About this song
- 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, and waking up and feeling sad that I knew there was a part of me that was missing.” In 2016 the song was also used as the ending theme of the fourth part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime, Diamond is Unbreakable. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "I Want You" is a song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden, originally released in Australia on 27 May 1996 as the lead single from their debut album, Savage Garden (1997). The single reached number one in Canada and peaked at number four in Australia and on the US Billboard Hot 100. Much of the song's chart success in the US was the result of Rosie O'Donnell playing the song on several episodes of The Rosie O'Donnell Show. — wikipedia
