"Special Kinda Love" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop

Dance-pop

Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...

 sibling group, The Jets. It was written by Vassal Benford.

Released as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from The Jets' greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album The Best of The Jets

The Best of The Jets

The Best of The Jets is the fifth album recorded with MCA Records by the family group The Jets. It featured four new songs, including "Special Kinda Love", "Sendin' Out a Message", "Forever in My Life", and "Another You", as well as a compilation of their greatest hits The Best of The Jets is the...

, the song was not nearly as successful as some other recordings by the group. It only reached #83 on the R&B chart

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

, but had some success on the dance chart

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

, peaking at number 8.

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	83
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	8