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Truly Madly Deeply (WORD)
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YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING, until the end, where I've shortened it up a bit for group play!
"Truly Madly Deeply" won the 1997 ARIA Music Award for both Single of the Year and Highest Selling Single and was nominated for Song of the Year.
Having got their breakthrough with the single "I Want You", Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones were sent to Sydney for eight months to record material for a debut album. For Hayes, it was his first time in life being away from his family and his native Brisbane. The longing for his family and his then-wife pushed him towards writing a song that would express those feelings. The sheet music for "Truly Madly Deeply" indicates the key of C major with a tempo of 83 bpm.
The song reached No. 1 in Australia, Canada, and the United States; in the latter country, Billboard ranked it the most successful song of all time on their Adult Contemporary chart. Two music videos were filmed for the track: one for its original Australian release and another for the international market, shot in Paris, France. In November 2019, the song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's selection of recordings. The songs added to the list provide a snapshot of Australian life and have "cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance and relevance".