savage Garden version) 31 January 1998 (1 week) 18 April 1998 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia |
| Preceded by "Back to You" by Bryan Adams |
Canadian Singles Chart number-one single (Savage Garden version) 23 February 1998 |
Succeeded by "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion |
| Preceded by "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion |
Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single 11 April- 20 June 1998 |
Succeeded by "You're Still the One" by Shania Twain |
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