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Savage Garden's hit Truly Madly Deeply in top 100
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Noel Mengel
September 27, 2008 12:00am
DARREN Hayes and Daniel Jones might not speak any more but many still feel the love for their band Savage Garden.
The Brisbane duo's Truly Madly Deeply came in at No.30 on a
Billboard magazine Hot 100 All-Time Top Song list.
The controversial list is released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the US music trade magazine's Hot 100 chart.
The lists are based on performance on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, with weeks at No.1 giving the greatest score.
The top song is Chubby Checker's The Twist, followed by Smooth by Santana and Ron Thomas, Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin, How Do I Live by LeAnn Rimes, Los Del Rio's Macarena - a hit with former treasurer Peter Costello - and Olivia Newton-John's Physical.
The other Queensland connection in the list is The Bee Gees, with appearances for How Deep Is Your Love (No.20), Night Fever (33) and Stayin' Alive (46).
The younger Gibb brother of The Bee Gees', Andy, makes appearances with I Just Want to Be Your Everything (22) and Shadow Dancing (40). Savage Garden split in 2001 and Hayes says the songwriting duo have had no contact since the ARIA Awards in 2004.
"I know that's probably sad for people to hear it," Hayes said in Sydney, where he's spending the week mentoring Australian Idol contestants. "To be honest, the band breaking up was a falling out. I never made it a secret that I didn't appreciate that the band was ended.
"It certainly wasn't my decision and it was sort of portrayed as though it were, and I think I was always disappointed that he (Jones) didn't stick up for me."
Savage Garden's two albums sold more than 25million copies.
Hayes insists there are no hard feelings though, saying:
"Through no animosity we've kind of just grown apart and that kind of thing happens. But I love him and I'm really proud of him. If I see him, I would throw my arms around him."
Queensland bands are also receiving a critical thumbs up in Britain's music weekly, NME,
where music writer Everett True has praised I Heart Hiroshima, The Gin Club, Young Liberals and Flamingo Crash.
Savage Garden's hit Truly Madly Deeply in top 100
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