Closer to Your Heart (Clannad song) explained

Closer to Your Heart
Cover:	Clannadcloser.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Clannad
Album:	Macalla
Released:	16 September 1985^[1]
Studio:	Windmill, Dublin, Ireland
Genre:	Pop rock
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Steve Nye
Prev Title:	Scarlet Inside
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn)
Next Year:	1985

"Closer to Your Heart" is a song by Irish folk rock group Clannad. It was Clannad's first single that was solely considered as pop music.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Parts of the video for the single were shot at the Ponderosa venue on Glenshane Pass near Derry.

Track listing

1. "Closer to Your Heart"
2. "Buachaill Ón Éirne"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Music Week. 14.
2. Billboard – 16 Nov 1985 The first single from the album is "Closer To Your Heart,"
3. Tom Moon – 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die 2008 – Page 171 "KEY TRACKS: “In a Lifetime,” “Caislean Oir,” “Closer to Your Heart," "Blackstairs." "
4. Colin Harper, Trevor Hodgett Irish folk, trad & blues: a secret history 2004 p.292 "The album was crammed with latter-day Clannad classics, like 'Closer To Your Heart', 'Almost Seems Too Late To Turn' and Maire's duet with U2's Bono, 'In A Lifetime'. "