I Want You (Savage Garden song)

"I Want You"
Single by Savage Garden
from the album Savage Garden
B-side "Fire Inside the Man"
"Tears of Pearls"
"Mine (And You Could Be)"
Released 30 June 1996 (Australia)
11 February 1997 (North America)
2 June 1997 (UK)
9 November 1998 (as "I Want You '98", UK)
Genre Pop, pop rock
Length 3:53
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
Producer(s) Savage Garden and Charles Fisher
Savage Garden singles chronology
"I Want You"
(1996)		 "To the Moon and Back"
(1996)

"I Want You" is a song by Australian pop group Savage Garden. It was originally released in Australia in June 1996 as the lead single from their eponymous debut album, Savage Garden. The single hit number one in Canada, and peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in Australia. The single also peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. In November 1998, the single was re-released in the UK, following the success of "Truly Madly Deeply" and "To the Moon and Back". This release peaked at number 12.

Music video

Two music videos were released for the song; a low-budget version in Australia and a second, higher-budget version for America and international markets. The first video, released in 1996, showed the band performing in a room full of disco lights and Darren Hayes singing on the back of a moving vehicle. The second video, released in 1997, features the band in a stylised futuristic warehouse and recording studio. Both videos present Darren Hayes with long hair.

Track listings

  • UK
CD (1997)
  1. "I Want You" (album version)
  2. "I Want You" (Xenomania Funky Mix)
  3. "I Want You" (Xenomania 12" Club Mix)
  4. "I Want You" (Sharp Miami Mix)
Cassette (1997)
  1. "I Want You" (album version)
  2. "Promises"
CD1 (1998)
  1. "I Want You '98" (Bascombe Mix)
  2. "I Want You '98" (Sash! Radio Edit)
  3. "To the Moon and Back" (karaoke version)
CD2 (1998)
  1. "I Want You '98" (Sash! Extended Mix)
  2. "I Want You" (Sharp Miami Mix)
  3. "I Want You" (Xenomania Funky Mix)
Cassette (1998)
  1. "I Want You '98" (Bascombe Mix)
  2. "I Want You '98" (Sash! Radio Edit)
  • Europe
CD1
  1. "I Want You" (radio version) – 3:37
  2. "I Want You" (Hot Radio Mix) – 3:33
CD2
  1. "I Want You" (radio version) – 3:37
  2. "I Want You" (Pee Wee Club Mix) – 6:30
  3. "Tears of Pearls" – 3:52
  4. "Mine (And You Could Be)" – 4:29
  • America
CD1
  1. "I Want You" – 3:53
  2. "Tears of Pearls" – 3:46
CD2
  1. "I Want You" – 3:53
  2. "I Want You" (Jason Nevins' Radio Remix) – 3:37
  3. "I Want You" (Bastone Club Mix) – 8:30
  4. "I Want You" (I Need I Want Mix) – 7:55
  5. "I Want You" (Hot Radio Mix) – 3:33
  • Japan
  1. "I Want You" – 3:53
  2. "I Want You" (Jason Nevins' Radio Remix) – 3:37
  3. "I Want You" (Bastone Club Mix) – 8:30
  4. "I Want You" (I Need I Want Mix) – 7:55
  5. "I Want You" (Hot Radio Mix) – 3:33
  • Australia
Standard
  1. "I Want You" – 3:53
  2. "Fire Inside the Man" – 4:11
Limited edition
  1. "I Want You" (original radio version) – 3:54
  2. "I Want You" (Flu Club Mix) – 6:22
  3. "I Want You" (Pee Wee Club Mix) – 6:30
  4. "I Want You" (Flu Radio Edit) – 3:44
  5. "I Want You" (Flu Midnight Mix) – 6:24

Chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (1996-1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 27
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] 33
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 1
France (SNEP)[5] 15
Germany (Media Control Charts)[6] 38
Ireland (IRMA) 24
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 13
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 11
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 21
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 4
Charts (1998) Peak
Position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[11] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Australia ARIA Chart[12] 12
Chart (1997) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 22

References

  1. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Savage Garden – I Want You". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  2. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Savage Garden – I Want You" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Savage Garden – I Want You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Savage Garden – I Want You" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Savage Garden – I Want You" (in French). Les classement single.
  6. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Savage Garden > I Want You – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Savage Garden search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  8. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Savage Garden – I Want You". Top 40 Singles.
  9. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Savage Garden – I Want You". Singles Top 60.
  10. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Savage Garden – I Want You". Swiss Singles Chart.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1996.htm
  13. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 28 August 2010.

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