"Special Girl" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter/guitarist Eddie Schwartz in collaboration with songwriter/producer and fellow Canadian David Tyson. It first appeared on Schwartz' 1983/84 album, Public Life, and was released as a single with an accompanying music video.

Later the same year, the band America recorded a version, releasing it as a single from their 1984 album Perspective. This version cracked the top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States, reaching #15. It #106 on the Billboard chart.

The tune was also covered by Meat Loaf on his 1986 album, Blind Before I Stop.

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