Get Closer (song)

"Get Closer"
Single by Seals and Crofts
from the album Get Closer
B-side	"Don't Fail"
Released	April 1976
Format	7" single
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:45
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s)	Jim Seals, Dash Crofts
Producer(s)	Louie Shelton
Seals and Crofts singles chronology
"Baby I'll Give It To You" (1976) "Get Closer" (1976) "Goodbye Old Buddies" (1977)

"Get Closer" is a song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, released as a single in 1976. The song is the title track of their eighth studio album, Get Closer. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100^[1] and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 16 song of 1976.^[2]

In Canada, the song reached #19 on the pop singles chart. On the Adult Contemporary chart it was a major hit, reaching number one.^[3]

The song features vocals by former Honey Cone member, Carolyn Willis.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles[4]	19
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Rank
Canada[5]	152
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6]	16

References

1. "Seals & Crofts - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
2. "Top 100 Songs of 1976 - Billboard Year End Charts". Bob Borst's Home of Pop Culture.
3. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
4. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
5. "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
6. "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics