"I Knew I Loved You"
#1 weeks: 4
weeks: 2000-01-29, 2000-02-05, 2000-02-12, 2000-02-26
genre: pop
artist: Savage Garden
album:
Affirmation
writers: Daniel Jones, Darren Hayes
producers: Daniel Jones, Darren Hayes
label:
formats: Compact Disc, vinyl record (7")
lengths: 4:10
"I Knew I Loved You" is a single by Austrailian pop duo
Savage Garden from their album
Affirmation. It was their second number one after "Truly
Madly Deeply" and reached the top spot of Hot 100 on the week
dated January 29, 2000, staying there for three consecutive
weeks. After its third week at number one, the single was
knocked off by Mariah Carey's "Thank God I Found You" featuring
Joe and 98 Degrees and then returned to the top again the
following week for its fourth and final week at the top. The
song peaked at #10 in the UK Singles Chart in November
1999.
The music video was filmed with director Kevin Bray in
August 1999 on a New York City Subway set that had previously
been used for
Seinfeld.
It features the band in a subway station with Hayes playing
out a romantic plot on the subway with Kirsten Dunst as the
object of his affections. The video shows the band alone in a
carriage and also full of people. Then the train seems to stop
and the power goes out, a red back up light comes on and
everyone in the carriage joins hand. Hayes who is sitting
opposite Dunst reaches out his hands to her. As they touch, we
are shown the couple walking through a park bathed in sunlight,
laughing and holding hands. Then it's back to reality as the
train lights come back on and comes to the next station. Both
Hayes and Dunst get up to leave, looking at each other as they
exit the carriage and part ways. The video ends with Savage
Garden performing by themselves in the carriage and subway.