50+ Music<p>"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurtBacharach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurtBacharach</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HalDavid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HalDavid</span></a> with sections of the early version written by Cathy Steeves. The best-known version is that recorded by American duo <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theCarpenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theCarpenters</span></a> for their second studio album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CloseToYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloseToYou</span></a> (1970) and produced by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JackDaugherty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackDaugherty</span></a>. Released on May 14, 1970, the single topped both the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AdultContemporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdultContemporary</span></a> charts. It also reached the top of the Canadian and Australian charts. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFx-5PGLgb4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=iFx-5PGLgb4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>