Savage Garden-the heart behind "I knew I loved you"  

"I Knew I Loved You" is the perfect love song-it totally captures the way 
you feel about your crush.  Wanna know more about the soulful guys behind 
the hit?  EntertainmentTeen caught up with the Australian duo and got the 
inside scoop on their personal lives and musical influences.  

Singer/songwriter Darren Hayes and tune-smith/ instrumentalist Daniel Jones 
make up the duo that is Savage Garden.  Their self-titled debut album sold 
11 million copies worldwide and their second, Affirmation, looks like an 
even bigger hit.  The guys' sons have a very real quality, probably because 
Darren drew on his own life experiences when composing the album.  

After moving to New York City from his native Australia, Darren felt 
energized and lonely at the same time.  "I was intent on making a record 
that could be a soundtrack not just to my life, but to everybody's lives.  
I experienced very real things, where I had to make new friends, to miss my 
family- just the normal day-to-day struggle of being in a new place," says 
Darren.  

"Affirmation is beautifully sad," Darren continues.  "It is about 
relationships.  It is very personal.  It's an album about accepting that 
life presents you with struggles.  Sometimes we fall down, but we get back 
up again and we're stronger for it."  

Modest Performer:
Fans go wild and throw all sorts of stuff on stage at 
Savage Garden concerts, but Darren has a special request.  "If you want to 
make me happy, donate [stuffed animals] to hospitals or throw a not on the 
stage telling me you've donated $1 to charity.  That would make me happier 
than any gift you could give me."  Darren enjoys doing "simple things'in his
spare time.  "I love going to restaurants, just relaxing.  I really enjoy 
fitness, so I go to the gym a lot and I'm completely aware I don't look 
like Brad Pitt.  Recently I've taken up hiking," he reveals.   

Darren on Daniel:
It may seem that Darren soaks up more of the spotlight than Daniel but 
Darren insists that's not the case.  "I'm an absolute, zany nutcase most of 
the time," Darren admits.  "I am always impersonating people, things, 
sometimes plants and Daniel chooses to take a step backwards; I'm more 
comfortable being a public figure.  The two of us want to make music for 
you and this is our way of doing that."  
Despite rumors, the two get along great.  "Daniel and I have tension 
[sometimes], but we adore each other," says Darren.  "He's seriously like 
my brother, I love him more than you all do.  He's the most calming, 
insightful, intelligent person you'll ever meet."

"I Knew I Loved You":
Definitely the hottest song on the album, Darren and Daniel have a special 
place in their hearts for the tune as well.  "This song is very simple," 
says Darren.  "Nothing else on the record is as pure as this song, and I 
think it was really essential to include…It actually puts a lump in my 
throat."  Daniel adds, "This song is beautiful…It has a lot of innocence.  
It was important that we find that place on this album again."  
With lyrics like "I knew I loved you before I met you/ I think I dreamed 
you into life" fans' hearts go aflutter as well.