Your Own Special Way
| "Your Own Special Way" | ||||
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| Single by Genesis | ||||
| from the album Wind & Wuthering | ||||
| B-side | "It's Yourself" (UK) "...In That Quiet Earth" (US) | |||
| Released | 4 February 1977 | |||
| Studio | Relight Studios (Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands) | |||
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| Length | 6:19 3:49 (UK single edit) 3:03 (US single edit) | |||
| Label | Charisma | |||
| Songwriter | Mike Rutherford | |||
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"Your Own Special Way" is a song by the English progressive rock band Genesis. The song was written by the band's bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford. Released (in edited form) as the first and only single from their eighth studio album Wind & Wuthering, it became the band's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 62. The laid-back nature of the song stood in stark contrast to much of the band's earlier material and foreshadowed many of the band's later hits, such as "Follow You Follow Me" on their next album.
"Your Own Special Way" was the last single Genesis released with guitarist Steve Hackett, until the band's 1999 re-recording of "The Carpet Crawlers" (which also included original lead vocalist Peter Gabriel).