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Straight from Savage Garden... "A love song in its purest essence. This track was actually written in the last few weeks of recording and was originally intended to be a subtle, low-key ending to the album. Charles Fisher's producing and Chris Lord-Alge's mix really made the song a much stronger statement. Definetly a pleasing surprise for us. One of the few songs that ended up exactly how we imagined it would."
-Darren Hayes
The 411 Track #3 on international album; #5 on the Australian album
3rd single worldwide
Release year: March 1997 (Australia), November 1997 (US), February 1998 (worldwide)
Awards, Records, and Radio #1 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart for 3 weeks
First Australian band to hit #1 on Billboard since INXS (1987)
Only one of 3 Australian bands to ever to hit #1 on Billboard
Charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for over a year beginning week of November 24, 1997 (9th longest chat run in Billboard history)
Only single in Billboard Chart history to spend a full year in the top 30
#1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart
Charted on Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts for 123 weeks (Longest chart run ever in the AC chart)
#1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary singles of 1998
#5 on Billboard Adult Contemporary singles of 1999
#25 on Billboard Adult Contemporary singles of 2000
#1 on Billboard's "Top 50 Best Selling Australian Hits" list
Most played song in America in five years
#1 on Radio & Records Pop Chart for 3 weeks
(One of only two songs ever to hit #1, drop, and return to #1 on Radio & Records Pop Chart)
Achieved gold status in the US on December 22nd, 1997
#1 on the Australian ARIA Charts for 8 weeks
Highest selling Australian single of 1997 (160,000 copies)
Achieved x2 platinum status in Australia
#4 in the UK
Achieved platinum status in the UK
"Highest Selling Australian Single" - 1997 ARIA Awards
"Best Australian Single" - 1997 ARIA Awards
"Australian Song of the Year" - 1997 ARIA Award Nomination
"Song of the Year" - 1998 APRA Awards Nomination
"Hot 100 Single of the Year" - 1998 Billboard Awards Nomination
"Adult Contemporary Single of the Year" - 1998 Billboard Awards
"Hot 100 Airplay of the Year" - 1998 Billboard Awards
"Best Song" - 1998 MTV Europe Awards Nomination
"Most Performed Australian Work Overseas" - 1999 APRA Awards
"Most Performed Australian Work Overseas" - 2000 APRA Awards
Honored in 2001 by an Australian postage stamp
Media Music:
Chords::Tabulature::Bass Tabs::Sheet Music

Audio:
RealAudio::Midi

Video:
International::Australian
Say WHAT? If you have the American self-titled CD, here's something to listen for. In the last verse (where the only instrument in the background is drums) right when Darren says "do" he also whispers in the background "I love you." It's 2:55 (two minutes, fifty-five seconds) into the song. For those with an Australian CD, sorry! It's not on that version!

Woah... TMD was originally titled "Magical Kisses." It was faster than the current song, had a different chorus ("I've got all the magical kisses... magical kisses... on my lips now..."), and extra verses ("I'm gonna plant a kiss / like a magic seed / and watch it grow into everything for you and me...") Darren reworked the song a little bit and it gained its current appellation, which was lifted from a British film of the same name. Here's food for thought: TMD was their first really big breakthrough hit. Would they have sold upwards of 20 million albums if it remained "Magical Kisses" to this day?
Avoid Those Embarrassing Misheard Lyric Moments I’ll be your dream / I’ll be your wish / I’ll be your fantasy / I’ll be your hope / I’ll be your love / be everything that you need / I’ll love you more with every breath / truly madly deeply do / I will be strong I will be faithful / cause I’m counting on / a new beginning / a reason for living / a deeper meaning
-->chorus: I want to stand with you on a mountain / I want to bathe with you in the sea / I want to lay like this forever / until the sky falls down on me
and when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky / I’ll make a wish to send it to heaven / then make you want to cry / the tears of joy for all the pleasure in the certainty / that we’re surrounded by the / comfort and protection of / the highest powers / in lonely hours / the tears devour you
-->chorus
oh can you see it baby / you don’t have to close your eyes / cause it’s standing right here before you / all that you need will surely come
I’ll be your dream / I’ll be your wish / I’ll be your fantasy / I’ll be your hope / I’ll be your love / be everything that you need / I’ll love you more with every breath / truly madly deeply do / (I love you)
-->chorus twice
Video Eye Candy International version

Release Year: 1997 - Director: Adolfo Doring
Darren and Daniel wrote the original treatment for the TMD video, which was filmed in the US with director Andy Morahand. That video didn't meet expectations, so they filmed another video--this one--in Paris. This was Daniel's idea; he got it from seeing the video "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS, which was shot in Prague. He thought the European scenery would fit the song perfect and--ta da! The video.

Did you notice...
  • At the very beginning, it looks like Darren was about to laugh and then realized, "Oops, I'm supposed to start singing, aren't I?".
  • Behind where Darren's sitting in the cafe, there's the letters AU (for Australia?)
  • Daniel is still playing the guitar when Darren walks across the room even though the only instrument used in that verse are drums.
  • In the last chorus when it shows a back view of Daniel, he's playing the guitar on the wrong side and the letters on the sign behind Daz are backwards...which means they flipped the picture.
  • Check out the Paris landmarks: the Eiffel Tower at the beginning of the video, the Sacré Coeur, etc.

    Australian version

    Release Year: 1997
    Darren wrote this treatment and the video was filmed in Brisbane. The guys wore clothes they picked up in New York and Los Angeles on their then recent trip to the US. Making an appearance are Darren's father (the older man) and his niece (the baby).

    Did you notice...
  • Are they in a church or something?
  • Awww...everyone's leaving at the end...more than one time :)
  • Well, there's the "flowers falling from the sky" at the end of the video... Darren has used that phrase more than once (usually descibing his view of love when he wrote TMD).





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