savage garden:
the facts!

• I Want You, their first-ever song, was the highest selling Australian single of 1996, and rose to number four on the national charts before being deleted from stock.  It then debuted in the American Billboard charts at number 31, the highest debut ever achieved by an Australian artist with their first single.  It rose to number four there, as well as zooming to the top of the charts in Canada, Turkey and Israel.  It was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Debut Single.
• To The Moon And Back peaked at number one on the national charts.  Savage Garden are the first Brisbane band to ever achieve this.  It also charted highly in America and Europe.
• Truly Madly Deeply, their third single, is their biggest hit to date.  It stayed at number one in Australia for eight weeks, at the same time their debut album was on top of the album chart (a record breaking feat).  It also consolidated their overseas success by charting well in several countries.
• Break Me Shake Me, their fourth hit, showed a new side to the band, a far more rocky, funky edge, but still did just as well as their romantic ballads.  It's one of Darren's favourite songs - and the public obviously agrees!
• Universe is the most recent single, and even though half of Australia seems to have the album by now, they still bought this beautiful ballad in huge quantities, pushing it up the charts to follow its predecessors and score another hit.  Savage Garden can't do anything wrong!
• Their self-titled album created history on April 1, 1997, when it debuted in the national chart at number one, while Truly Madly Deeply was fighting off all competition on the singles chart.  They're the first Australian band ever to achieve this double feat.  The album was released on March 24 and went platinum withing three days.  It spent 19 weeks at number one, 16 of them consecutively.  It's sold 10 times platinum so far.
• Savage Garden continued to shatter records at last year's ARIA Awards.  They picked up 10 awards - the most ever for any artist.  They won Best Australian Album, Best Australian Single for Truly Madly Deeply, Best Australian Group, Song of the Year for To The Moon And Back, Best Australian Debut Album, Best Pop Release for To The Moon And Back, Best Independent Album Release, Highest Selling Single for Truly Madly Deeply, Australian Producer Of The Year: Charles Fisher, Australian Engineer Of The Year: Charles Fisher.  They were also nominated for Highest Selling Album, Song of the Year for Truly Madly Deeply and Best Video for To The Moon And Back.
• Their award-winning debut album has been re-released, with a bonus CD attached.  This CD includes several remixes: I Want You (Xenomania Funky Mix), Break Me Shake Me (Broken Mix), Santa Monica (Bittersweet Mix), Tears Of Pearls (Tears on the Dancefloor Mix), Carry On Dancing (Ultra Violet Mix), All Around Me (Hardcore Catwalk Mix), I Want You (Getmeouttathisclub Mix), I Want You (Xenomania 12" club Mix), To The Moon And Back (Hani's Num Club Mix), To The Moon And Back (Hani's Num Dub Mix), To The Moon And Back (A Journey Through Space And Time).  A 16-page colour book is also included.  Turn to the freebies page for your chance to win one!