Special Occasion (The Miracles song)

"Special Occasion"
Single by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
from the album Special Occasion
B-side"Give Her Up"
ReleasedAugust 1968
Genre
Length2:17
LabelTamla
T 54172
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles singles chronology
"Yester Love"
(1968)
"Special Occasion"
(1968)
"Baby, Baby Don't Cry"
(1969)

"Special Occasion" is a 1968 hit single recorded by Motown Records R&B group Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, issued by its Tamla Records subsidiary and taken from the album of the same name. It was written and composed by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson and Motown staff songwriter Al Cleveland, the authors of the group's Top 10 million-selling smash, "I Second That Emotion", the previous year.