| "Special" | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Mushroom | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Garbage | |||
| Producer(s) | Garbage | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Special" on YouTube | ||||
"Special" is song by American rock band Garbage from their second studio album, Version 2.0 (1998). It was released as the album's third single. The track contains a vocal interpolation of a lyric taken from "Talk of the Town" by the Pretenders.
Commercially, "Special" reached number 15 in the United Kingdom, number 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number 54 in Australia. The song received nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2000 Grammy Awards,[2] and winning a Wisconsin Area Music Industry award for Song of the Year[3] and a Citation of Achievement from the BMI Pop Awards.[4] The sci-fi-inspired music video for "Special" also received nominations from music industry award panels, winning a D&AD Award, a MTV Video Music Award, and a VH1 Visionary Video award.[5]
In 2007, "Special" was remastered and included on Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.[6]
- ^ Hogwood, Ben (July 23, 2007). "Garbage – Absolute Garbage – Greatest Hits". musicOMH. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
strong supporting cast of the power pop trio Push It, Special and When I Grow Up
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