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| As the authors of Truly Madly Deeply and I Knew I Loved You, Savage Garden were behind ``our song'' for couples all over the world. There's another kind of ``our song'' on Darren Hayes' solo debut, Spin. It's called Heart Attack and, while Hayes doesn't admit it, it serves as the post-mortem of the Savage Garden split and his feelings about former musical partner Daniel Jones. Some lyrics from Heart Attack: We used to stick together Told me we'd stay that way forever But now to my surprise You've become what we despise One thing keeps bugging me Tell me how you sleep at night Bye bye now Hayes admits he wrote a few songs about Daniel but won't confirm that Heart Attack is the one on Spin. ``I think [Daniel] will work it out,'' Hayes laughs. ``That's an angry song. There were some moments of anger and some moments of sadness. I'm dramatic, I'm an artist. ``I'm always desperate for inspiration. And that [split] was incredible inspiration. But this isn't the John Lennon/Paul McCartney retaliation record. It's not.'' What's ``you've become what we despise''? ``Selling out. I never wanted to become corporate. I thought about starting a record label but it's just not me. I'm an artist. I don't want to become them, I don't want to become the record company.'' Daniel Jones started his own record label and signed Aneiki, the band who Hayes found out Jones was working with before Savage Garden split. But many will scoff at Hayes, the multi-millionaire in a plush San Francisco apartment that Truly Madly Deeply built, saying he never wanted to be corporate. Is there a difference between commercial and corporate? ``Totally. Commercial isn't a sin, commercial is being digestible. I'm a consumer, I love pop culture.'' One listen to Spin shows that love, from the homages to Prince, Michael Jackson and George Michael to the line in Good Enough, audible only through headphones, where Hayes sings: ``I like everything Spielberg's done'' and quietly adds ``except A.I.''). While Affirmation documented his divorce, Hayes is less candid about the relationships that revolve around Spin. ``Those things are precious. A kiss, a love affair, how much chocolate cream you like spread on your nipples ... that stuff is sacred to me. ``This record is not all autobiographical. A lot of it is hopeless romantic posturing, some things I haven't experienced but want to. I definitely live for love.'' He's still enjoying perpetuating the mystery of his love life. ``It's like a game, like strip-tease. The reveal-and-conceal thing is important. Too many celebrities tell it all.'' He says he's ``optimistic'' romantically and that anyone who doesn't know what he does for a living ``is instantly 20 per cent more attractive''. ``I'm 30 this year. I know what I'm looking for now is someone to grow old with, as boring as that sounds, who you also want to shag like crazy. It's a difficult match.'' spin is out now |