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| “Especially for You” | |
|---|---|
| Single by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan | |
| from the album Ten Good Reasons | |
| B-side | “All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine” |
| Released | 28 November 1988 |
| Recorded | Sydney, Australia |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 3:58 |
| Label | PWL |
| Songwriter(s) | Mike StockMatt AitkenPete Waterman |
| Producer(s) | Stock Aitken Waterman |
| Kylie Minogue singles chronology | |
| “Je ne sais pas pourquoi“ (1988)”Especially for You“ (1988)”It’s No Secret“ (1988) | |
| Jason Donovan singles chronology | |
| “Nothing Can Divide Us” (1988)”Especially for You“ (1988)”Too Many Broken Hearts“ (1989) |
“Especially for You” is a song performed by the Australian recording artists Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, from Donovan’s debut album Ten Good Reasons (1989). The song was released as his album’s second single on 28 November 1988 and was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
“Especially for You” received many positive reviews from older and contemporary critics, who deemed it one of the strongest of each singer’s album, but also dubbed the song a classic. The song had commercial success, reaching number one in the UK, Ireland, Greece and Belgium and peaking inside the Top 5 in countries including Australia, New Zealand, France, Finland and Switzerland. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation’s 20th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.
Kylie Minogue also performed this song as a duet with Kermit the Frog on the show An Audience with… Kylie Minogue in 2001.
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan both appeared on the Australian TV series Neighbours but before they recorded the song, both left the series to concentrate on a music career. Kylie released the album Kylie, while Donovan was working on his studio album Ten Good Reasons. Both singers’ production company Stock, Aitken & Waterman wrote a song for the singers so they could sing a duet on the track. The song was released as a single on 28 November 1988 but later was included on the American version of Kylie Minogue’s second album, Enjoy Yourself. The single release came shortly after the UK broadcast of the Neighbours episode in which Kylie & Jason’s characters, Charlene Mitchell and Scott Robinson, got married, and the singers were also a couple in real life at the time.
In an interview with Sara Cox on BBC Radio 2 on Sounds of the 80s, broadcast 15 December 2017, Pete Waterman stated the original idea for the release of the duet between the two stars was suggested to the label by retail chain Woolworths who said they would order 250,000 copies of the record.
Live performances
Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:
- Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour
- Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour
- Aphrodite World Tour 2011 (only performed during her tour in Manila, Philippines upon request)
- Kiss Me Once Tour (performed upon request in Liverpool)
- A Kylie Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall
- Golden Tour
- Summer 2019
The song was also performed on:
- An Audience with Kylie Minogue 2001 TV special, a duet with Kermit the Frog.
- Sport Relief 2014 duet with Kylie and Donovan and David Walliams.
Donovan performed the song on the following concert tours:
In July 2012, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan performed the song at the Hit Factory Live concert, their first performance together since 1989. On 9 September 2018, Donovan joined Minogue on stage to perform the song as part of Minogue’s headlining set at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park.
Cover versions
- Denise van Outen and Johnny Vaughan and pop group Steps released a cover version for UK TV Charity BBC Children in Need in 1998 which charted at number three on the charts.
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