included a Brothers in Rhythm remix. The second CD single included a newly recorded acoustic version of the Version 2.0 album track "Medication" and a club remix of "Push It" by Victor Calderone. On October 12, "Special" charted at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. A week after the initial single release, Mushroom issued "Special" in a collectable 3-inch CD single format in blister pack packaging, featuring both B-sides and the Brothers in Rhythm remix of "Special". The 3-inch CD format was deleted after one week on sale. Top of the Pops broadcast the band's earlier pre-record of "Special" to mark its chart position. Across Europe, BMG issued "Special" on CD maxi and CD single formats in various territories from October 5. Festival Mushroom, having absorbed and folded White Label Records as part of a recent merger of Festival Records and Mushroom Records, released "Special" on a single CD maxi format collecting together the five tracks from the commercial UK release on October 26. "Special" peaked at number 54 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, and spent six weeks in the top 100. Unlike Garbage's previous single, "I Think I'm Paranoid", the release of "Special" throughout Europe occurred when Garbage were not performing locally, the band having launched the three-month-long North American fall leg of their Version 2.0 World Tour in Denver, Colorado on September 15. As the tour progressed, "Special" was added to Modern Rock radio stations across North America on October 12, while remixes produced by Rickidy Raw were serviced to urban radio. "Special" debuted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart at number 40 on October 31. Garbage performed "Special" on Late Show with David Letterman on October 29, and the following day promoted the single on The Howard Stern Show (but performed their 1997 single "#1 Crush" instead of "Special"). As the tour reached Canada, Garbage performed an extended set of tracks, including "Special" for a MusiquePlus televised performance filmed in Montreal on November 14, before returning to the US to wrap up the run of headline dates on November 28 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following day, Garbage immediately set out to promote Version 2.0 and "Special" on a month-long radio show circuit starting at Madison's WMAD for Modern Rock Live and on for a further twelve US radio shows; Garbage also performed "Special" live on The Tonight Show on December 11. December 20 marked