"The Animal Song" is a song by Savage Garden, released in February 1999. The song was written for the soundtrack of the film The Other Sister, but also appeared on their second studio album, Affirmation, as well as their compilation album, Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden. It was the band's first song to be produced by Walter Afanasieff, a producer well known for his work with Mariah Carey. Walter would later produce the group's Affirmation album, and also Darren Hayes' first solo album, Spin.

The video for the song was directed by Jim Gable. It features Hayes walking through a parade with intercut scenes from The Other Sister with Juliette Lewis. The song is also used in the "Shamu Rocks" seasonal nighttime show at SeaWorld, America. "The Animal Song" became the group's third Canadian number-one single, topping the singles chart for three weeks, from 27 March 1999. It also peaked at #3 in Australia and #19 in the US. It later reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart in summer 1999.

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