Special Occasion (The Miracles song)

"Special Occasion"
Single by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
from the album Special Occasion
B-side"Give Her Up"
ReleasedAugust 1968
Genre
Length2:17
LabelTamla
T 54172
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles singles chronology
"Yester Love"
(1968)
"Special Occasion"
(1968)
"Baby, Baby Don't Cry"
(1969)

"Special Occasion" is a 1968 hit single recorded by Motown Records R&B group Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, issued by its Tamla Records subsidiary and taken from the album of the same name.[1] It was written and composed by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson and Motown staff songwriter Al Cleveland, the authors of the group's Top 10 million-selling smash, "I Second That Emotion", the previous year.

  1. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 8: 1968 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.