They Long to Be Close to You - Carpenters

They Long to Be Close to You
Music written by: Burt Bacharach
Lyrics written by: Hal David
Comments: From the MGM movie 'Twilight of Honor'.


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Lyrics:
Why do birds suddenly appear, ev'ry time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
Why do stars fall down from the sky, ev'ry time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be close to you.

On the day that you were born the angels got together.
And decided to create a dream come true.
So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
And gold star-light in your eyes of blue.

That is why all the girls in town follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be close to you...

Singers:
1. Richard Chamberlain September 1963 2. Dionne Warwick August 31, 1964 3. Janie Marden March 1965 4. Dusty Springfield November 1967 5. Carpenters (billboard hot 100) May 1970 6. Top of the Pops September 1970 7. Diana Ross November 3, 1970 8. Nancy Wilson November 1970 9. B.J. Thomas November 1970 10. Andy Williams 1970 11. Lawrence Welk featuring The Lawrence Welk Singers 1970 12. Ray Conniff and The Singers 1970 13. Gabor Szabo 1970 14. Frances Yip 1970 15. Johnny Mathis 1970 16. Tommy Roe 1970 17. Samantha Jones 1970 18. Franck Pourcel and His Orchestra 1970 19. Liz Damon's Orient Express 1970 20. Perry Como 1970 21. Claudine Longet February 1971 22. Cilla Black May 14, 1971 23. Eddy Arnold June 1971 24. Akira Fuse October 1, 1971 25. Raffaella Carrà December 1971 26. Leon Spencer 1971 27. The Moments 1971 28. Isaac Hayes 1971 29. Frank Sinatra 1971 30. Vince Hill 1971 31. Karen Wyman 1971 32. Burt Bacharach 1971 33. Ed Ames 1971 34. The Mike Sammes Singers 1971 35. Jerry Butler May 1972 36. The Dells May 1972 37. Jerry Buter featuring Brenda Lee Eager June 1972 38. Richard Evans 1972 39. Engelbert Humperdinck 1972 40. Phillis Dillon 1972 41. Carmen McRae 1972 42. Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers 1972 43. Danny Williams 1972 44. Young-Holt Unlimited 1973 45. Soul Searchers 1974 46. B.T. Express 1975 47. Soirée 1979 48. Sacha Distel 1979 49. Wim Koopmans 1981 50. Lynn Anderson 1982 51. Circle Jerks 1983 52. Gwen Guthrie 1986 53. Anita Meyer 1989 54. Barbra Streisand with Burt Bacharach September 24, 1991 55. The Cranberries 1994 56. Kimiko Itoh 1995 57. Richard Clayderman 1995 58. Yasuko Agawa June 21, 1996 59. Tracy Wong 1996 60. Ana Caram 1996 61. Wayne Horvitz 1997 62. Hannah Cranna January 20, 1998 63. Billy Baxter April 20, 1998 64. Barenaked Ladies 1998 65. Paris Match April 21, 2000 66. Stan Whitmire 2000 67. Melissa Kassel Quintet 2000 68. Petula Clark February 19, 2002 69. The Daniel Lapp Quartet December 18, 2002 70. Susan Wong 2002 71. Angelita Li featuring Hans Ulrik Group 2002 72. Patty Ascher July 31, 2003 73. Marshal & Alexander September 2003 74. Gerald Levert & Tamia October 28, 2003 75. Ronald Isley - Burt Bacharach November 2003 76. Charito 2003 77. Sandra Dudley 2003 78. Bunny Sigler 2003 79. Paul Weller September 13, 2004 80. Rigmor Gustafsson and The Jacky Terrasson Trio October 25, 2004 81. Tuck & Patti 2004 82. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass February 8, 2005 83. Rick Astley 2005 84. Soulbob 2005 85. Pery Ribeiro May 15, 2006 86. Jody Watley August 8, 2006 87. Rosanna October 19, 2006 88. Trijntje Oosterhuis & Metropole Orchestra November 20, 2006 89. Bethany McCade 2006 90. Olivia Ong July 6, 2007 91. Barry Manilow September 18, 2007 92. Mario Biondi and Duke Orchestra November 30, 2007 93. Gail Blanco 2007 94. Michael Ball 2007 95. Nyoy Volante May 6, 2008 96. Steve Tyrell June 24, 2008 97. cbsmgrfc Five feat. Central August 8, 2008 98. Tina Arena November 15, 2008 99. つじあやの March 25, 2009 100. Nicotine June 17, 2009 101. Mary Fletcher August 11, 2009 102. Harry Connick, Jr. August 25, 2009 103. Ann-Mette Elten October 26, 2009 104. Steen Jørgensen & Hannah Schneider November 2, 2009 105. Faryl November 30, 2009 106. Lara Fabian 2009 107. Melora Hardin February 2010 108. Jimmy Jørgensen March 15, 2010 109. Haruomi Hosono April 7, 2010 110. Kayte Strong August 24, 2010 111. Corrinne May 2010 112. Jette Torp September 19, 2011 113. Lin Yu Chun November 18, 2011 114. Sally Night December 19, 2012 115. Sydney Claire 2012 116. Akiko Uesugi 2012 117. Jeffrey Osborne January 29, 2013 118. Marshall Crenshaw April 20, 2013 119. Mario Biondi November 25, 2013 120. Melissa Sweeney 2013 121. Ruben Studdard February 4, 2014 122. Friedrich Liechtenstein October 17, 2014 123. Jacob Collier December 15, 2014 124. Richard Poon 2014 125. 33Tours April 23, 2015 126. John Hollenbeck June 23, 2015 127. Dami Im April 22, 2016 128. Nicki Parrott June 15, 2016 129. Original London Cast [Close to You - Bacharach Reimagined] June 24, 2016

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