History Trivia / SavageGarden

* NamesTheSame: Finnish Goth Rock band The 69 Eyes also released an album titled ''Savage Garden'', around the same time the Australian band formed.

* ReferencedBy: The American female {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er Wrestling/DaizeeHaze based her ring name on Darren Hayes.

* [[DyeHard Dye Hard]]/[[DyeingForYourArt Dyeing For Your Art]]: For most of Savage Garden's career, Darren Hayes had straight black hair, as it was long during 1994-97 and short during 1997-2000. Many would be shocked to find out he actually has [[http://darrenhayesnet.com/dhdarrenhayes.jpg curly blonde hair]]. This was a symbolic statement for Darren, that in order to succeed in show business he would have to change who he was. Post-SG, he went blond for a while, during Spin, then dark again around The Tension and the Spark. As of Secret Codes and Battleships, he has brown hair.

* ApprovalOfGod: [[https://i.imgur.com/smeyphE.jpg Darren approved of "I Want You"]] as the ED to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', in a now-deleted tweet.

* 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 [[LesserStar The Garfunkel]], 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.

* CreatorBacklash: Darren didn't like the song Promises for a while, because the band were forced to include it on the international first album by the US label. He has said that he leaves it off any release he can.

* ApprovalOfGod: [[https://twitter.com/darrenhayes/status/718702028055121920 Darren approved of "I Want You"]] as the ED to Diamond is Unbreakable.

* 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!

* ColbertBump: The use of "I Want You" as the end credits song in the anime adaptation of Part 4 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' gave them a pretty sizable bump in popularity both in Japan and internationally. As thanks, they put that part's main character on the cover art of the Japanese release of that single.

* BrokenBird: The girl described in "To The Moon And Back" fits this to a tee.

* NamesTheSame: Finnish Goth Rock band The 69 Eyes also released an album titled ''Savage Garden'', around the same time the Australian band formed.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The International version of their first album (outside Australia and New Zealand) removed the songs "All Around Me" and "Mine", and added "Promises" to make up for it (it was previously the Australian B Side to Truly Madly Deeply). Both were removed because they might offend MoralGuardians in the band's attempt to break the US - "All Around Me" being overtly about sex, and "Mine" having the line 'crosses and crucifixes'. "Mine" was however reinstated as the bonus track on the Japanese version. In addition, "Truly Madly Deeply" was replaced by a version with a new drum track replacing the original drum machine - this version became the hit single version around the world. The track order was changed too in order to give prominence to the singles. The band were annoyed about this, having deliberately sequenced the album and chosen the tracks from a large pool, and feeling that the song "Mine" was important to the album. Darren Hayes insists that people listen to the original Australian version to hear the band's real vision.

* [[DyeHard Dye Hard]]/[[DyeingForYourArt Dyeing For Your Art]]: For most of Savage Garden's career, Darren Hayes had straight black hair. Many would be shocked to find out he actually has [[http://darrenhayesnet.com/dhdarrenhayes.jpg curly blonde hair]]. This was a symbolic statement for Darren, that in order to succeed in show business he would have to change who he was. Post-SG, he went blond for a while, during Spin, then dark again around The Tension and the Spark. As of Secret Codes and Battleships, he has brown hair.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The International version of their first album (outside Australia and New Zealand) removed the songs "All Around Me" and "Mine", and added "Promises" to make up for it (it was previously the Australian B Side to Truly Madly Deeply). Both were removed because they might offend MoralGuardians in the band's attempt to break the US - "All Around Me" being overtly about sex, and "Mine" having the line 'crosses and crucifixes'. "Mine" was however reinstated as the bonus track on the Japanese version. In addition, "Truly Madly Deeply" was replaced by a version with a new drum track replacing the original drum machine - this version became the hit single version around the world. The track order was changed too in order to give prominence to the singles. The band were annoyed about this, having deliberately sequenced the album and chosen the tracks from a large pool, and feeling that the song "Mine" was important to the album. Darren Hayes insists that people listen to the original Australian version to hear the band's real vision. A

* ExecutiveMeddling: The International version of their first album (outside Australia and New Zealand) removed the songs "All Around Me" and "Mine", and added "Promises" to make up for it (it was previously the Australian B Side to Truly Madly Deeply). Both were removed because they might offend MoralGuardians in the band's attempt to break the US - "All Around Me" being overtly about sex, and "Mine" having the line 'crosses and crucifixes'. "Mine" was however reinstated as the bonus track on the Japanese version. In addition, "Truly Madly Deeply" was replaced by a version with a new drum track replacing the original drum machine - this version became the hit single version around the world. The track order was changed too in order to give prominence to the singles. The band were annoyed about this, having deliberately sequenced the album and chosen the tracks from a large pool, and feeling that the song "Mine" was important to the album. Darren Hayes insists that people listen to the original Australian version to hear the band's real vision.
* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: The Animal Song, with its chorus of "I want to live like animals", understandably earned them a massive furry following. It has been used in documentaries about the fandom.
* OneOfUs: Darren Hayes is a ''massive'' fan of ''Film/StarWars'' and ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', to the point where this trope was his sole reason for allowing "I Want You" to be repurposed as the ending theme for the latter's fourth part, "Diamond is Unbreakable."

* CreatorBacklash: Darren didn't like the song Promises for a while, because the band were forced to include it on the international first album by the US label. He has warmed up to it somewhat since then.
* DevelopmentHell: They recorded 'You Can Still Be Free' for their 1995 demo tape, but it completely missed recording for their first album or B Sides. Instead it appeared on their second album Affirmation in 1999.

* OneOfUs: Darren Hayes is a ''massive'' fan of ''Film/StarWars''.

** The reason he had straight black hair was to imitate his idol MichaelJackson, whose influence is most obviously heard in "Break Me Shake Me".

* [[DyeHard Dye Hard]]/[[DyeingForYourArt Dyeing For Your Art]]: For most of Savage Garden's career, Darren Hayes had straight black hair. Many would be shocked to find out he actually has curly blonde hair. This was a symbolic statement for Darren, that in order to succeed in show business he would have to change who he was. Post-SG, he went blond for a while, during Spin, then dark again around The Tension and the Spark. As of Secret Codes and Battleships, he has brown hair.

* FurryFandom: The Animal Song, with its chorus of "I want to live like animals", understandably earned them a massive furry following. It has been used in documentaries about the fandom.

** The reason he had straight black hair was to imitate his idol MichaelJackson, whose influence is most obviously heard in "Break Me Shake Me".

* [[DyeHard Dye Hard]]/[[DyeingForYourArt Dyeing For Your Art]]: For most of Savage Garden's career, Darren Hayes had straight black hair. Many would be shocked to find out he actually has curly blonde hair. This was a symbolic statement for Darren, that in order to succeed in show business he would have to change who he was. Post-SG, he went blond for a while, during Spin, then dark again around The Tension and the Spark. As of Secret Codes and Battleships, he has brown hair.