I Knew I Loved You
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| Straight from Savage Garden... |
"This love song is very simple. Nothing else on the record is as pure as this song, and I think it was really essential to include. When I wrote it, I wasn't feeling that way at the time, as opposed to "Truly Madly Deeply", which I was absolutely living and breathing. I was there. I didn't know if I could write this one without having the same feeling, but I did it and it actually puts a lump in my throat." -Darren Hayes "This song is beautiful with Darren's falsetto and the rise of acoustic guitars. It has a lot of innocence. It was important that we find that place on [Affirmation] again." -Daniel Jones |
| The 411 |
Track #3 of Affirmation 2nd single off Affirmation worldwide Release year: September 1999 (Australia), October 1999 (US), November 1999 (worldwide) |
| Awards, Records, and Radio |
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks #7 on Billboard Hot 100 singles of 2000 #1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary for 17 weeks Charted on Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts for 108 weeks and counting #1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary singles of 2000 #2 on Billboard's "Top 50 Best Selling Australian Hits" list (beaten only by "Truly Madly Deeply"!) #1 on Radio & Records Pop Chart for 6 weeks Billboard's 2000 Adult Contemporary Music Video of the Year Most added track to American radio in its release week Achieved gold status in the US on January 27th, 2000 Debuted at #5 on the ARIA chart Peaked at #4 on the ARIA chart Debuted at #1 on the Australasian Top 20 Most added track in Australian history in its release week Achieved gold status worldwide #10 in the UK "Song of the Year" - 2000 APRA Awards Nomination "Most-Performed Australian Work" - 2000 APRA Awards Nomination "Best Song to Listen to While Kissing Your Boyfriend" - 2000 Teen Awards Nomination "Song of the Year" - 2001 ASCAP Pop Music Awards (most played song in the US through ASCAP) "Most Performed Work Overseas" - 2001 APRA Awards |
| Media |
Music: Chords::Tabulature::Bass Tabs::Sheet Music Audio: RealAudio::Midi Video: International |
| Say WHAT? | According to Darren, this song was inspired by a story he'd heard [The Artist Formerly Known As] Prince tell on Oprah. Quote Darren, "[Prince] was talking about his wife. And that, he felt that he really prayed for her and that God answered his prayers. He was 20, I think, and he wanted a soul mate, and when he turned 40 he met this 20 year-old, and they got married and he really believed that he dreamed her into life." Now that's heavy stuff. |
| Avoid Those Embarrassing Misheard Lyric Moments |
maybe it's intuition / some things you just don't question / like in your eyes / I see my future in an instant / and there it goes / I think I've found my best friend -->prechorus: I know that it might sound more than / a little crazy but I believe -->chorus: I knew I loved you before I met you / I think I dreamed you into life / I knew I loved you before I met you / I have been waiting all my life there's just no rhyme or reason / only a sense of completion / and in your eyes / I see the missing pieces / I'm searching for / I think I found my way home -->prechorus -->chorus a thousand angels dance around you / I am complete now that I found you -->chorus until fade |
| Video Eye Candy |
International version Release Year: 1999 - Director: Kevin Bray"I Knew I Loved You" was filmed August 1999 in a New York subway which was actually in a studio in Los Angeles(? I don't know either). Kirsten Dunst (Dick, Interview With The Vampire) guest stars in the video. Darren sits down opposite Kirsten on the subway train. Near the end the lights go off and emergency lights on the train come on; all the passengers are worried and hold hands. So Darren takes Kirsten's hand (surprise, surprise!), triggering a couple imagined "what if?" scenes between them in the park. Then the lights come back on and the lovey-dovey is over. The train ride of love ends and they go their separate ways. Aww, how sweet... Did you notice... |
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