(They Long to Be) Close to You

E140477
single song

"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a classic pop ballad best known for the Carpenters' 1970 hit recording, which became one of their signature songs and a defining soft rock standard.

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Label Occurrences
(They Long to Be) Close to You canonical 7
Close to You 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus (won by Carpenters)
chartPosition Australia Kent Music Report number one ⓘ
RPM Top Singles ⓘ
surface form: Canada RPM Top Singles number one

UK Singles Chart ⓘ
surface form: UK Singles Chart top 10

US Billboard Hot 100 number one ⓘ
composer Burt Bacharach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstRecordedBy Richard Chamberlain ⓘ
firstRecordingReleaseDate 1963 ⓘ
genre easy listening ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasBSide I Kept on Loving You ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
orchestral strings ⓘ
piano ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
hasISRC USAM16900012 ⓘ
hasKey C major ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle ballad ⓘ
hasMusicVideo performance-style promotional film by Carpenters ⓘ
hasNotableLyric Just like me, they long to be close to you ⓘ
Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? ⓘ
includedIn The Carpenters: The Singles 1969–1973 ⓘ
The Carpenters’ Greatest Hits compilations ⓘ
length 3:40 ⓘ
lyricist Hal David ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
notableCoverVersionBy Dionne Warwick ⓘ
Dusty Springfield ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAlbum Close To You ⓘ
surface form: Close to You
performer The Carpenters ⓘ
surface form: Carpenters
producer Jack Daugherty ⓘ
publisher A&M Records ⓘ
recordedIn 1970 ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1970-05-15 ⓘ
signatureSongOf The Carpenters ⓘ
surface form: Carpenters
tempo slow ⓘ
theme romantic love ⓘ
vocalist Karen Carpenter ⓘ
writer Burt Bacharach ⓘ
Hal David ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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Burt Bacharach → wroteSong → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
Anti → track → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
this entity surface form: Close to You
Knock Knock → samplesWork → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
The Carpenters → notableWork → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
The Carpenters → notableAlbum → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
this entity surface form: Close to You
Hal David → notableWork → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
Hal David → wroteLyricsFor → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
Everything Is Everything (album) → hasTrack → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
subject surface form: Everything Is Everything
Al Hoffman → notableWork → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ
this entity surface form: Close to You
Black Moses → hasPart → (They Long to Be) Close to You ⓘ