Special to Me

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"Special to Me"
Wink - Special to Me.jpg
Single by Wink
from the album Twin Memories
LanguageJapanese
B-side "One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel) [Remix]"
ReleasedApril 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)
Recorded1989
Genre
Length3:39
Label Polystar
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Neko Oikawa
Producer(s) Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink singles chronology
"Angel Love Story (Akiiro no Tenshi)"
(1995)		"Special to Me"
(2018)
Music video
"Special to Me" on YouTube

"Special to Me" is the 26th single by Japanese idol duo Wink. A Japanese-language cover of Bobby Caldwell's 1978 song, it was originally recorded in 1989 as part of the album Twin Memories . "Special to Me" was released as a 7" vinyl single by Polystar Records on April 27, 2018, to commemorate the duo's 30th anniversary. The B-side is a remix of Wink's sixth single "One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)". [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The single peaked at No. 196 on the Oricon's weekly charts. [4] [5]

Track listing

All music is arranged by Motoki Funayama.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Special to Me" Neko Oikawa
3:39
2."One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel) [Remix]" ((One Night In Heaven 〜真夜中のエンジェル〜, "One Night in Heaven ~Midnight Angel~")) Takashi Matsumoto
5:04

Chart positions

Charts (2018)Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart [4] 196

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  2. ↑ "WINK / WINK / エンジェル・ラヴ・ストーリー～秋色の天使". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
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