| "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" | ||||
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| Single by Aaron Tippin | ||||
| from the album Tool Box | ||||
| B-side | "She Feels Like a Brand New Man Tonight" | |||
| Released | August 28, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Sally Dworsky, Paul Jefferson, Jan Leyers | |||
| Producer | Steve Gibson | |||
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"That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was released in August 1995 as the lead-off single to his 1995 album Tool Box. It peaked at number one in the United States, and #10 in Canada. Paul Jefferson, who co-wrote the song, later recorded a rendition as the B-side to his 1996 debut single "Check Please."[1] It was written by Sally Dworsky, Paul Jefferson, and Jan Leyers.
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The song deals with unrequited love and a man's angst as he loves someone from a distance.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "eloquent and thoughtful expression of unrequited love." She goes on to say that Gibson's "fine production does justice to the lyric, and Tippin's vocal reflects a broader range and more emotional depth than conveyed on previous outings."[2]
The music video is entirely in black and white, and it was directed by Michael Salomon. The video peaked at #1 on CMT's Top 12 Countdown (now CMT's Top 20 Countdown), in December 1995, about the same time that the song itself was also number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in America.
"That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 2, 1995.
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks [3] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 [3] | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 10 |
| Preceded by "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single December 23-December 30, 1995 |
Succeeded by "Rebecca Lynn" by Bryan White |
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