The Singles (Savage Garden album)

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The Singles
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Greatest hits album by
Released12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)
Recorded1994–1999
Genre Pop, soft rock, pop rock
Length68:35
Label
Producer
Savage Garden chronology
Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden
(2005)
The Singles
(2015)
Alternative cover
Savage Garden - The Singles (Japanese Limited Edition).jpg
Japanese limited edition release

The Singles is the second greatest hits album of Savage Garden, released in Australia on 12 June 2015. Its release was in mark of the 20th anniversary of the band's signing to Roadshow Music in 1995, released through Universal who had acquired the band's catalogue due to the folding of Roadshow in 2013, and coincided with re-released expanded editions of their two studio albums Savage Garden and Affirmation . The compilation also contains a DVD featuring almost all of the band's music videos (only missing the second version of "To the Moon and Back" and the first version of "Affirmation").

Contents

A previously unreleased track, a demo from 1994 entitled "She", was premiered and released on 15 May and also features on the album. A limited edition of the album was released in Japan on 25 May 2016, and features an image of Josuke Higashikata from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable after the track "I Want You" was used as the ending theme of the anime adaptation.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones

The Singles Disc 1 (CD) [1]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."I Want You"3:54
2."To the Moon and Back"
  • Fisher
  • Lord-Alge
5:44
3."Truly Madly Deeply"
4:39
4."Break Me Shake Me"
  • Fisher
  • Lord-Alge
3:25
5."Universe"
  • Fisher
  • Pela
4:22
6."All Around Me"
  • Fisher
  • Lord-Alge
4:14
7."Santa Monica"
  • Darren Hayes
  • Daniel Jones
  • Oliver Jones
3:36
8."Tears of Pearls"
  • Fisher
  • Pela
3:49
9."The Animal Song"4:40
10."I Knew I Loved You"
  • Afanasieff
4:12
11."Crash and Burn"
  • Afanasieff
4:43
12."Affirmation"
  • Afanasieff
4:58
13."Chained to You"
  • Afanasieff
4:10
14."Hold Me"
  • Afanasieff
4:53
15."The Best Thing"
  • Afanasieff
4:21
16."She" (1994 Demo) 2:55
Total length:68:35
The Singles Disc 2 (DVD) [1]
No.TitleLength
1."I Want You" (Australian version) 
2."I Want You" (International version) 
3."To the Moon and Back" (Australian version) 
4."To the Moon and Back" (International version) 
5."Truly Madly Deeply" (Australian version) 
6."Truly Madly Deeply" (International version) 
7."Break Me Shake Me" (Australian version) 
8."Break Me Shake Me" (International version) 
9."Universe" (International version) 
10."Santa Monica" (International version) 
11."Tears of Pearls" (International version) 
12."The Animal Song" (International version) 
13."I Knew I Loved You" (International version) 
14."Crash and Burn" (International version) 
15."Affirmation" (International version) 
16."Chained to You" (International version) 
17."Hold Me" (International version) 
The SinglesJapanese limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
17."I Want You" (Acoustic Live version) 
18."I Knew I Loved You" (Acoustic version) 

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 15
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3] 47

Certifications

Certifications for The Singles
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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