Quotes are messign up my SQL Query, need help

I have a customer who keeps me on my toes. Each time I think I got the php code bullet proof, she throws me a curve ( and she doens't even know it). She uploads what we call "Featured Items". The one in question now have a value like this: "Hun-Gan-Tse" ("I Am Going") It gets written to the MySQL DB just fine, and pulled from the DB for display on a web page. The problem comes in when I/she tries to remove the item from the DB. Here's what I have: //Create SQL Statement $sql = "DELETE FROM featured WHERE title = '$sel_record'"; //Execute SQL query and get results $sql_result = mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die ("Couldn't execute query"); I suppose all the quotes and parenthesis screw this up. Any ideas? TIA, Shane