Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May 1972) is an Australian singer-songwriter, comedian, and podcaster. Hayes was the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden until its breakup in 2001, whose 1997 album Savage Garden peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in United Kingdom and No. 3 in United States. It spawned the singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", and Australian and US No. 1 "Truly Madly Deeply". The duo followed the success of their debut album with Affirmation (1999), which provided additional hits such as US No. 1 "I Knew I Loved You", and Australian No. 3 "The Animal Song". Savage Garden sold more than 23 million albums worldwide before parting ways in 2001.
Hayes released his first solo album Spin in 2002. The album sold two million copies worldwide and it delivered the hit single "Insatiable". The song topped the New Zealand Singles Chart on 21 April 2002 for a single week, reached #3 on the Australian ARIA Charts on 21 January 2002, and #8 on the UK Singles Chart on 14 April. Hayes first solo release remains his most successful chartwise and is his best known internationally.
Hayes's second solo album The Tension and the Spark marked a change of direction for the singer-songwriter, showing experimentation with electronica and darker lyrics. Hayes parted way with his record label Columbia Records in 2006 and started his own independent record label, Powdered Sugar, from which he would release his third solo album, This Delicate Thing We've Made (2007).
In mid-2010, Hayes announced the completion of recording his fourth solo album, Secret Codes and Battleships, featuring three songs co-written and produced by Brian West and mixed by Robert Orton, who is best known for working with Lady Gaga. On 17 April 2011, Hayes signed with Mercury Records' Australian division and in August 2011 with EMI Records in the UK. The album was released in Australia on 21 October 2011, 24 October in the UK and 25 October in the US, with singles "Talk Talk Talk", "Bloodstained Heart", and "Black Out the Sun" released before the album.
In 2013, Hayes relocated from London to Los Angeles, where he studied improv sketch comedy at The Groundlings Theatre and School. In 2015, he created a comedy podcast titled The He Said He Said Show. In 2016 he launched another comedic podcast - a movie review show with co-host Anthony Armentano called ‘We Paid to See This’. Hayes announced publicly on 13 March 2016 that he has been writing an original musical with writer and comedian Johnny Menke.
Lyrics:
When moonlight crawls along the street
Chasing away the summer heat
Footsteps outside somewhere below
The world revolves, I've let it go
We build our church above this street
We practice love between these sheets
The candy sweetness scent of you
It bathes my skin, I'm stained in you
And all I have to do is hold you
There's a racing within my heart
And I am barely touching you
Turn the lights down low
Take it off, let me show
My love for you is Insatiable
Turn me on, never stop
Wanna taste every drop
My love for you is Insatiable
The moonlight plays upon your skin
A kiss that lingers takes me in
I fall asleep inside of you
There are no words, there's only truth
Breathe in, breathe out, there is no sound
We move together up and down
We levitate, our bodies soar
Our feet don't even touch the floor
And nobody knows you, like I do
Cause the world, they don't understand
But I grow stronger in your hands
Turn the lights down low
Take it off, let me show
My love for you is Insatiable
Turn me on, never stop
Wanna taste every drop
My love for you is Insatiable
X2
We never sleep, we're always holdin' hands
Kissin' for hours, talkin', makin' plans
I feel like a better man
Just being in the same room
We never sleep, there's just so much to do
So much to say, can't close my eyes when I'm with you
Insatiable, the way I'm loving you
Turn the lights down low
Take it off, let me show
My love for you is Insatiable
Turn me on, never stop
Wanna taste every drop
My love for you is Insatiable
X2
When I look in your eyes
Insatiable
The way I'm Loving you
Oh, what can I do..
Insatiable..
Insatiable.. for you..
Insatiable..
For you.. Insatiable..