"Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop band Savage Garden,
released as the third single from their self-titled debut album in March 1997.
Written by bandmates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of
a song called "Magical Kisses" that the pair wrote together long before
recording began on their debut album. It was used as the main theme from the
soundtrack of the 1998 film Music from Another Room, starring Jude Law and
Gretchen Mol. As of the 55th anniversary of Billboard Truly Madly Deeply is
ranked 35th best song of all time. The song reached number one in Australia
in 1997 and in the United States the following year. Two music videos were
filmed for the track—one for its original Australian release, and another
for the international market shot in Paris.
Versions There are two distinct versions of the
song. The first was made available on the Australian version of the group's
album, whereas the second version appears on the release of the album in
Europe and America. This version was composed in 1996, and features a drum
machine track instead of the more acoustic-sounding music featured on the
Australian version. The European version also features on the group's greatest
hits compilation, Truly Madly Completely.
Music video Two music videos were made for the song.
The original Australian video, which presents Darren Hayes with long hair,
features the band in a white room with several other people. Darren is on a red
sofa singing the song while Daniel performs on the piano. The video used
for the European market, which presents Darren Hayes with short hair, was filmed
in Paris. It was directed by Adolfo Doring. 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, 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 No. 26 on 6 December 1997, it
peaked at No. 1 for two weeks in January 1998 and lingered for a full year on the
chart. The song spent half a year in the top ten alone. It hit No. 1 on the
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and No. 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 No.
2 for ten weeks, before returning to the number one spot again the week of 18
April. The song eventually 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 of the group's ballads spent its 124th week on the chart. The
song was "I Knew I Loved You", from the album Affirmation. 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
and—four and a half years after its release—again became a U.S. Top 30
bestseller, remaining on that chart until late July 2002. The original
version logged its final week on the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart on
17 June 2006. In 2013, the song was listed at No. 35 on Billboard‍ '​s All
Time Top 100. The song also reached No. 1 in their
home country of Australia and in Canada. Savage Garden's single hit No. 2 in
Norway, Sweden, Austria and Ireland and went top ten in France, Switzerland, the
Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, where it peaked at No. 4. In 1998, the song
was certified a Gold single in France, for sales of 200,000 copies. In May 2001
the Australasian Performing Right Association, as part of its 75th
Anniversary celebrations, named "Truly Madly Deeply" as one of the Top 30
Australian songs of all time. Track listings
= Australia = Standard
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:38 "Promises" – 4:11
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:35 Limited edition
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:38 "Promises" – 4:11
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:35 "I Want You"
"I Want You" = UK =
CD1 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:38
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:38 "This Side of Me" – 4:09
"Love Can Move You" – 4:47 CD2
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:38 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:35
"I Want You" – 3:52 "I'll Bet He Was Cool" – 3:57
Cassette "Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:38
"I Want You" – 3:52 = North America =
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:37 "I'll Bet He Was Cool" – 4:58
= Europe = CD1
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:37 "I'll Bet He Was Cool" – 4:58
CD2 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:38
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:38 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:35
"This Side of Me" – 4:09 "Love Can Move You" – 4:47
Release history Chart performance
Sandy and Junior version The song was covered in 1998 by
Brazilian brother-sister singing duo Sandy & Junior. The Portuguese-language
version, "No Fundo Do Coração", was released as the third single from the
teens' eighth album, Era Uma Vez. The album was certified Diamond in Brazil in
1999 by the Brazilian Association of Discs Producers for sales of over 1.8
million copies in Brazil alone. The album was their last for PolyGram
Records before moving to Universal Music Group.
Cascada version German Eurotrance group Cascada covered
"Truly Madly Deeply" on the album Everytime We Touch and released it as
the second single in the UK and Germany. Although the album version of the song
is a ballad, there is also a trance version of the song more in keeping with
their typical style, which is the main single version. Both versions are
featured on the UK edition of the album. First released in the United States
exclusively in the iTunes Store on 27 February, the U.S. physical release was
13 March 2007. = Track listing =
UK CD single part 1 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 2:57
"Everytime We Touch" – 3:19 UK CD single Part 2
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 2:57 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:14
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:34 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 5:03
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 8:32 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 6:49
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 6:07 German 12-inch single
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 6:00 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 8:29
German CD single "Truly Madly Deeply" – 2:55
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 3:36 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 3:27
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:12 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 3:18
U.S. 12-inch single "Truly Madly Deeply" – 2:58
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:12 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 3:38
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 2:58 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 8:30
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:34 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:35
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:58 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 6:48
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 6:00 Australian single 2007
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 3:30 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 2:54
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:14 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 3:07
"Truly Madly Deeply" "Truly Madly Deeply" – 5:03
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:35 "Truly Madly Deeply" – 6:49
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 8:30 Other remixes
"Truly Madly Deeply" – 6:15 "Truly Madly Deeply"
"Truly Madly Deeply" = 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.
= Release and track listings = References
"Chart Data: Cascada". Worldwide chart positions. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
External links Truly Madly Deeply at MusicBrainz
Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics