Savage Garden was a pop duo Australian who won international acclaim after many years. The band was formed by Darren Hayes (vocals) and Daniel Jones (piano, synthesizer, guitar).
In 1993 , the multi-instrumentalist and producer Daniel Jones placed an advertisement in the local newspaper “Time Off” in Brisbane, Australia looking for a vocalist for his five-piece band Red Edge. ” Darren Hayes, who had previously been a kindergarten teacher, responded and was immediately invited to be part of the project.
In June 1994, Darren and Daniel left Red Edge to pursue a career together. The new duo was named as “Savage Garden” – a name taken from The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice “The mind of Each man is a Savage Garden …” (The mind of every man is a wild garden) of which Darren is a fan .
At year’s end, the pair had penned enough songs for a demo, they sent to various recording companies worldwide. In 1995 they entered the studio to work on their debut album.
In July 1996 , under Roadshow Music, the duo released their debut single “I Want You.” The single was a huge success in Australia and became the highest-selling single of the year. This generated much interest from many companies in the U.S., and in September, Columbia Records won the battle to sign the band. In November, a second single, “To The Moon And Back” was released and again was a huge success, reaching # 1 in January of next year.
“I Want You” was released in the United States in February 1997 , which reached # 4 and quickly achieved gold. “Truly, Madly, Deeply”, the third single from the band Australian was released in March and quickly rose to # 1 before “I Want You” was released across Europe in April while at the same time the duo’s debut album “Savage Garden” debuted at # 1 in Australia and reached its peak by 17 weeks, two weeks after it was released around the world. In late May, “To The Moon And Back” was the song most played on U.S. radio .
In June, a fourth single, “Break Me, Shake Me” was released in Australia as the debut album of the band sat at # 3 on the U.S. charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA. By the end of August the album was seven times platinum in Australia, three times in Canada and two times in New Zealand and Singapore. By the end of August, Savage Garden was nominated for an ARIA award for a record 13 which won the 10 September. A fifth single, “Universe” was released at the same time.
In November, “Truly, Madly, Deeply” was released in the United States and bashing Elton John with his song Candle in the Wind 1997, which previously ranked for 14 consecutive weeks at # 1. By the end of 1997, Darren and Daniel became international stars.
As in 2005, the debut of the band has been awarded 12 times platinum album in Australia, six times in the United States and two times in the UK.
Separation
In October 2001, Savage Garden officially announced an end and the pair were in different ways. Darren began work on his first solo album, Insatiable first single was released in 2002 and the album, Spin was released the same year.
Darren’s first solo album “Spin” was released in March 2002, his second solo album ‘The Tension And The Spark, was released in 2004 with the first single Popular becoming a dance hit.
In September 2005 the announcement was made on the greatest hits package a special edition, Truly Madly Completely: The Best Of Savage Garden was released on November 7, the collection contained the hits of the two studio albums, a compilation of B sides and two new songs from Darren Hayes.
Although the two were together for a short time, Darren and Daniel sold over 23 million albums around the world through the Savage Garden as one of the most successful musical duos in the history of popular music.
In 2007 he was released third solo album Hayes “This Delicate Thing We’ve Made” This double album have fallen off three singles “On the Verge of Something Wonderful”, “Me, Myself and (I)” and “Casey .