(They Long to Be) Close to You

Name: (They Long to Be) Close to You
Duration: 2 min 58 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.7	(They Long to Be) Close to You	2:58	Josie and the Pussycats	Stop, Look, and Listen: The Capitol Recordings	Josie and the Pussycats	Album + Compilation	US2001	Rhino Handmade	RHM2 7783

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)