Song

(They Long to Be) Close to You

(They long to Be) Close to You · Close to You · They Long to Be Close to You · 遥かなる影

First released 1963English120+ recordingson 972 releasesISWC T-070.182.412-5, T-309.251.703-4, T-070.028.723-5

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Written by

Burt BacharachComposer Hal DavidLyricist

From the films

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy2000 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

From Paris with Love2010 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

Gooische Vrouwen2011 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

Joker: Folie à Deux2024 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

Recordings

Performance	By
(They long to Be) Close to You	Barenaked Ladies	4:27
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Carpenters	3:42
Close to You	José Padilla	6:36
Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45)	Circle Jerks	5:13
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Isaac Hayes	9:05
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Burt Bacharach	3:18
Close to You	Ella Fitzgerald	2:50
Close to You	Frank Sinatra	2:34
(They Long to be) Close to You	Ferrante and Teicher	3:36
Close to You	Susan Wong	3:21
(They Long to Be) Close to You	London Synphonic Orchestra	2:55
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Josie and the Pussycats	2:58
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Carpenters	3:41
(They Long to Be) Close to You	The Cranberries	2:42
(They Long to Be) Close to You	The Cranberries	2:42
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Carpenters	4:34
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Carpenters	4:34
Close to You	Axel Coon	3:46
Close to You	Cubic U	4:40
Close to You	Ethyl Meatplow	3:30
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Erroll Garner	4:33
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Hannah Cranna	4:02
(They long to Be) Close to You	Billy Baxter	4:22
Close to You	Dionne Warwick	2:23
Close to You (Pulsedriver remix)	Axel Coon	3:05
Close to You	Ferron	4:31
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Burt Bacharach	3:14
They Long to Be Close to You	Claudine Longet	2:58
Close to You	Axel Coon	3:46
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Tamia feat. Gerald Levert	5:22
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Gerald Levert feat. Tamia	5:21
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Richard Clayderman	3:37
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Ronald Isley	3:45
Close to You	Tuck & Patti	6:18
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Andy Williams	3:23
Close to You	B.T. Express	5:39
Close to You	Mary Beth Maziarz	2:03
Close to You	Raffaella Carrà	3:45
Close to You	The Weathermen	4:09
Black Moses (radio Ad)	Isaac Hayes	1:00
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Perry Como	3:16
Close to You	Paul Weller	3:07
Close to You	Wayne Horvitz	2:24
(They Long to Be) Close to You	The Cranberries	2:00
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Ferrante and Teicher	3:38
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Leon Spencer	5:31
Close to You (Pulsedriver's short edit)	Axel Coon	3:33
Close to You	Johnny Mathis	3:27
Close to You (Pulsedriver remix)	Axel Coon	3:46
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Barbra Streisand with Burt Bacharach	3:35
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Workshy	3:35
(They Long to Be) Close to You / For All We Know / Top of the World / Ticket to Ride / Only Yesterday	Carpenters	16:14
Close to You (Pulsedriver rmx)	Axel Coon	3:19
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Burt Bacharach	3:22
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Gwen Guthrie	3:47
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Gwen Guthrie	5:33
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Matt Monro	2:56
Close to You	Hall & Oates	3:57
Close to You	Diana Ross	3:43
Close to You	Axel Coon	3:46
They Long to Be Close to You	Carmen McRae	4:38
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Wing	3:47
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Diana Ross	4:05
Close to You	Axel Coon	3:31
(They Long to Be) Close to You	McCoy Tyner Trio with Symphony	7:51
Close to You	Rick Astley	3:05
Close to You	Dancing Mood	5:29
Close to You (instrumental version)	Dancing Mood	5:30
Close to You	Axel Coon	3:46
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Burt Bacharach	4:03
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Claudine Longet	3:13
Close to You (Pulsedriver’s short edit)	Axel Coon	3:32
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Dusty Springfield	2:27
Close to You	[unknown]	3:38
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Carpenters	4:08
Close to You	Anita Meyer	3:33
Close to You (RedWing remix)	Axel Coon	4:08
Decapitation	Buckethead	4:17
Close to You	Dionne Warwick with Mýa	4:00
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Trijntje Oosterhuis	3:46
Close to You (They Long to Be)	Engelbert Humperdinck	2:42
Close to You	Jimmy Smith	2:36
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Jimmy “Bo” Horne	4:50
Close to You	Matt Monro	3:02
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Barry Manilow	3:40
(They long to Be) Close to You	The Victor Silvester Orchestra	3:06
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Gábor Szabó	3:04
(They Long To Be) Close To You	Michael Ball	3:37
Close to You	Olivia Ong	4:04
Close to You (They long to Be)	Carpenters	3:44
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Diana Ross	3:47
Close to You (club mix)	Axel Coon	4:54
Close to You	Dancing Mood con Mimi Maura	5:34
Close to You	Axel Coon	5:51
Close to You	Tina Arena	5:01
Close to You	Steve Tyrell	3:43
(They long to Be) Close to You	Nancy Wilson	3:30
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Diana Ross	3:49
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Isaac Hayes	3:57
(They long to Be) Close to You	Jenny Sinclair	6:03
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Harry Connick, Jr.	3:15
Close to You (Pulsedriver RMX)	Axel Coon	5:15
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Orquesta de la Luz	4:52
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Trijntje Oosterhuis	5:21
Junto a tí (They long to be close to you)	Sole Giménez	4:15
Close to You	Jim O’Rourke feat. Haruomi Hosono	5:09
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Traincha & Grzegorz Turnau	3:44
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Ricardo Caliente and Thomas Mohr	3:33
Close to You	Dionne Warwick	2:53
(They long to Be) Close to You	Dusty Springfield	2:42
CLOSE TO YOU	押尾コータロー	4:30
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Matt Monro	3:02
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Valerie Joyce	4:28
They Long to Be Close to You	Richard Chamberlain
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra	3:25
(They Long to Be) Close to You	The Ventures	3:32
Close to You	The Dells	5:10
(They Long to Be) Close to You	Saori Yano	7:27
They Long to Be (Close to You)	Patty Ascher	2:48
(They long to Be) Close to You	Ray Conniff	2:35