I Knew I Loved You

Of course.

I Knew I Loved You.

Yes, let's just stick to the songs tonight, Kevin.

Not the personal stuff, Kev.

Yeah, he's 26.

The number one song when David Fafita was born was Savage Garden, I Knew I Loved You.

So a bit of stats there.

Fuck, I was hoping you were going

All right, back on February 12, 2000, Screamin' Jay Hawkins died, and this is what America was listening to on that day, according to the Billboard charts.

Number one: "I Knew I Loved You," Savage Garden.

Last week, one.

Peak position, one.

Unlike that clip I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music.

That was a preset loop from my Mellotron called Caped Creepy Crooner MK I. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden.

And why would I play you that specific slice of unlikely Y2K cheese could I afford it? Because that was the number one song in America on February 12th, 2000, and that was the day that Screamin' Jay Hawkins died at the age of 70, a death that officials said was caused by an aneurysm, but which some later alleged was actual murder.

[music] On this episode, the boogeyman, polygamy, fathering at least 57 children, murder allegations, and rock and roll pioneer Screamin' Jay Hawkins.