Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete

Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete
Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete
Studio album by Wink
Released	June 30, 1989
Recorded	1988–1989
Genre	J-pop; dance-pop;
Length	39:50
Language	Japanese
Label	Polystar
Producer	Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink chronology
Singles from Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete
	"Namida wo Misenai de (Boys Don't Cry)"; Released: March 16, 1989;

Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete (Especially For You 〜優しさにつつまれて〜, Especially for You: Surrounded by Kindness) is the second studio album by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on June 30, 1989. It features the No. 1 single "Namida wo Misenai de (Boys Don't Cry)", a Japanese-language cover of Moulin Rouge's "Boys Don't Cry". Also included in the album are covers of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan's "Especially for You", Holly Knight's "Baby Me", Blondie's "Heart of Glass", The Dooleys' "Body Language", Annica Burman's "För Fulla Segel", Connie Francis' "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter", Debbie Harry's "You Got Me in Trouble", and The Nolans' "Let's Make Love".^[1]^[2]

The album hit No. 1 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 508,000 copies.^[3]^[4] It was also certified Platinum by the RIAJ.^[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except where indicated; all music is arranged by Motoki Funayama, except where indicated.

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete" ((Especially For You 〜優しさにつつまれて〜, "Especially for You: Surrounded by Kindness"))		Mike Stock Matt Aitken Pete Waterman		4:09
2.	"Baby Me"		Holly Knight Billy Steinberg	Takao Sugiyama	3:45
3.	"Garasu no Kokoro (Heart of Glass)" ((硝子の心 ~Heart Of Glass~))	Yukinojo Mori	Debbie Harry Chris Stein		4:02
4.	"Only Lonely^{[fn 1]}"		Ben Findon Michael Myers Robert Puzey		4:37
5.	"Take Me to Heaven^{[fn 2]}"		Bruno Glenmark Marcus Ingman		3:37

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Oshare Dorobō" ((おしゃれ泥棒, "Fashionable Thief"))	Sayako Morimoto	Hank Hunter Mark Barkan	Kei Wakakusa	3:05
2.	"Remember Sweet"		Kazuya Amikura	Shingo Kobayashi	4:20
3.	"Hikitomenai de^{[fn 3]}" ((ひきとめないで, "Don't Hold Back"))	Morimoto	Harry Seth Justman	Sugiyama	4:23
4.	"Yasashiku Aishite...^{[fn 4]}" ((優しく愛して…, "I Love You Kindly..."))	Mori	Findon Myers	Wakakusa	4:10
5.	"Namida wo Misenai de (Boys Don't Cry)" ((涙をみせないで～Boys Don't Cry～, "Don't Show Your Tears"))		Matjaž Kosi		3:42

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	1


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[5]	Platinum	400,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.