So Beautiful
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"So Beautiful" is a pop
song written by Australia
n singer-songwriter Darren Hayes
and Robert Conley
. In 2005, the song was released as a single as a part of the promotion of the greatest hits album Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden
by the pop
duo Savage Garden
that Hayes was part of until the split in 2001. Hayes was credited on the release as "Darren Hayes (of Savage Garden)".
The song was written for Hayes's boyfriend Richard Cullen
, whom he married in a civil partnership
ceremony in London
on 19 June 2006. The song peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Chart. It reached number 8 in Darren Hayes' native Australia.
The single itself features a different version of the song that did not feature on the album, produced by Robert Conley. This version resembles Hayes's solo work more than the album version does, which sounds more like Savage Garden's work. The single version of the song contains a different introduction and a slightly faster tempo. The album version also appears in edited form on the UK maxi single as "Spike's Radio Edit" and is the version used for the video. It was produced by Mark "Spike" Stent.
UK CD single
UK maxi single
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
song written by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n singer-songwriter Darren Hayes
Darren Hayes
Darren Stanley Hayes is a UK-based Australian singer-songwriter. Hayes was the front man and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden, whose 1997 album Savage Garden peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in United Kingdom and No. 3 in United States...
and Robert Conley
Robert Conley (producer/songwriter)
Robert Conley is an American record producer, programmer and engineer. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the worldwide music industry, including KISS, Destiny's Child, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin and Darren Hayes.- Life and career :...
. In 2005, the song was released as a single as a part of the promotion of the greatest hits album Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden
Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden
Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden is a compilation album released by Australian pop duo Savage Garden. It was released worldwide on 1 November 2005, within the exception of the United States, where it was not available until early 2006....
by the pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define 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...
that Hayes was part of until the split in 2001. Hayes was credited on the release as "Darren Hayes (of Savage Garden)".
The song was written for Hayes's boyfriend Richard Cullen
Richard Cullen
Richard Cullen is a British animator and music video director.-Career:He trained as a theatre director at the Rose Bruford College in London, and later studied film theory at the University of Westminster....
, whom he married in a civil partnership
Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom
Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom, granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, give same-sex couples rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage...
ceremony in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
on 19 June 2006. The song peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Chart. It reached number 8 in Darren Hayes' native Australia.
The single itself features a different version of the song that did not feature on the album, produced by Robert Conley. This version resembles Hayes's solo work more than the album version does, which sounds more like Savage Garden's work. The single version of the song contains a different introduction and a slightly faster tempo. The album version also appears in edited form on the UK maxi single as "Spike's Radio Edit" and is the version used for the video. It was produced by Mark "Spike" Stent.
Track listings
Australia maxi single- "So Beautiful" (Radio Edit)
- "To the Moon and BackTo the Moon and Back"To the Moon and Back" is a single by Savage Garden from their debut album Savage Garden. One of the band's most popular songs, it deals with feelings of alienation from the modern world and the desire to find romantic love during adolescence...
(Live Medley) - "Truly Madly DeeplyTruly 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....
(Live Medley) - "Something in the Sky"
- "So Beautiful" (Lee Groves Mix)
UK CD single
- "So Beautiful" (Radio Edit) – 4:13
- "To the Moon and Back" (Live Medley) – 7:18
UK maxi single
- "So Beautiful" (Spike's Radio Edit)
- "Something in the Sky
- "Truly Madly Deeply" (Live Medley)
- "So Beautiful" (Lee Groves Mix)