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# "Truly Madly Deeply" (Night Radio Mix)
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===UK single 1 (cardboard sleeve)===
===UK single 1 (cardboard sleeve)===

Revision as of 11:02, 2 July 2011

For the film, see Truly, Madly, Deeply.
"Truly Madly Deeply"
Song
B-side"I'll Bet He Was Cool" (UK)
"Promises", "Truly Madly Deeply [Night Radio Mix] (AUS)

"Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop band Savage Garden recorded between 1995 and 1996, released as a single in 1997. Written by bandmates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of an older song of theirs called "Magical Kisses" and was the third single from their self-titled debut album.

There were two videos made for "Truly Madly Deeply". One of them was filmed in the Sacré-Cœur area of Paris, said to be the most romantic city in the world. It was directed by Adolfo Doring.[2]

The Japanese release, available elsewhere on import, was actually a special, album-length disc comprising 14 rare tracks, featuring three versions of the title song, along with three bonus remixes, six rare B-sides and two acoustic live versions.

There are two distinct versions of the song. One was released on the Australian album release, whereas the other version was on the US release. This version composed in 1996 features a drum-machine track instead of the more acoustic-sounding music in the Australian version. The US version also featured on their 2005 greatest hits, Truly Madly Compeletely. Both versions have been played on Australian radio; the US version now being the more popular.

In 1998 it was the main song from the soundtrack of the movie Music from Another Room, starring Jude Law and Gretchen Mol.[3]

Music video

There were two videos made for "Truly Madly Deeply". One of them was filmed in the Sacré-Cœur area of Paris, said to be the most romantic city in the world. It was directed by Adolfo Doring.[4]

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, Savage Garden vocalist 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.

Chart success

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]

Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" 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 ballad spent its 124th week on that chart. That song was Savage Garden's "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] Savage Garden's 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, Savage Garden's single was listed at #30 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[14]

In February 2011, the song was listed again on UK Singles Chart, peaking back at #73. The song comes from the greatest hits compilation album.

Track listings

Chart performance

Sandy & Junior version

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 Triple Platinum in Brazil in 1999 by the Brazilian Association of Discs Producers (ABPD) for sales of over 300,000 copies in Brazil alone.[19] The album was their last for PolyGram Records before moving to Universal Music Group.

Cascada version

Release and track listings

Country Date Format Label
United Kingdom 31 January 2006 CD
Germany 14 February 2006 12" Zooland Records
Germany 2 March 2006 12" Zeitgeist
United States 13 March 2006 12" Robbins Entertainment
Germany 6 April 2006 CD Zeitgeist

Other remixes

  • Truly Madly Deeply (Alex K Remix) 6:15
  • Truly Madly Deeply (Original Dance Remix (Asian Edition)
  • Truly Madly Deeply (Original Dance Edit (Asian Edition)

Chart performance

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
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
Preceded by Australia ARIA Singles Chart number-one single (Savage Garden version)
6 April 1997 – 25 May 1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Savage Garden version)
17 January 1998 – 24 January 1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Top 40 Mainstream number-one single (Savage Garden version)
31 January 1998 (1 week)
18 April 1998 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Back to You" by Bryan Adams
 Canadian Singles Chart number-one single (Savage Garden version)
23 February 1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
11 April- 20 June 1998 		Succeeded by

References

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  2. ^ [1] Clipland.com
  3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119734/soundtrack
  4. ^ [2] Clipland.com
  5. ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3029088&cdi=7264066&cid=12%2F06%2F1997
  6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=381&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Top+40+Mainstream&ci=3030100&cdi=7300349&cid=04%2F18%2F1998
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  11. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=342&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Adult+Contemporary+Recurrents&ci=3066875&cdi=8633030&cid=06%2F17%2F2006
  12. ^ "APRA/AMCOS 2001 Top 30 Songs". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  13. ^ Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001). ""The songs that resonate through the years"" (PDF). Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  14. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-30.shtml billboard.com
  15. ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Savage+Garden&titel=Truly+Madly+Deeply&cat=s
  16. ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-1997.htm
  17. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  18. ^ Geoff Mayfield (25 December 1999). "1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s". Billboard. Retrieved 15 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Sandy%20&%20Junior
  20. ^ "Cascada - Truly Madly Deeply". austraiancharts.at.
  21. ^ "Cascada - Truly Madly Deeply". ultratop.be.
  22. ^ Cascada singles chart history - australian-charts.com
  23. ^ [3]
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