The Animal Song

"The Animal Song"
Single by Savage Garden
from the album Affirmation
Released	23 February 1999 (1999-02-23)
Genre	Pop
Length	4:39
Label	Roadshow Music
Songwriter(s)	Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
Producer(s)	Savage Garden, Walter Afanasieff
Savage Garden singles chronology
"Santa Monica" (1998) "The Animal Song" (1999) "Tears of Pearls" (1999)
Music video
"The Animal Song" on YouTube

"The Animal Song" is a 1999 song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden. It is the leading single from their second studio album Affirmation. It was taken from the 1999 movie The Other Sister. It went to number 18 in the United Kingdom and Scotland, number 19 in the United States and Ireland, number 3 in New Zealand, Sweden and Australia, number 23 in Iceland, number 5 in Canada, number 12 in Norway and number 48 in the Netherlands.

Track listings

Australia CD single[1] "The Animal Song" (radio edit) "The Animal Song" (album version) "Santa Monica" (Bittersweet remix) United States and Canada CD and cassette single[2][3] "The Animal Song" (album version) – 4:40 "Santa Monica" (Bittersweet remix) – 5:00 United Kingdom CD1[4] "The Animal Song" (radio edit) – 3:41 "Carry on Dancing" (Ultra Violet mix) – 6:44 "The Animal Song" (instrumental) – 4:17 CD2[5] "The Animal Song" – 4:40 "All Around Me" – 4:09 "Break Me Shake Me" (Broken mix) – 4:18 Cassette single[6] "The Animal Song" "All Around Me"

Europe CD1[7] "The Animal Song" – 3:50 "Santa Monica" (Bittersweet remix) – 5:00 CD2[8] "The Animal Song" (radio edit) – 3:50 "Carry on Dancing" (Ultra Violet mix) – 6:44 "The Animal Song" (instrumental) – 4:40 "All Around Me" – 4:09 "Break Me Shake Me" (Broken mix) – 4:18 Japan CD single[9] "The Animal Song" – 4:40 "The Animal Song" (radio edit) – 3:43 "The Animal Song" (7-inch vocal mix) – 4:21 "The Animal Song" (instrumental version) – 4:42 "The Animal Song" (a cappella) – 3:46

References

1. The Animal Song (Australian CD single liner notes). Savage Garden. Roadshow Music. 1999. 102045-2.
2. The Animal Song (US & Canadian CD single liner notes). Savage Garden. Columbia Records. 1999. 38K 79112.
3. The Animal Song (US cassette single sleeve). Savage Garden. Columbia Records. 1999. 38T79112.
4. The Animal Song (UK CD1 liner notes). Savage Garden. Columbia Records. 1999. 667588 2.
5. The Animal Song (UK CD2 liner notes). Savage Garden. Columbia Records. 1999. 667588 5.
6. The Animal Song (UK cassette single sleeve). Savage Garden. Columbia Records. 1999. 667588 4.
7. The Animal Song (European CD1 liner notes). Savage Garden. Columbia Records. 1999. COL 666939 1.
8. The Animal Song (European CD2 liner notes). Savage Garden. Columbia Records. 1999. COL 666939 2.
9. The Animal Song (Japanese CD single liner notes). Savage Garden. SME Records. 1999. SRCS 8908.