Close to Me
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| Single by The Cure | ||
| from the album The Head on the Door | ||
| Released | September 17, 1985 | |
| Format | 7", 12" | |
| Recorded | Angel Studios, London, 1985 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:24 | |
| Label | Fiction Records | |
| Producer(s) | Robert Smith Dave Allen |
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| The Cure singles chronology | ||
| "In Between Days" (1985) |
"Close to Me" (1985) |
"Half an Octopuss" / "Quadpus" (1985) |
"Close to Me" is the name of a 1985 single by The Cure from their album The Head on the Door. The song was used as the theme music for the BBC sitcom The Smoking Room.
[edit] History
There are two versions of "Close To Me", one with wind instruments and one without. The version without wind instruments is on The Head On The Door while the version with wind instruments is on Staring at the Sea: the Singles. The version with wind instruments also includes a long creaking sound in the beginning. This sound comes from the beginning of the music video that was shot for "Close To Me", which features the band trapped in a cupboard that is falling off of a cliff into an ocean.
French recording act -M- recorded a cover version of the song on his album Je Dis Aime in 1999. The lyrics were translated into French, with the exception of the words "close to me" which were kept in English.
[edit] Track listing
7" Single
- "Close to Me" (Robert Smith)
- "A Man Inside My Mouth"
12" Single
- "Close to Me (Long Mix)"
- "A Man Inside My Mouth"
- "Stop Dead"
[edit] Personnel
- Robert Smith - vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Laurence Tolhurst - keyboards
- Porl Thompson - guitars, keyboards
- Simon Gallup - basses
- Boris Williams - drums, percussion
