(They Long to Be) Close to You (Surround Sound)

Name: (They Long to Be) Close to You
Duration: 3 min 40 s

~ Recording by Carpenters

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.20	(They Long to Be) Close to You	3:40	Carpenters	Singles 1969-1981	Carpenters	Album + Compilation	US2004	A&M Records	B0002996-36
1.1	(They Long to Be) Close to You	3:43	Carpenters	They Write The Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU-	Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV)	DIN216D

other databases:	https://www.whosampled.com/Carpenters/(They-Long-to-Be)-Close-to-You/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/4750 [info]

recording of:	(They Long to Be) Close to You (on 1970-03-24: 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)