The Special Two

"The Special Two"
Single by Missy Higgins
from the album The Sound of White
Released4 April 2005 (2005-04-04)[1]
Length3:25
LabelEleven: A Music Company
Songwriter(s)Missy Higgins
Producer(s)Mitchell Froom
Missy Higgins singles chronology
"Ten Days"
(2004) 		"The Special Two"
(2005) 		"The Sound of White"
(2005)

"The Special Two" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins and the third single released from her debut album, The Sound of White. The song was also included on her 2003 debut EP, The Missy Higgins EP, although re-recorded for the studio album. Higgins said of the lyrics, "Basically I made a big mistake [...] I fell into a lump of depression, locking myself out the back in the bungalow. After a couple of days I came up with the song. I played it to that person and it was therapeutic. It was a good sorry letter."[2] In June 2018, Higgins revealed in The Weekend Age that the song was an apology to her older sister, who also liked a boy that she liked but ended up going out with Higgins.[3]

The single was released in Australia on 4 April 2005 as The Special Two EP. It entered the ARIA Singles Chart at number two, behind Jesse McCartney's "Beautiful Soul". One of the B-sides featured with the single is a cover of the Skyhooks song "You Just Like Me Cause I'm Good in Bed". Higgins invited her sister to the concert when she first played it 'for someone in the crowd tonight', and her sister cried.[3]

At the 2005 ARIA Music Awards, the song was nominated for Single of the Year and Highest Selling Single.

Track listing

Australian CD single[4]

  1. "The Special Two" – 4:26
  2. "Drop the Mirror" – 4:35
  3. "Blind Winter" – 3:19
  4. "You Just Like Me Cause I'm Good in Bed" – 2:45

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] 2× Platinum 140,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 04/04/2005" (PDF). ARIA. 4 April 2005. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ Murfett, Andrew (18 September 2004). "The coming of stage". The Age. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Two of Us: Missy Higgins sings her sister's praises". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Missy Higgins – The Special Two EP". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2005". ARIA. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.