Savage Garden refuses to sell out their famous song
Hayes said he’s been approached recently by an advertising company wanting to use the band’s 1997 major hit – Truly Madly Deeply – which Hayes wrote.
The singer made his fans laugh on Twitter by sharing the lyrics the advertising company wanted to use and Hayes posted: “If you knew how much money I turn down and how hard I fight to protect your high school memories.”
The lyrics the company had pitched to him were:
VERSE 1
I’ll bring you Greek, I’ll bring you French, I’ll bring you Japanese.
I’ll bring you Thai, Steak from the Pub, bring all the food that you need.
Close to your door with every step, I’m outside holding your food.
It will be warm, It will be tasty ‘cause I’m counting on a real good rating.
That’s the reason I’m bringing, you Deep Fried Chicken
CHORUS 1
I want to stand with you on food mountain
I want to float with you in some cheese.
[insert brand name] Like this forever
Until more fries rain down on me.
Twitter users thanked the singer for not selling out and they described the advertising company’s lyrics as “truly madly cringy”, “awful” and “a travesty.”
“These lyrics make me want to throw myself off food mountain,” tweeted @daggerandpen.
“‘I want to float with you in some cheese’ is my new pick-up line,” wrote @clairenelson.
And @timbyrneses tweeted: “Could you still record it? The people need to hear this cringe.”
Truly Madly Deeply was a huge hit for Hayes and his Savage Garden bandmate, Daniel Jones, when it was released in 1997.
The song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US and it became the first song in the chart’s history to spend a full 52 weeks inside the top 30.
In Australia it won the ARIA award for Single of the Year and was nominated for Song of the Year but lost out to another Savage Garden song, To the Moon and Back.
Savage Garden won 10 ARIAs that year from 13 nominations.
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