Get Closer (song)

"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]

"Get Closer"
Single by Seals and Crofts featuring Carolyn Willis
from the album Get Closer
B-side"Don't Fail"
ReleasedApril 1976
GenreBlue-eyed soul[1]
Length3:57
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)Jim Seals, Dash Crofts
Producer(s)Louie Shelton
Seals and Crofts featuring Carolyn Willis singles chronology
"Baby I'll Give It to You"
(1976)		 "Get Closer"
(1976)		 "Goodbye Old Buddies"
(1977)

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

References
  1. Stanley, Bob (2014). "Before and After the Gold Rush: Laurel Canyon". Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 302.
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  3. "Top 100 Songs of 1976 - Billboard Year End Charts". Bob Borst's Home of Pop Culture. Archived from the original on 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  4. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  5. Craddock, Van (August 31, 1990). "Happy with Music". Longview News-Journal. pp. 1C, 7C – via nespapers.com.
  6. "Singer Dan Seals schedules concert in Artisia school". Carlsbad Current-Argus. October 18, 1990. p. A-12 – via newspapers.com.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 267. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  9. "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
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  11. Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976


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