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#carpenters #closetoyou #apocalypse We have something extra special for you this week! We got together with @madaboutlemon and went back in time to the support us by downloading our music Inspired by the #apocalypse #game #fallout we went back to the 50s and recorded this song in a bunker in our last beautiful clothes. You haven’t heard about Mad About Lemon yet? Check out some of their videos on youtube. We were so lucky to record a wonderful collection of videos with them. Heidi Erler, Mimi Schmidt and Anna Widaeur. Also joined this time by the fantastic Flo Hupfauf and on the snare Manu Plattner. filmed by: edited and mixed: color grading: Franco Marco Avi () location: @nowherevintage Innsbruck “(They Long to Be) Close to You“ is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The best-known version is that recorded by American duo the Carpenters for their second studio album #closetoyou (1970) and produced by Jack Daugherty. Released on May 14, 1970, the single topped both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. It also reached the top of the Canadian and Australian charts and peaked at number six on the charts of both the UK and Ireland. The record was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in August 1970. Early versions The song was first recorded by Richard Chamberlain and released as a single in 1963 as “They Long to Be Close to You“. However, while the single’s other side, “Blue Guitar“, became a hit, “They Long to Be Close to You“ did not. The tune was also recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick in 1963, was re-recorded with a Burt Bacharach arrangement for her album Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964), and was released as the B-side of her 1965 single “Here I Am“. Dusty Springfield recorded the song in August 1964, but her version was not released commercially until it appeared on her album Where Am I Going? (1967). Bacharach released his own version in 1971. But the version recorded by Carpenters with instrumental backing by L.A. studio musicians from the Wrecking Crew, which became a hit in 1970, was the most successful. Carpenters version Karen and Richard Carpenter recorded the most successful version of the song 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. The song stayed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks. “(They Long to Be) Close to You“ was named Billboard’s Song of the Summer for 1970. Bacharach and David gave Herb Alpert the song after he scored a number one hit in 1968 with “This Guy’s in Love with You“, which the duo had also written. Alpert recorded the song, but he was displeased with the recording and did not release it. After the Carpenters achieved their first chart success with “Ticket to Ride“ in 1969, Alpert convinced them to record their version of the song, believing it was well-suited for them. Carpenter and Alpert collaborated on the song, and the finished product was a 4-minute, 36-second long song. When A&M Records decided to remove the extended coda and release it as a 3-minute, 40-second long single in May 1970, it became A&M’s biggest hit since Alpert’s “This Guy’s in Love with You“ from 1968. Billboard ranked it as the number two song for 1970.
