(They Long to Be) Close to You
~ Recording by Gwen Guthrie
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 2.15 | (They Long to Be) Close to You | 3:47 | Gwen Guthrie | Now That’s What I Call Music 8 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | TC NOW 8 |
| 2.15 | (They Long to Be) Close to You | 3:47 | Gwen Guthrie | Now That’s What I Call Music 8 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | NOW 8 |
| 1.12 | (They Long To Be) Close to You | 3:47 | Gwen Guthrie | The Wings of Love: 18 Soulful Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MCI Music | MUSCD 013 |
| 4.4 | (They Long to Be) Close to You | 3:46 | Gwen Guthrie | 100 Eighties Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.4 | (They Long to Be) Close to You | 3:46 | Gwen Guthrie | 100 Essential: 1980’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | FBUDCD005 |
| 2.15 | (They Long to Be) Close to You | 3:49 | Gwen Guthrie | Now That’s What I Call Music 8 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music on Demand, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194398697321, CDNOW8 |
Relationships
| recording of: | (They Long to Be) Close to You |
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Related works
(They Long to Be) Close to You
| lyricist: | Hal David |
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| composer: | Burt Bacharach |
| publisher: | Albert Music Publishing Blue Seas Music, Inc. BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (Hal David) (not for release label use! see annotation) Carlin Music Corporation Casa David LP J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. Jac Music, Inc. New Hidden Valley Music Co. U.S. Songs, Inc. Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) Windswept Music (London) Ltd. フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Carpenters Medley (single mix) (order: 5) The Medley of the Century (40 Tunes in 4 1/2 Minutes) (order: 20) |
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| later parody versions: | [Colostomy] |
| later translated versions: | Bij je zijn Nah bei dir Sie lieben dich (so wie ich) Stretto a te (Close to You) カフェにて |
| is the basis for: | Close to You (Frank Ocean’s vocoder version on “Blonde”, not the Bacharach/David original) WHITE LINES (Close To You) |
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