Song · Ultra Vivid Scene
“Special One” by Ultra Vivid Scene
From the album Joy 1967–1990 (1990)
“Special One” by Ultra Vivid Scene appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2003. It was first released in 1990 on the album Joy 1967–1990. Its best result is #104 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #260 alternative song of 1990 and #6,260 alternative song of all time.
"Special One" is the song on Joy 1967–1990, the second Ultra Vivid Scene album, where Kim Deal of the Pixies drops in as a guest vocalist. Kurt Ralske wrote the words and music, and after the moderate success of his self-produced first record he went back into the studio in November 1989 and handed the controls to Hugh Jones, the producer who had worked with Echo & the Bunnymen, Modern English and the Damned. Jones engineered it too and mixed it with Helen Woodward, Guy Fixsen assisted, and Nick Muir guests on organ and piano.
Ralske meant the album's title to read like a tombstone inscription. It arrived on May 7, 1990, to mostly warm notices, the Chicago Tribune's Bill Wyman among them, calling it a "dizzying, insular tour de force".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 104 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1520 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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