Recording: Close to You

Performed by
Ronald Isley - Burt Bacharach
First release
On Audio album Isley Meets Bacharach (November 2003)
Rating

Song info

Song
(They Long to Be) Close to You
Music written by
Burt Bacharach
Lyrics written by
Hal David
First performance
(They Long to Be) Close to You by Richard Chamberlain (October 16, 1963)
First release
They Long to Be Close to You by Dionne Warwick on audio album Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964)
Language
English

Adaptation tree

Versions

(They Long to Be) Close to You written by Burt Bacharach, Hal David - English jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 (They Long to Be) Close to You Richard Chamberlain October 16, 1963 (performance date)
2 They Long to Be Close to You Dionne Warwick 1964
3 They Long to Be Close to You Dusty Springfield November 1967
4 (They Long to Be) Close to You Carpenters May 1970
5 Close to You Diana Ross November 3, 1970
6 (They Long to Be) Close to You Nancy Wilson November 1970
7 Close to You B.J. Thomas 1970
8 Close to You Tony Mottola 1970
9 Close to You Gabor Szabo 1970
10 Close to You Liz Damon's Orient Express 1970
11 Close to You Billy Vaughn 1970
12 (They Long to Be) Close to You Perry Como 1970
13 They Long to Be Close to You Johnny Mathis 1970
14 They Long to Be Close to You Andy Williams 1970
15 They Long to Be Close to You Claudine Longet February 1971
16 (They Long to Be) Close to You Cilla Black May 1971
17 (They Long to Be) Close to You Eddy Arnold June 1971
18 Close to You Akira Fuse October 1, 1971
19 Close to You Raffaella Carrà December 1971
20 Close to You Frank Sinatra 1971
21 Close to You The Moments 1971
22 Comme moi (Close to You) They Long to Be Franck Pourcel et son Grand Orchestre 1971
23 (They Long to Be) Close to You Isaac Hayes 1971
24 (They Long to Be) Close to You Tony Hatch & His Orchestra 1971
25 (They Long to Be) Close to You Buddy Fite 1971
26 (They Long to Be) Close to You Leon Spencer 1971
27 (They Long to Be) Close to You George Barnes & Bucky Pizzarelli 1971
28 (They Long to Be) Close to You Vince Hill 1971
29 Close to You The Dells 1972
30 Close to You Jaki Byard 1972
31 They Long to Be Close to You Carmen McRae 1972
32 (They Long to Be) Close to You Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager 1972
33 (They Long to Be) Close to You Richard Evans 1972
34 (They Long to Be) Close to You Engelbert Humperdinck 1972
35 Close to You B.T. Express 1975
36 (They Long to Be) Close to You Sacha Distel 1979
37 (They Long to Be) Close to You Gwen Guthrie 1986
38 Close to You Anita Meyer 1989
39 (They Long to Be) Close to You Jimmy Ponder 1989
40 (They Long to Be) Close to You Barbra Streisand with Burt Bacharach September 24, 1991
41 (They Long to Be) Close to You The Cranberries 1994
42 Close to You Kimiko Itoh 1995
43 (They Long to Be) Close to You Richard Clayderman 1995
44 Close to You Yasuko Agawa June 21, 1996
45 Close to You Tracy Wong 1996
46 (They Long to Be) Close to You McCoy Tyner Trio with Symphony 1997
47 (They Long to Be) Close to You Hannah Cranna January 20, 1998
48 (They Long to Be) Close to You Billy Baxter April 20, 1998
49 (They Long to Be) Close to You Randy Johnston 1999
50 Close to You Stan Whitmire 2000
51 (They Long to Be) Close to You Melissa Kassel Quintet 2000
52 (They Long to Be) Close to You Petula Clark February 19, 2002
53 Close to You The Daniel Lapp Quartet December 18, 2002
54 Burt Bacharach Medley Miguel Wiels 2002
55 Close to You Angelita Li featuring Hans Ulrik Group 2002
56 Close to You Susan Wong 2002
57 (They Long to Be) Close to You Marshall & Alexander September 2003
58 (They Long to Be) Close to You Gerald Levert & Tamia October 28, 2003
59 Close to You Ronald Isley - Burt Bacharach November 2003
60 (They Long to Be) Close to You Charito 2003
61 Close to You Paul Weller September 13, 2004
62 Close to You (Haruka nara kage) Wei Wei Wuu October 20, 2004
63 Close to You Rigmor Gustafsson and The Jacky Terrasson Trio October 25, 2004
64 Close to You Tuck & Patti 2004
65 (They Long to Be) Close to You Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass February 8, 2005
66 Close to You Soulbob 2005
67 Close to You Rick Astley 2005
68 (They Long to Be) Close to You Trijntje Oosterhuis & Metropole Orchestra November 20, 2006
69 Close to You/Superstar/We've Only Just Begun Jody Watley 2006
70 They Long to Be Close to You Bethany McCade 2006
71 (They Long to Be) Close to You Barry Manilow September 18, 2007
72 Close to You Mario Biondi and Duke Orchestra November 30, 2007
73 Close to You Doctor 3 2007
74 (They Long to Be) Close to You Michael Ball 2007
75 Close to You Steve Tyrell June 24, 2008
76 Close to You Tina Arena November 15, 2008
77 (They Long to Be) Close to You - 遙かなる影 つじあやの March 25, 2009
78 (They Long to Be) Close to You Nicotine June 17, 2009
79 (They Long to Be) Close to You Harry Connick, Jr. August 25, 2009
80 Close to You Ann-Mette Elten October 26, 2009
81 Close to You Lara Fabian 2009
82 Close to You Melora Hardin February 2010
83 Close to You Jimmy Jørgensen March 15, 2010
84 Close to You Haruomi Hosono April 7, 2010
85 Close to You Jette Torp September 19, 2011
86 Close to You Lin Yu Chun November 18, 2011
87 (They Long to Be) Close to You Marshall Crenshaw April 20, 2013

Nær ved dig written by Victor Skaarup - Danish jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Nær ved dig Birgit Lystager 1970

Bij je zijn written by Peter Schön, André Breedland - Dutch jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Bij je zijn Simone Kleinsma December 11, 2009

Stretto a te written by Sergio Bardotti - Italian jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Stretto a te Ornella Vanoni 2002

Forum topics

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1 (They Long to Be) Close to You Add songs Axxie_Dent 1 2011-09-30 23:33:52 GMT by wally creek
2 Artists who have covered their songs Discussion Simon 14 2013-03-04 21:26:48 GMT by Bastien

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