The Special Two

{{Short description|2005 single by Missy Higgins}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox song

| name = The Special Two

| cover = The Special Two.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Missy Higgins

| album = The Sound of White

| B-side =

• "Drop the Mirror"
• "Blind Winter"
• "You Just Like Me Cause I'm Good in Bed"

| released = {{start date|2005|4|4|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue788.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 04/04/2005|publisher=ARIA|page=29|date=4 April 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222438/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050420-0000/issue788.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2008|access-date=17 April 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:25

| label = Eleven: A Music Company

| writer = Missy Higgins

| producer = Mitchell Froom

| prev_title = Ten Days

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = The Sound of White

| next_year = 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/15/1095221653910.html|title=The coming of stage|last=Murfett|first=Andrew|newspaper=The Age|date=18 September 2004|access-date=12 May 2010}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/two-of-us-missy-higgins-sings-her-sister-s-praises-20180626-p4znsk.html|title=Two of Us: Missy Higgins sings her sister's praises|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 June 2018|access-date=3 July 2018}}

The single was released in Australia on 4 April 2005 as The Special Two EP. It entered the ARIA Singles Chart at number two. 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. At the 2005 ARIA Music Awards, the song was nominated for Single of the Year and Highest Selling Single, losing to Ben Lee's "Catch My Disease" and Anthony Callea's "The Prayer", respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/2005|title=2005 ARIA Awards Winners|publisher=ARIA Music Awards|access-date=19 February 2025}}