Affirmation (Savage Garden album)

Affirmation is the second and final studio album by Australian pop duo Savage Garden and was released on 9 November 1999 by Columbia Records. It won the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album along it nominated for Best Group and Best Pop Release but lost. It topped the album charts in Australia, Canada and Sweden and made the top 10 in Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Affirmation
Studio album by Savage Garden
Released	18 May 1999 (1999-05-18)
Recorded	April-July 1998-1999
Genre	Soft rock
Length	53:42 (International edition) 63:37 (Australian edition)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Walter Afanasieff, Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
Savage Garden chronology
Savage Garden (1997) Affirmation (1999) Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden (2005)
Singles from Affirmation
"The Animal Song" Released: 23 July 1998 "I Knew I Loved You" Released: 28 September 1998 "Affirmation" Released: 10 January 1999 "Crash and Burn" Released: 29 March 1999 "Chained to You" Released: 26 September 1999 "Hold Me" Released: 13 May 2000 "The Best Thing" Released: 12 August 2000

Track listings

• All songs written by Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, and produced by Walter Afanasieff.

Standard edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Affirmation"	4:56
2.	"Hold Me"	4:50
3.	"I Knew I Loved You"	4:10
4.	"The Best Thing"	4:19
5.	"Crash and Burn"	4:41
6.	"Chained to You"	4:08
7.	"The Animal Song"	4:39
8.	"The Lover After Me"	4:50
9.	"Two Beds and a Coffee Machine"	3:27
10.	"You Can Still Be Free"	4:18
11.	"Gunning Down Romance"	5:34
12.	"I Don't Know You Anymore"	3:50

Australian special edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"The Animal Song" (Hex Hector Club Mix)	9:55
14.	"The Animal Song" (Making of the Video)	3:00

Declaration live bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Best Thing"	5:24
2.	"The Lover After Me"	4:38
3.	"I Don't Know You Anymore"	3:37
4.	"Two Beds and a Coffee Machine"	4:46
5.	"You Can Still Be Free"	4:58
6.	"Hold Me"	4:52
7.	"Gunning Down Romance"	6:36
8.	"Crash and Burn"	5:13
9.	"Chained to You"	6:33
10.	"I Knew I Loved You"	8:05
11.	"Affirmation"	6:17

Expanded Edition 2015 (Disc 2)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hold Me" (Live at London Radio)
2.	"Crash & Burn" (Live at London Radio)
3.	"I Knew I Loved You" (Live at Paris Radio)
4.	"The Lover After Me" (Live at Paris Radio)
5.	"I Don't Know You Anymore" (Live from The Panel)
6.	"I Knew I Loved You" (Eddie¹s Rhythm Radio Mix)
7.	"Affirmation 2004" (Almighty Mix)
8.	"Chained To You" (Justin Shave Remix)
9.	"Crash & Burn" (Eddie¹s Bumped Up Dance Mix)
10.	"Hold Me 2004" (Almighty Mix)