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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Nov 28, 2003 14:24:56 GMT -5
Their debut hit, top 5 in America.
This was a total Roxette rip-off, but still very good. And considering Roxette's chart fortunes were on the wane by the time this came out they filled the gap nicely.
I love the chorus.
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Edf85
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Post by Edf85 on Nov 28, 2003 14:26:32 GMT -5
chica-cherri cola
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2003 14:35:32 GMT -5
This wasn't that good. I didn't like the group much. I remember when they said "New Savage Garden coming up next" on the radio and I groaned and then "Crash And Burn" came on and I loved it.
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 28, 2003 14:43:39 GMT -5
I always used to sing along to that line as "chicken, cheese, and cola".
I loved this song... one of my favourites from 1997.
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jimmy74747
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Post by jimmy74747 on Nov 28, 2003 15:06:32 GMT -5
Good, but not thier best. Catchy all the way through
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Post by Hervard on Nov 28, 2003 15:11:30 GMT -5
Several people thought this was a rip-off of "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion. The rapid-sung verses sound much the same.
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Post by tico on Nov 28, 2003 15:22:46 GMT -5
Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
I don't need to try to explain
I just hold on tight and If it happens again
I may move so slightly to the arms
And the lips and the face
Of The Human Cannonball that
I need to I want to...
Good song.
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Post by insect2 on Nov 28, 2003 21:02:42 GMT -5
There were several years where I went without hearing this song, and then one day I saw on the Rick Dees website a song called "I Want You" by Savage Garden. I'm thinking "I've never heard of this, I bet it's one of those sappy "I Knew I Loved You"-type ballads". So then I'm in the basement one day and they announced on the radio "I Want You" by Savage Garden, and then I went "Oh my god, the cherry cola song!"
That's how I remembered this song as: the "cherry cola" song, since I think Coke used it in one of their ads. I remember Savage Garden growing up, but I never had any idea this was one of their songs. I loved it every time I've heard it, though. I was 11 when it came out, so I think its catchiness was what hooked me. Of course, now it's still incredibly catchy, but it's only one reason why I like it. It's like an excuse to do a rap song, except it's not a rap song. Easily one of the more exceptional songs of the decade, and it's my second favorite song of theirs behind "To The Moon And Back".
Oh, and is it just me, or did Jennifer Lopez rip off the bridge of this song for "Jenny From The Block"?
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Post by kingLUKE22 on Nov 28, 2003 21:27:14 GMT -5
Awesome song. I'm a Savage Garden fan through and through, and this is what got me hooked. One of the only CD's I ever purchased without hearing more than one song from it was because of this.
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Nov 28, 2003 23:55:58 GMT -5
Good song! Yeah! I have the single and the CD as well. Someone said to me that it sounded "80s".
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irice22
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Post by irice22 on Nov 29, 2003 0:34:51 GMT -5
It was a fun song! When I had the Cd I didn't even realize it was a single.
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Post by Libra on Nov 29, 2003 8:54:08 GMT -5
I also have the album. This was (still is) great. So were To the Moon and Back, and Crash and Burn and Affirmation from Affirmation.
I didn't care for their other three singles that much. Truly Madly Deeply and I Knew I Loved You were a little too lovey-dovey for me, and I didn't like Darren's voice in The Animal Song (especially a part in the chorus).
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Post by reception on Nov 29, 2003 9:20:59 GMT -5
Yes, this is my favorite from Savage Garden.
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Post by BFMR on Nov 29, 2003 12:53:44 GMT -5
Savage Garden was a wicked band! this song was totally awesome as well  |
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Post by mst3k on Nov 29, 2003 21:57:48 GMT -5
Very catchy track... my favorite by them!
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Post by AT40FAN on Nov 30, 2003 9:12:47 GMT -5
Good song, if I had a personal chart back then it would've been at least top 5.
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Rob64
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Post by Rob64 on Nov 30, 2003 15:13:56 GMT -5
I love Savage Garden, but I HATE this track! >:(
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Dec 1, 2003 0:31:04 GMT -5
This is decent, but I didn't see what everyone was fussing over when it was out. I thought "To the Moon & Back" and "Truly Madly Deeply" smoked this song easily.
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Post by M on Jun 1, 2004 23:38:03 GMT -5
This is the reason why I have their album.
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Post by Slinky on Jun 2, 2004 8:13:06 GMT -5
Love it! And yes it does sound like classic Roxette... not that that's a bad thing. "To The Moon And Back" is still my favorite Savage Garden track though.
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Post by strong4PMB! on Jun 2, 2004 19:27:11 GMT -5
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Post by JCMF3 on Jan 19, 2005 13:03:55 GMT -5
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Post by Ezekiel 23:20–21 on Jan 21, 2005 0:30:52 GMT -5
This was their best song other than "Truly Madly Deeply." I remember Rosie O'Donnell used to play this song often on her radio show in early 1997 before the CD of the song came out. Then the track was a huge breakout hit.
I prefer the Xenomania Remix of this song than the original version.
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Post by Krypton46 on Jan 7, 2006 1:27:59 GMT -5
I LOVE IT! The #1 song on my 1997 year-end chart. This is a catchy song from start to finish and that's a rareity. It's like rock, pop and dance combined together. I always tried to sing along to this back in the day so I looked up the lyrics and printed them out LOL and that's the only time I've ever done that. Their debut album is very underrated, it's full of great music with great hooks.
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SPaCeMaN SPiFF
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jan 7, 2006 5:20:50 GMT -5
it was love at first listen... ;)
the original version touched the 80s kid in me... LOL.
their subsequent recordings showed a very different side to the duo... but i pretty much liked every single they released.
oh yeah! darren is an awesome singer... it's awesome to watch him sing live.
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Post by John77 on Jan 7, 2006 16:37:13 GMT -5
Like it a lot... probably my favorite from them... theri stuff has ALWAYS reminded me of the group Roxette...
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Post by jond7699 on Jan 7, 2006 17:02:58 GMT -5
I actually just heard this song for the fiirst time in years on the radio while I was at work. Still love it , although its not there best by far
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Jul 13, 2006 11:20:36 GMT -5
AMAZING SONG! i wish i could get me some nu savage garden :( i wish they'd get back together (personally and professionally!!!!)
I NEED NU SAVAGE GARDEN!!
until that day comes though.....
ooooh i want you, i dont know if i need you but...
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Post by cartman2002 on Apr 20, 2007 15:52:21 GMT -5
I Want You got to #4 on the Hot 100 in 1997
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Post by joker on Apr 20, 2007 18:44:19 GMT -5
Definitely my favorite Savage Garden song, and come to think of it.. it's really the only one I like by them.
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