Get Closer (song)

"Get Closer"
Single by Seals and Crofts featuring Carolyn Willis
from the album Get Closer
B-side"Don't Fail"
ReleasedApril 1976
GenreBlue-eyed soul[1]
Length3:57
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)Jim Seals, Dash Crofts
Producer(s)Louie Shelton
Seals and Crofts featuring Carolyn Willis 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. It is the title track of their eighth studio album, Get Closer and reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 16 song of 1976.[3]

In Canada, the song reached No. 19 on the pop singles chart. On the Adult Contemporary chart it was a major hit, reaching No. 1.[4]

"Get Closer" features vocals by former Honey Cone member Carolyn Willis. In 2004, the duo released a new recording of it on their final album, Traces. This version features vocals by their daughters, Juliet Seals Crossley and Lua Crofts.

Jim Seals' brother England Dan had a top 10 song at the same time with "Nights Are Forever Without You".[5][6]

  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (2014). "Before and After the Gold Rush: Laurel Canyon". Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 302.
  2. ^ "Seals & Crofts - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Songs of 1976 - Billboard Year End Charts". Bob Borst's Home of Pop Culture. Archived from the original on 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  4. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  5. ^ Craddock, Van (August 31, 1990). "Happy with Music". Longview News-Journal. pp. 1C, 7C – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Singer Dan Seals schedules concert in Artisia school". Carlsbad Current-Argus. October 18, 1990. p. A-12 – via newspapers.com.