Especially for You
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| Single by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan from the album Ten Good Reasons |
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| Released | November 1988 | ||||
| Format | CD single: Worldwide Vinyl single: Worldwide |
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| Recorded | London, England | ||||
| Genre | Pop/Ballad | ||||
| Length | 3:58 | ||||
| Label | PWL | ||||
| Writer(s) | Stock, Aitken & Waterman | ||||
| Producer | Stock, Aitken & Waterman | ||||
| Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan singles chronology | |||||
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"Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue in time for the Christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan. It did not appear on her debut album but was included on Jason Donovan's 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons. The track did appear on the US version of Kylie Minogue's sophomore album Enjoy Yourself. The single was released on November 28, 1988 and was written by Stock Aitken Waterman.
Its strongest market was the UK, where its release followed the on-screen wedding of the two actors' respective characters of Charlene and Scott in Australian soap Neighbours which brought peak audiences.
In the UK the song lodged for 3 weeks at #2 during the Christmas market behind Cliff Richard (a Christmas fixture) peaking at #1 for a further 4 weeks in early 1989, selling just shy of one million copies and remained Minogue's best selling single until the 2001 "Can't Get You out of My Head" million seller.
Kylie also performed this song as a duet with Kermit the Frog having been invited to become one of a select few to make an episode of the respected UK ITV show An Audience with... (Kylie Minogue) in 2001; a show reserved for entertainers who are admired and loved by the UK public.
Denise van Outen and Johnny Vaughan along with British Pop group Steps released a cover version for UK TV Charity BBC Children In Need in 1998 which charted at Number 3 in the British Charts.
More recently Hugh Sowerby and Daniel Osborne rocked the world at the DJ Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2008. The duo are currently recording a comic relief version for release later in the year.
[edit] Track listings
CD single
- Especially For You (Extended) - 5:01
- All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine (Extended) - 6:00
- Especially For You - 3:58
7" single
- Especially For You - 3:58
- All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine - 3:34
12" single
- Especially For You (Extended) - 5:01
- All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine (Extended) - 6:00
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| Australia Singles Chart | 2 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 | 1 |
| France Singles Chart | 1 |
| Germany Singles Chart | 10 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 2 |
| South Africa Singles Chart | 3 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| Finland Singles Chart | 4 |
| Israel Singles Chart | 1 |
| Belgium Singles Chart | 1 |
| Hong Kong Singles Chart | 1 |
| Lebanon Singles Chart | 1 |
| Ireland Singles Chart | 1 |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 12 |
| Slovenia Singles Chart | 1 |
| Denmark Singles Chart | 5 |
| Norway Singles Chart | 4 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 6 |
[edit] External links
- Kylie.com — official website.
- Video of Kylie's and Kermit's Duet at YouTube
- [1] Accurate Tabulature and lyrics **** sale uk: "especially for you":(980.000)
| Preceded by "Mistletoe and Wine" by Cliff Richard |
UK number one single January 1, 1989 for 3 weeks |
Succeeded by "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" by Marc Almond with Gene Pitney |
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