Special (song)

"Special"
"Special"
Single by Garbage
from the album Version 2.0
B-side	"13 x Forever"
Released	5 October 1998
Recorded	March 1997 – February 1998
Studio	Smart (Madison, Wisconsin)
Genre	Alternative rock; power pop;
Length	3:44
Label	Mushroom
Songwriter(s)	Garbage
Producer(s)	Garbage
Garbage singles chronology
Music video
	"Special" on YouTube

"Special" is a 1998 song by alternative rock band Garbage and is the third single from their second studio album Version 2.0. It went to number 15 in the United Kingdom, number 52 in the United States, number 54 in Australia, number 42 in Canada, number 5 in Iceland, number 8 in Scotland and number 25 in Spain. The track contains the lyric from The Pretenders 1981 single Talk of the Town.

Track listings

UK cassette Mushroom MUSH39MCS
European CD single BMG 74321 60488 2

"Special" – 3:44
"13 × Forever" – 3:55

UK CD1 Mushroom MUSH39CDS

"Special" – 3:44
"13 × Forever" – 3:55
"Special – Brothers in Rhythm mix" – 7:24

UK CD2 Mushroom MUSH39CDSX

"Special" – 3:44
"Medication – Acoustic Version" – 4:13
"Push It – Victor Calderone mix" – 7:18

UK 3" CD Mushroom MUSH39CDSXXX
European CD maxi BMG 74321 60487 2

"Special" – 3:44
"13 × Forever" – 3:55
"Medication – Acoustic Version" – 4:13
"Special – Brothers in Rhythm mix" – 7:24

Australian CD maxi Festival MUSH01827.2

"Special" – 3:44
"13 × Forever" – 3:55
"Medication – Acoustic Version" – 4:13
"Special – Brothers in Rhythm mix" – 7:24
"Push It – Victor Calderone mix" – 7:18

References

↑ Hogwood, Ben (23 July 2007). "Garbage – Absolute Garbage – Greatest Hits". musicOMH. Retrieved 21 October 2014. strong supporting cast of the power pop trio Push It, Special and When I Grow Up

[1] Hogwood, Ben (23 July 2007). "Garbage – Absolute Garbage – Greatest Hits". musicOMH. Retrieved 21 October 2014. strong supporting cast of the power pop trio Push It, Special and When I Grow Up

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Garbage
Duke Erikson Shirley Manson Steve Marker Butch Vig
Studio albums	Garbage Version 2.0 Beautiful Garbage Bleed Like Me Not Your Kind of People Strange Little Birds No Gods No Masters
Compilation albums	Absolute Garbage The Absolute Collection Version 2.0: The Official Remixes
Extended plays	Special Collection
Singles	"Vow" "Subhuman" "Only Happy When It Rains" "Queer" "Stupid Girl" "Supervixen" "Milk" "#1 Crush" "Push It" "I Think I'm Paranoid" "Special" "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" "When I Grow Up" "You Look So Fine" "The World Is Not Enough" "Temptation Waits" "Androgyny" "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)" "Breaking Up the Girl" "Shut Your Mouth" "Why Do You Love Me" "Bleed Like Me" "Sex Is Not the Enemy" "Run Baby Run" "Tell Me Where It Hurts" "Blood for Poppies" "Battle in Me" "Automatic Systematic Habit" "Big Bright World" "Control" "Because the Night" "Girls Talk" "The Chemicals" "Empty" "No Horses" "Destroying Angels" "The Men Who Rule the World" "No Gods No Masters" "Wolves" "The Creeps"
Home video	Garbage Video Absolute Garbage One Mile High... Live
Books	This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake
Concert tours	Garbage tour Version 2.0 World Tour Beautiful Garbage World Tour Bleed Like Me World Tour Not Your Kind of People World Tour 20 Years Queer Strange Little Birds Tour Rage and Rapture Tour 20 Years Paranoid
Additional personnel	Billy Bush Daniel Shulman Eric Avery Justin Meldal-Johnsen Matt Chamberlain Matt Walker
Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Smart Studios Spooner Fire Town Goodbye Mr Mackenzie Angelfish "Korean Bodega"
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