I Want You (Savage Garden song)

"I Want You"
1997 North American and UK cover
Single by Savage Garden
from the album Savage Garden
B-side
Released27 May 1996 (1996-05-27)[1]
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:53
LabelRoadshow
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Charles Fisher
Savage Garden singles chronology
"I Want You"
(1996) 		"To the Moon and Back"
(1996)
Music videos
"I Want You" on YouTube
"I Want You" (International version) on YouTube

"I Want You" is a song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden, originally released in Australia on 27 May 1996 as the lead single from their eponymous debut album, Savage Garden (1997). The single reached number one in Canada and peaked at number four in Australia and on the US Billboard Hot 100. Much of the song's chart success in the US was the result of Rosie O'Donnell playing the song on several episodes of The Rosie O'Donnell Show.[2] In the United Kingdom, the single was issued twice, achieving its highest peak of number 11 during its initial release in 1997.

At the APRA Music Awards of 1998 "I Want You" won Most Performed Australian Work Overseas.[3] In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, the album version of the song was ranked number 87.[4] In February 2023, Peking Duk released a version featuring re-recorded vocals by Darren Hayes.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ariareport was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Shuster, Fred (20 July 1997). "Australian Duo Savage Garden Earning International Success". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ^ "1998 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. ^ Alex Gallagher (10 February 2023). "Peking Duk and Darren Hayes reimagine Savage Garden's 'I Want You'". NME. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Peking Duk - I Want You (feat Darren Hayes)". Spotify. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.