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1999 single by Fell Garden

1999 unmarried past Savage Garden

"The Animal Song"

Single by Savage Garden

from the anthology Affirmation

Released

23 February 1999 (1999-02-23)

Genre

Popular

Length

4:39

Label

Roadshow Music, Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones

Producer(s)

Savage Garden, Walter Afanasieff

Savage Garden singles chronology

"Santa Monica"
(1998)

"The Brute Song"
(1999)

"Tears of Pearls"
(1999)

Music video

"The Animal Song" on YouTube

"The Animal Song" is a song by Australian pop music duo Barbarous Garden, released a single on 23 February 1999. The song was written for the soundtrack of the motion picture The Other Sister and also appeared on their second studio album, Affirmation (1999), as well every bit their compilation album, Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden . It was the band's kickoff vocal to be produced by Walter Afanasieff, a producer well known for his work with Mariah Carey. Afanasieff would later produce the group's Affirmation anthology, and too Darren Hayes' first solo album, Spin .

Background [ edit ]

The video for the vocal was directed by Jim Gable. It features Hayes walking through a parade, with intercut scenes from The Other Sister with Juliette Lewis. The song is besides used in the "Shamu Rocks" seasonal dark testify at SeaWorld, America. "The Animate being Song" became the group's tertiary Canadian number one single, topping the singles chart for three weeks, from 27 March 1999. It likewise peaked at number three in Australia and New Zealand, number 19 in the U.s.a., and—in the summer of 1999—number xvi on the Britain Singles Chart.

In June 2015, vocalist Darren Hayes explained that Savage Garden had been offered to record a song for Runaway Helpmate. Even so they passed up on the proposal and instead chose to etch a song "for the picture that flopped".^[i] Daniel Jones described "The Animal Vocal" equally a "transitional song" between their commencement and second albums and a "fun song that made you lot feel skillful".

The lyrics of the vocal deal with the struggles experienced by individuals suffering from mental illnesses, and more mostly with the difficulty in expressing 1'southward emotions and finding compassion in a confusing world that stultifies individuals with all kinds of rules. Co-ordinate to Darren Hayes, his longing for life in the tropical climes of Commonwealth of australia while living in the Us provided further inspiration for the lyrics.

Track listings [ edit ]

Australia [ edit ]

CD single ^[2]

"The Fauna Song" (radio edit)
"The Animal Vocal" (album version)
"Santa Monica" (Bittersweet Remix)

United States [ edit ]

CD and cassette single ^[3] ^[4]

"The Animate being Song" (album version) – 4:40
"Santa Monica" (Bittersweet Remix) – v:00

United Kingdom [ edit ]

CD1 ^[5]

"The Animal Song" (radio edit) – 3:41
"Comport on Dancing" (Ultra Violet Mix) – 6:44
"The Animal Song" (instrumental) – 4:17

CD2 ^[6]

"The Animate being Song" – 4:40
"All Around Me" – 4:09
"Break Me Shake Me" (Broken Mix) – four:18

Cassette unmarried ^[vii]

"The Animal Song"
"All Around Me"

Europe [ edit ]

CD1 ^[8]

"The Animal Song" – 3:50
"Santa Monica" (Bittersweet Remix) – 5:00

CD2 ^[9]

"The Animal Song" (radio edit) – 3:fifty
"Acquit on Dancing" (Ultra Violet Mix) – 6:44
"The Brute Song" (instrumental) – 4:40
"All Around Me" – 4:09
"Suspension Me Shake Me" (Broken Mix) – 4:18

Japan [ edit ]

CD single ^[10]

"The Fauna Song" – iv:40
"The Animate being Song" (radio edit) – 3:43
"The Animal Song" (vii-inch vocal mix) – 4:21
"The Animal Song" (instrumental version) – iv:42
"The Animal Song" (a cappella) – iii:46

Charts and certifications [ edit ]

Release history [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

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