(They Long to Be) Close to You

~ Recording by Gwen Guthrie

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.15(They Long to Be) Close to You3:47Gwen GuthrieNow That’s What I Call Music 8Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1986-11-24
PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)TC NOW 8
2.15(They Long to Be) Close to You3:47Gwen GuthrieNow That’s What I Call Music 8Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1986-11-24
PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)NOW 8
1.12(They Long To Be) Close to You3:47Gwen GuthrieThe Wings of Love: 18 Soulful Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCI MusicMUSCD 013
4.4(They Long to Be) Close to You3:46Gwen Guthrie100 Eighties ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-04-25
4.4(They Long to Be) Close to You3:46Gwen Guthrie100 Essential: 1980’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)FBUDCD005
2.15(They Long to Be) Close to You3:49Gwen GuthrieNow That’s What I Call Music 8Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2021-03-26
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

(They Long to Be) Close to You

lyricist:Hal David
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)
referred to in medleys:Carpenters Medley (single mix) (order: 5)
The Medley of the Century (40 Tunes in 4 1/2 Minutes) (order: 20)
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)