History Music / SavageGarden

* TooGoodToLast: Only 2 studio albums in their 6 years together, still considered one of the biggest Aussie bands of the late 90s, with their SelfTitledAlbum going 12x Platinum in Australia and 7x Platinum in the US, and ''Affirmation'' doing a respectable 8x Plat/3x Plat as well.

--> ''I want to stand with you on a mountain''
--> ''I want to bathe with you in the sea''
--> ''I want to lay like this forever''
--> ''Until the sky falls down on me''

* DomesticAbuse: "Two Beds And A Coffee Machine" is about a woman and her children dealing with the aftermath of domestic abuse.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The "chicka cherry cola" line in "I Want You". And contrary to popular belief, [[RefrainFromAssuming it's not the title of the song,]] despite the title phrase appearing more often than the former.

* SpecialGuest: * A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays the LoveInterest in the "I Knew I Loved You" video.

* TheCameo[=/=]RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays the LoveInterest in the "I Knew I Loved You" video.

* InTheStyleOf: From the first LP, "Violet" in the style of Music/{{INXS}} and "Break Me Shake Me" is in the style of Music/MichaelJackson (HIStory era).

* InTheStyleOf: From the first LP, "Violet" in the style of {{INXS}} and "Break Me Shake Me" is in the style of Music/MichaelJackson (HIStory era).

* RealSongThemeTune: "I Want You" ended up being the ending theme for ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' 's fourth season, "Diamond Is Unbreakable". Main protagonist Josuke poses and even ''lip-syncs'' along as it plays!

!!Tropes:

* BreakupBreakout: Darren Hayes, who had a very successful career for the remainder of the TurnOfTheMillennium. Daniel Jones (not to be confused with Daniel Johns from Music/{{Silverchair}}) pretty much became TheGarfunkel, although he still produces and plays instruments on tracks for new artists. This is perfectly understandable as Daniel's main reason for ending Savage Garden is that he didn't like being in the spotlight, whereas Darren did.
* BrokenBird: The girl described in "To The Moon And Back" fits this to a tee.

** From "Affirmation", "I Knew I Loved You" is deliberately in the style of a BackstreetBoys ballad - it was initially a jab at the record company's demand for a commercial hit...then ended up stereotyping the band.

* InTheStyleOf: From the first LP, "Violet" in the style of {{INXS}} and "Break Me Shake Me" is in the style of MichaelJackson (HIStory era).

* InTheStyleOf: From the first LP, "Violet" in the style of [[INXS]] and "Break Me Shake Me" is in the style of MichaelJackson (HIStory era).

* SignedLanguage: Darren 'sings' the lyrics at the ending of "Crash and Burn" in this manner.

** Also, it's [[NonAppearingTitle "The Animal Song"]], not "I Want to Live".

* TheCameo / RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays the LoveInterest in the "I Knew I Loved You" video.

* StockShoutout: The chord progression from "I Want You" has become a staple of ElectronicMusic's romantic side as one of the go-to riffs for upbeat and slightly nostalgic SillyLoveSongs and their trance equivalents.

* YouAreNotAlone / AFriendInNeed: "Crash and Burn".
* {{Zeerust}}: The video of "I Want You".

* TooGoodToLast: Only 2 studio albums in their 6 years together, still considered one of the biggest Aussie bands of the late 90s, with their SelfTitledAlbum going 12x Platinum in Australia and 8x Platinum in the US, and ''Affirmation'' doing a respectable 8x Plat/3x Plat as well.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Darren Hayes, before he officially outed himself around 2005 - ish.

* SillyLoveSongs: A ''whole lot'' of them. It was what they were known for in the eyes of the general public, even though they had recorded harder-edged pop-rock songs like "Break Me, Shake Me" or "Memories Are Designed to Fade". To a general audience, they were basically TheNineties' answer to Air Supply. Not too surprising, given they worked with Charles Fisher who produced for that group.

Savage Garden (1995 - 2001) were an Australian duo, consisting of Music/DarrenHayes (the brunet) as vocalist and Daniel Jones (the blond) as instrumentalist, whose brand of soft-rock mixed with straightforward pop was a surprise international hit in the {{grunge}}y 1990s. Though they only released two studio albums (in an era where artists didn't shell out an UpdatedRerelease to tide fans over), they had many successful singles including "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", "Truly Madly Deeply" and "I Knew I Loved You".

* TheCameo / RetroactiveRecognition: A young KirstenDunst plays the LoveInterest in the "I Knew I Loved You" video.