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"Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
 in time for the Christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan

Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK he has sold in excess of 3 million records, and his d?but album Ten Good Reasons was the highest selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million copies....
. It did not appear on her debut album
Kylie (album)

Kylie is the debut album by Australian Pop music singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on July 4, 1988, and received mixed reviews. Chris True of Allmusic describes the album's songs as "dated at best", but writes that Minogue's "cuteness makes these rather vapid tracks bearable"....
 but was included on Jason Donovan's 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons
Ten Good Reasons

Ten Good Reasons is a 1989 in music by Jason Donovan, his album debut. It was the biggest selling album in the UK in 1989, and yielded two solo #1 singles and also featured a duet with Kylie Minogue, "Especially for You", which reached #1 in January 1989....
. The track did appear on the US version of Kylie Minogue's sophomore album Enjoy Yourself
Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album)

Enjoy Yourself is the second album by Australian Pop music singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on 9 October 1989, and received mixed reviews....
. The single was released on November 28, 1988 and was written by Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a United Kingdom songwriter and record producer trio who had great success during the mid-late 1980s and early 1990s with many of their productions....
.

Its strongest market was the UK, where its release followed the on-screen wedding of the two actors' respective characters, Charlene and Scott, on the Australian soap Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
 which brought peak audiences.

In the UK, the song lodged for 4 weeks at #2 during the Christmas market behind Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
 (a Christmas fixture) reaching #1 for 3 weeks in early 1989, selling just shy of one million copies.






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"Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
 in time for the Christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan

Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK he has sold in excess of 3 million records, and his d?but album Ten Good Reasons was the highest selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million copies....
. It did not appear on her debut album
Kylie (album)

Kylie is the debut album by Australian Pop music singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on July 4, 1988, and received mixed reviews. Chris True of Allmusic describes the album's songs as "dated at best", but writes that Minogue's "cuteness makes these rather vapid tracks bearable"....
 but was included on Jason Donovan's 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons
Ten Good Reasons

Ten Good Reasons is a 1989 in music by Jason Donovan, his album debut. It was the biggest selling album in the UK in 1989, and yielded two solo #1 singles and also featured a duet with Kylie Minogue, "Especially for You", which reached #1 in January 1989....
. The track did appear on the US version of Kylie Minogue's sophomore album Enjoy Yourself
Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album)

Enjoy Yourself is the second album by Australian Pop music singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on 9 October 1989, and received mixed reviews....
. The single was released on November 28, 1988 and was written by Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a United Kingdom songwriter and record producer trio who had great success during the mid-late 1980s and early 1990s with many of their productions....
.

Its strongest market was the UK, where its release followed the on-screen wedding of the two actors' respective characters, Charlene and Scott, on the Australian soap Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
 which brought peak audiences.

In the UK, the song lodged for 4 weeks at #2 during the Christmas market behind Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
 (a Christmas fixture) reaching #1 for 3 weeks in early 1989, selling just shy of one million copies. It remained Minogue's best selling single in the UK until 2001's "Can't Get You out of My Head
Can't Get You out of My Head

"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" is a Dance-pop song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album Fever ....
" which became a million seller.The single was a big hit throughout Europe and sold 23,037 copies in Sweden.

Minogue also performed this song as a duet with Kermit the Frog
Kermit the Frog

Kermit the Frog is a Muppet, one of puppeteer Jim Henson's most famous creations, first introduced in 1955. Kermit was performed by Henson until his death in 1990....
 having been invited to become one of a select few to make an episode of the UK ITV show An Audience with...
An Audience with...

An Audience with... is a popular United Kingdom Variety show television programme produced by LWT and traditionally broadcast on Saturday nights....
 (Kylie Minogue) in 2001.

Denise van Outen
Denise van Outen

Denise van Outen is an England actor and television presenter. Her most notable roles to date were as a presenter on The Big Breakfast, and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on both West End theatre and Broadway theatre....
 and Johnny Vaughan
Johnny Vaughan

Johnny Vaughan is an England broadcaster and journalist. Vaughan has become well-known as a television and radio personality and has also built a reputation as a Film criticism....
 along with British Pop group Steps released a cover version for UK TV Charity BBC Children in Need in 1998 which charted at #3 on the British Charts.

More recently Hugh Sowerby and Daniel Osborne performed the song 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.

Track listings


CD single
  1. Especially For You (Extended) - 5:01
  2. All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine (Extended) - 6:00
  3. Especially For You - 3:58


7" single
  1. Especially For You - 3:58
  2. All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine - 3:34


12" single
  1. Especially For You (Extended) - 5:01
  2. All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine (Extended) - 6:00


Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australia Singles Chart2
Eurochart Hot 1001
France Singles Chart1
Germany Singles Chart10
New Zealand Singles Chart2
South Africa Singles Chart3
Switzerland Singles Chart2
UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
1
Finland Singles Chart4
Israel Singles Chart1
Belgium Singles Chart1
Hong Kong Singles Chart1
Lebanon Singles Chart1
Ireland Singles Chart1
Sweden Singles Chart12
Denmark Singles Chart5
Norway Singles Chart4
Dutch Singles Chart6


External links

  • — official website.
  • Accurate Tabulature and lyrics **** sale uk: "especially for you"