38 Special (often stylized as .38 Special or spelled out as Thirty-Eight Special) is an American rock band formed by singer-guitarists Donnie Van Zant and Don Barnes in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1974.They are best known for their early 1980s hit songs, including "Hold On Loosely" and "Caught Up in You", along with various other Top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s and early 1990s, including "Rockin' into the Night", "You Keep Runnin' Away", "If I'd Been the One", "Back Where You Belong", "Teacher, Teacher", "Like No Other Night", "Second Chance", and "The Sound of Your Voice".

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