(They long to be) Close to you

Name: (They long to be) Close to you
Duration: 3 min 45 s

~ Recording by Carpenters

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
(unknown)
1.1	(They long to be) Close to you	3:45	Carpenters	Ten songs for you	Carpenters	Other + Compilation	-2023

recording of:	(They Long to Be) Close to You (cover)

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!) 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

referred to in medleys:	Carpenters Medley (single mix) (order: 5)
later parody versions:	[Colostomy]
later translated versions:	Bij je zijn Nah bei dir 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)