This was Savage Garden’s breakout hit. “I Want You” was released in North America in February of 1997, where it peaked at No. 4 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and by April had achieved gold status according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It would also become a #1 single in Canada in June 1997, the first of three Savage Garden songs to top the Canadian charts. In the worlds of vocalist Darren Hayes: “‘I Want You’ is a song about a dream about being in love with a male energy

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