Come a Little Bit Closer

"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans that reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, making it the band's highest ranking single ever (it remains their most popular song, according to the Last.fm song rankings).^[1]^[2] It also peaked at number 4 on the Cashbox chart and at number 1 on RPM's singles chart. Due to the song's popularity, the band was able to join the Beatles on their first American tour, along with the Righteous Brothers.^[3]

It was written by songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, as well as Wes Farrell, and became Boyce and Hart's first top-10 hit.^[4]

Lyrics

The lyrics tell the story of a young maiden who belongs to "José", but seduces the narrator until he is lovestricken. Eventually, José arrives and the narrator flees, only to see the maiden use the same seductive tactics on José.

Popular culture

The song was featured on the 2006 Gilmore Girls episode "The Great Stink" and was covered by The Iguanas for the 1996 film, The Big Squeeze, starring Lara Flynn Boyle and Danny Nucci.In 2014 the song was featured in the Showtime hit series, Ray Donovan in the season opener.

References

↑ AllMusic.com Retrieved February 4, 2012.
↑ Last.fm Retrieved February 4, 2012.
↑ Brooklyn Eagle
↑ SongFacts.com Retrieved February 4, 2012.

Jay and the Americans

Sandy Deanne Howie Kane Jay Reincke Marty Sanders Jay Traynor Kenny Vance Jay Black

Studio albums	She Cried Come a Little Bit Closer Blockbusters Sunday and Me Livin' Above Your Head Try Some of This! Sands of Time Wax Museum Capture the Moment

Singles	"She Cried" "Come a Little Bit Closer" "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" "Cara Mia" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Sunday and Me" "Crying" "No Other Love" "This Magic Moment" "Walkin' in the Rain" "There Goes My Baby"

Cover songs	"Here, There and Everywhere" "Hushabye" "It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World" "Maria" "Monday, Monday" "Nature Boy" "Since I Don't Have You" "Solitary Man" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "Tonight"

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Johnny Duncan

Singles	"Here We Go Again" "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better" "Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Janie Fricke) "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)" "Slow Dancing"

Janie Fricke

Studio albums	It Ain't Easy Black and White

Notable singles	"Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Johnny Duncan) "Please Help Me I'm Falling (In Love with You)" "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" "Down to My Last Broken Heart" "Pride" "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" "Do Me with Love" "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" "You Don't Know Love" "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" "Tell Me a Lie" "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" "If the Fall Don't Get You" "Your Heart's Not in It" "The First Word in Memory Is Me" "She's Single Again" "Somebody Else's Fire" "Easy to Please" "Always Have, Always Will" "When a Woman Cries"

Guest singles	"On My Knees" (with Charlie Rich) "A Place to Fall Apart" (with Merle Haggard)

Related articles	Discography Columbia Records Larry Gatlin Tommy Hunter

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