Get Closer (song) explained
| Get Closer |
| Cover: | Get_Closer_-_Seals_and_Crofts.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Seals and Crofts featuring Carolyn Willis |
| Album: | Get Closer |
| B-Side: | Don't Fail |
| Released: | April 1976 |
| Genre: | Blue-eyed soul[1] |
| Length: | 3:57 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Records |
| Producer: | Louie Shelton |
| Prev Title: | Baby I'll Give It to You |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Goodbye Old Buddies |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"Get Closer" is a song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, released as a single in 1976. It is the title track of their eighth studio album, Get Closer and reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 16 song of 1976.[3]
In Canada, the song reached No. 19 on the pop singles chart. On the Adult Contemporary chart it was a major hit, reaching No. 1.[4]
"Get Closer" features vocals by former Honey Cone member Carolyn Willis. In 2004, the duo released a new recording of it on their final album, Traces. This version features vocals by their daughters, Juliet Seals Crossley and Lua Crofts.
Jim Seals' brother England Dan had a top 10 song at the same time with "Nights Are Forever Without You".[5] [6]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
| Chart (1976) | Peak
position |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] | 77 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[8] | 19 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| 2 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 7 | |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1976) | Rank |
|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles[9] | 152 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[11] | 32 | |
Notes and References
- Book: Stanley, Bob . 2014 . Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé. Before and After the Gold Rush: Laurel Canyon. W. W. Norton & Company. New York. 302.
- Web site: Seals & Crofts - Chart history . Billboard . 2014-02-10.
- Web site: Top 100 Songs of 1976 - Billboard Year End Charts. Bob Borst's Home of Pop Culture. 2014-11-11. 2015-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20151221133333/http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=1976. dead.
- Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 17 July 2013. 2016-10-11.
- News: Happy with Music. Craddock, Van. Longview News-Journal. 1C, 7C. August 31, 1990. newspapers.com.
- News: Singer Dan Seals schedules concert in Artisia school. Carlsbad Current-Argus. A-12. October 18, 1990. newspapers.com.
- Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 267.
- Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 17 July 2013. 2016-10-11.
- Web site: Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977 . . . March 13, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160610094136/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?file_num=nlc008388.5173b&brws_s=&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 . June 10, 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976 . Musicoutfitters.com . 2016-10-11.
- http://www.45cat.com/45_list_view_record.php?li=2171 Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976
