"I Knew I Loved You" is a song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden

Savage Garden

Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...

, released as the second single from their second studio album, Affirmation. It was their second number one in the United States after "Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply

"Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop band Savage Garden, released as a single in March 1997. Written by band-mates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of a song called "Magical Kisses" that the pair wrote together long before recording began on their debut album....

", peaking at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 on January 29, 2000, and staying there for three consecutive weeks. After it's third week at number one, the single was knocked off by Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...

's "Thank God I Found You

Thank God I Found You

"Thank God I Found You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It features guest vocals from R&B singer Joe and American boy band 98 Degrees. Written and produced by Carey along with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song was released on January 25, 2000, through Columbia...

" featuring Joe

Joe (singer)

Joseph Lewis Thomas , usually credited simply as Joe, is an American R&B singer and record producer.-Early life:Joe is a native of Cuthbert, Georgia and later moved to Opelika, Alabama. The son of two preachers, Joe spent much time in church singing, playing guitar, and even directing the choir...

 and 98 Degrees

98 Degrees

98 Degrees is an American adult contemporary boy band consisting of four vocalists: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California....

. It later returned to the top again the following week for it's fourth and final week at the top. The song peaked at #10 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in November 1999.

Music video

The music video was filmed by director Kevin Bray in August 1999 on a New York City Subway

New York City Subway

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 set that had previously been used for Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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. It features the band in a subway station with Hayes playing out a romantic plot on the subway with an unknown woman (Being played by American actress Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories...

) 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 the aforementioned mystery woman Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories...

 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. The video ends with Savage Garden performing by themselves in the carriage and subway.

Track listing

• UK CD1 / European CD2

1. "I Knew I Loved You" (album version)
2. "I Knew I Loved You" (acoustic version)
3. "Mine (And You Could Be)"

• UK CD2

1. "I Knew I Loved You" (Radio Mix)
2. "I Knew I Loved You" (Club Mix)
3. "Universe"

• Japanese CD1

1. "I Knew I Loved You" (album version)
2. "I Knew I Loved You" (radio mix)
3. "I Knew I Loved You" (acoustic version)

• Japanese CD2

1. "I Knew I Loved You" (album version)
2. "Last Christmas"

• American CD single / European CD1

1. "I Knew I Loved You" (album version)
2. "I Knew I Loved You" (7" Mini-Me Remix)

Charts

End of year chart (1999)	Position
Australian ARIA Charts	27

End of year chart (2000)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	7

Cover versions

• Country singer Daryle Singletary
  Daryle Singletary
  Daryle Bruce Singletary is an American country music singer. Between 1995 and 1998, he recorded for Giant Records, for which he released three studio albums: Daryle Singletary in 1995, All Because of You in 1996 and Ain't It the Truth in 1998...
  
   covered the song for his 2000 album, Now and Again
  Now and Again (Daryle Singletary album)
  Now and Again is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released in 2000 via Koch Records. The album includes six songs from his previous albums for Giant Records: "I Let Her Lie, "Too Much Fun" and "Would These Arms Be in Your Way" from Daryle...
  
  . His version reached #55 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
  Hot Country Songs
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   chart in 2000.
• Cantopop
  Cantopop
  Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
  
   singer Edison Chen
  Edison Chen
  Edison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong film actor, Cantopop singer, Hong Kong hip hop rapper, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited...
  
   covered the song for his 2002 album, Break Through.

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1999 and 2000 (U.S.)
• List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 2000 (U.S.)
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2000 (U.S.)
• List of RPM number-one singles of 2000