| "Your Own Special Way" | ||||
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| Single by Genesis | ||||
| from the album Wind & Wuthering | ||||
| B-side | "It's Yourself" | |||
| Released | 4 February 1977[1] | |||
| Studio | Relight Studios (Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands) | |||
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| Length | 6:19 3:49 (single edit) | |||
| Label | Charisma | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Rutherford | |||
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"Your Own Special Way" is a song by the English progressive rock band Genesis. The song was written by the band's bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford. Released (in edited form) as the first and only single from their eighth studio album Wind & Wuthering, it became the band's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 62.[3] The laid-back nature of the song stood in stark contrast to much of the band's earlier material and foreshadowed many of the band's later hits, such as the following album's "Follow You Follow Me".
"Your Own Special Way" was the last single Genesis would release with guitarist Steve Hackett until the band's 1999 re-recording of "The Carpet Crawlers" (which also included original lead vocalist Peter Gabriel).
- ^ Mic Smith (May 2017). "Get 'Em Out By Friday. Genesis: The Official Release Dates 1968-78" (PDF). p. 76.
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (May 31, 2019). "The Invisible Miracle Sledgehammer Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ "Genesis Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2023.