Video award at the VH1 Fashion Awards. The "Special" video also won a "silver" Design and Art Direction award for Best Direction in Pop Promo Video and was nominated for a CAD (Creative and Design) Award for Best Special Effects (to Paul Simpson, Stuart Gordon, and Sean Broughton). The "Special" music video began airing across Europe in mid-September 1998 and premiered on North American music stations on December 6, 1998. A remastered version of the full-length video was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD Absolute Garbage, and the original shorter edit made available as a digital download via online music services later the same year. The full length video was made available to North American online music stores in 2010. Track listings UK cassette Mushroom MUSH39MCS European CD single BMG 74321 60488 2 "Special" – 3:44 "13 × Forever" – 3:55 UK CD1 Mushroom MUSH39CDS "Special" – 3:44 "13 × Forever" – 3:55 "Special – Brothers in Rhythm mix" – 7:24 UK CD2 Mushroom MUSH39CDSX "Special" – 3:44 "Medication – Acoustic Version" – 4:13 "Push It – Victor Calderone mix" – 7:18 UK 3" CD Mushroom MUSH39CDSXXX European CD maxi BMG 74321 60487 2 "Special" – 3:44 "13 × Forever" – 3:55 "Medication – Acoustic Version" – 4:13 "Special – Brothers in Rhythm mix" – 7:24 Australian CD maxi Festival MUSH01827.2 "Special" – 3:44 "13 × Forever" – 3:55 "Medication – Acoustic Version" – 4:13 "Special – Brothers in Rhythm mix" – 7:24 "Push It – Victor Calderone mix" – 7:18 Credits and personnel Album version Music: Garbage Lyrics: Garbage Produced: Garbage Performed & mixed: Garbage Engineered: Billy Bush Vocals : Shirley Manson Guitars : Duke Erikson & Steve Marker Drums : Butch Vig Additional Bass: Daniel Shulman Recorded at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin. Pop mix Remixed: Garbage Remixed at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin Brothers In Rhythm remixes Remixed: Brothers In Rhythm (Steve Anderson and Dave Seaman) for DMC Management Engineered and Mixed: Alan Bremner at DMC Studio 4 Rickidy Raw remixes Remix and additional production: Rickidy Raw Productions (Robert Jazayeri and Sean Mather) for MCT Management Charts Release history References External links "Special" lyrics "Special" release discography 1998 singles 1998 songs American power pop songs Garbage (band) songs Song recordings produced by Butch Vig Songs written by Butch Vig Songs written by Duke Erikson Songs written by Shirley Manson Songs written by Steve Marker