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In 1970, "(They Long to Be) Close to You" was released by the Carpenters on their album Close to You (1970) and became their breakthrough hit. Believing the original title to be too long, Richard Carpenter added parentheses around "They Long to Be". [ 9 ]
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" was the first Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition, with some original lyrics by Cathy Steeves, that Carpenters covered. The song was recorded several times by various artists during the 1960s but without popular success.
Following their hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You" onto the charts, "We've Only Just Begun" hit No. 1 on the Cash Box singles chart and No. 2 on the U.S.Billboard Hot 100 behind the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" and the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You", becoming the pair's second million-selling gold single, spending nine weeks in the ...
(I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You: Horizon: 1975: 1975: Bettis, Carpenter (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me: Carpenters: 1971: 1971: Bacharach, David (They Long to Be) Close to You: Close to You: 1970: 1970: Bacharach, David (Want You) Back in My Life Again: Made in America: 1981: 1981: Chater, Christian: A Song for You# ...
The Carpenters released ten albums during their active career, of which five contained two or more top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 (Close to You, Carpenters, A Song for You, Now & Then, and Horizon). Ten singles were certified gold by the RIAA, and twenty-two peaked in the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Within a year, they rose to prominence with their chart-topping single "(They Long to Be) Close to You", a Burt Bacharach and Hal David composition that had not been commercially successful when it was recorded by television star Richard Chamberlain in 1963.
"Rainy Days and Mondays" (1991 Remix) — from the album Carpenters "Top of the World" (Single Version) — from the album A Song for You "Make Believe It's Your First Time" — from the album Voice of the Heart "I Just Fall in Love Again" — from the album Passage "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1991 Remix) — from the album Close to You
The track "Ticket to Ride", a Beatles song that later became the album's title track, was released as the Carpenters' first single; it reached No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100. [40] Their next album, 1970's Close to You, featured two hit singles: "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun". They peaked at No. 1 and No. 2 ...