The Specials (Shania Twain video)

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The Specials
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ReleasedNovember 20, 2001
Length90 minutes
Label Mercury Nashville
Director Lawrence Jordan
Shania Twain chronology
The Platinum Collection
(2001)
The Specials
(2001)
A Collection of Video Hits
(2002)

The Specials is a DVD released by Shania Twain on November 20, 2001 in North America. It consists of two network specials that aired during the Come on Over era. The first concert is called Winter Break and was filmed at Miami's Bayfront Park Amphittheater for 10,000 people, and included footage of Twain in her hometown of Timmins, Ontario. It aired on CBS in March 1999. Elton John, Backstreet Boys and Leahy are all special guests during the show. The second special, entitled Come on Over, aired on November 25, 1999 and followed a Dallas Cowboys game at the Texas Stadium, in Dallas, for a crowd of 40,000 people. The music video for Twain's single 'Rock This Country' was taken from this second special.

Contents

Setlists

Winter Break Special
No.TitleLength
1."Shania in Timmins, Ontario" 
2."Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" 
3."Honey, I'm Home" 
4."All I Have to Give" (performed by Backstreet Boys) 
5."Shania Talks About Her Childhood" 
6."You're Still the One"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (medley; with Elton John) 
7."Amneris' Letter" (with Elton John) 
8."Shania Talks About the Beginning of Her Career" 
9."That Don't Impress Me Much" 
10."Shania Remembers Her Parents" 
11."From This Moment On" (with Backstreet Boys) 
12."Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" (with Leahy) 
13."(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" 
14."Credits" 
Total length:45:23
Come On Over Special
No.TitleLength
1."Pre-Show / Pre-Game" 
2."Honey, I'm Home" 
3."Rock This Country!" 
4."In the Locker Room" 
5."Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" 
6."Come on Over" 
7."You're Still the One" 
8."Shania with the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders" 
9."Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" 
10."On the Field with the Cowboys" 
11."Any Man of Mine" 
12."That Don't Impress Me Much" 
13."(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" 
14."Credits" 
Total length:42:50

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [1] Gold25,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [2] Gold25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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