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"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was first recorded by Richard Chamberlain and released as a single in 1963 as "They Long to Be Close to You," without parentheses. However, it was the single's flip side, "Blue Guitar," that became a hit. Although Richard Chamberlain recorded the first version, the tune was also recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick in 1963 and re-recorded with a Burt Bacharach arrangement for her 1964 album Make Way for Dionne Warwick, and was released as the B-side of her 1965 single "Here I Am." Bacharach released his own version in 1968. But the version recorded by The Carpenters is the most well known, having become a hit in 1970.
[edit] The Carpenters' versionIn 1970, it was released by The Carpenters on their album, Close to You, and it became their breakthrough hit. The song stayed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks. Richard had stated that when Herb Alpert introduced the song to him back in early 1970, he was a bit apprehensive about the song, and didn't have confidence in it. He and Alpert collaborated on the song, and the finished product was a 4-minute, 36-second long song. When A&M Records decided to release it in May 1970, it became A&M's biggest hit since Herb Alpert's "This Guy's in Love with You" from 1968. Because of "(They Long to Be) Close to You," the Carpenters earned a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus in 1971. It became the first of three Grammy Awards they would win during their careers. Carpenters' Version:
[edit] Other cover versionsIn 1964, the song was recorded by Dusty Springfield, but released on her 1967 album Where Am I Going?. In 1971, Claudine Longet recorded the song and included some lyrics in French on her album, We've Only Just Begun. That same year, The Burt Bacharach Show by the show's host and Barbra Streisand. In 1972, the song again became a hit when recorded by Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager. It went to #6 on Billboard's R&B chart. In 1974, The Clams recorded the song on a 45-rpm record in a spoof style reminiscent of Spike Jones. Jazz pianist Erroll Garner played a highly re-worked instrumental version on the last album he recorded before his death, Magician, in 1973. In 1976, another hit version was released by B.T. Express, peaking at #31 on the R&B chart. A year alter it was performed on The Muppet Show by Connie Stevens with Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear. In 1983, The Circle Jerks covered the song as one of the six cover versions on "Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45)", which appears on their third album with the same title. Gwen Guthrie had a UK #25 hit with a version released in 1986. Cantonese pop-rock singer Karen Mok covered the song to promote the 2002 girls with guns action film So Close, in which she stars. Mok's version, titled Close to You, was used as the main theme of the movie. The song was covered by Paul Weller on his 2004 covers album Studio 150. The song has been recorded by many other artists, including Bobby Womack, Perry Como, Barenaked Ladies, The Cranberries, Isaac Hayes (on Black Moses, 1971), Les Mouches, Jimmy Bo Horne, Hikaru Utada (Cubic U), Ethyl Meatplow, Freya Lin, Corrinne May, Rie fu, Rick Astley, Emil Chau, Johnny Mathis, and Vincy Chan. The song was covered by brazilian band Trash Pour 4 in 2005 on Recycle Vol.1 (group's first album). The song was played by My Chemical Romance in the Download Festival in 2005. In 2007, Spanish singer Soledad Giménez recorded a cover version of this song titled "Junto a Tí" on her debut solo album La Soledad. [edit] References in pop culture
[edit] FilmIn the 1989 Ron Howard comedy Parenthood, Nathan Huffner (Rick Moranis) serenades his estranged wife Susan (Harley Jane Kozak) with this song in front of the class she is teaching. The song has been featured in the film There's Something About Mary. It's played during the scene where Ben Stiller zips up too high and quickly. An eerie version featured in the film MirrorMask in the scene where Helena is dressed by mechanical handmaidens, is inspired by Wayne Horvitz's 1997 cover version featured in the tribute album Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach. In the 2002 movie, Chik yeung tin si (So Close), the song was used in the opening scene to evade a drug lord's security measures. The original recording features in The Simpsons Movie as Homer and Marge's wedding song. [edit] TelevisionThis song is a recurring motif in The Simpsons. The song has been featured in three episodes as well as The Simpsons Movie as Homer and Marge's wedding song.
An alternative cover of the song also appears in the credits for the "Pierce Me" episode of Daria. Jack and Will sing a portion of the song together in one of the episodes of Will & Grace In an episode of the US comedy series 3rd Rock from the Sun, William Shatner (as the Big-Giant-Head) sings this song at Tommy Solomon's prom. In episode two ("Alan Attraction") of the first series of British comedy I'm Alan Partridge, starring Steve Coogan, Alan performs a rendition of the song to impress a woman he is interested in, Jill. He struggles with the notes and there's confusion with the band about octaves, so, he soon gives up singing it. In Australia, a series of 2007 Bottlemart commercials featured an a cappella version of this song. [edit] ComicsIt is featured in the xkcd comic "Close to You." [edit] References
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