Warwick, Dionne - Close To You Lyrics






Why do birds suddenly apear
Every time you are near?
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

On the day that you were born
And the angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust
In your hair of gold
And starlight 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

On the day that you were born
And the angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust
In your hair of gold
And starlight 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
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you





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  1. i.... ....

    You don't have to choose just one favorite version. I myself didn't.

  2. J.... D....

    Another Canadian. Spending the whole night

  3. j.... ....

    I get goosebumps every time I hear Miss Dionne .

  4. j.... n....

    This is not the original version of the song. It was released by Richard Chamberlain before this.

  5. b.... ....

    Thanks very much for posting, but Jeez, is this a car crash.

  6. s.... n....

    This song brings tears to my eyes. My mom loved this song. Now I understand why she loved it. Love this song. She use to sing this to me.

  7. R.... L....

    Karen's is better

  8. R.... R....

    This is perfection

  9. s.... g....

    this is nice too

  10. T.... ....

    Dionne + Burt = true Standard version

  11. V.... M....

    The best version is Karen Carpenter always and forever

  12. C.... M....

    I am a shaking 22 year old black homosexual 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  13. C.... M....

    These lyrics!!!!

  14. C.... M....

    I just listened to “The Carpenters” version.. WHAT PART OF THEIR VERSION IS SUPERIOR TO THIS ONE AGAIN?!?!!! DIONNE GAVE THIS SUCH A MYSTICAL AND SPECIAL SULTRY ESSENCE. UNMATCHED!!!

  15. M.... ....

    Dusty Springfield had the best version of them all.

    M.... ....

    on which planet?

  16. R.... S....

    First time I've heard this version. Very interesting. He did hold in those quintuplets with Dionne as he also insisted on the Carpenter's version.

  17. D.... X....

    🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
    ✨✨✨ KAREN ✨✨✨
    ⭐️⭐️ 💛 ⭐️⭐️

  18. L.... G....

    Great Lady, Great Singer. 💜🤓

  19. s.... ....

    I always loved this version of the song because I was very much in to Dionne Burt and Hal aat that time. They are both excellent and very different. You can enjoy them both without taking sides.

    s.... ....

    sagahammer me too. Dionne Warwick was my absolute favorite female vocalists when I was a teen. I loved this soulful version of this song far better than the Carpenters. Although The Carpenters had their hit version at a time I was dating a really special guy.

  20. M.... M....

    Dionne is always a little out of key/out of tune as she is here. She is not even in the same class as Karen Carpenter. Her niece Whitney Houston was much better than Dionne.

    M.... M....

    Wow that's rude and nasty of you to make that sort of off base assessment. No singer is perfect all the time. I'm sure Karen and Whitney has their share of clunkers, too! Ok, so this specific song wasn't particularly suited for Dionne Warwick's voice. She is a but staccato in parts while Karen's version has more of a flow, but you can't deny that Dionne had some winners like "Walk On By" and the theme from Valley of the Dolls. Burt Bacharach entrusted a lot of his music to Dionne. He is a great composer and arranger, so are you saying he was lacking judgement? Or are you just some talentless nobody who is simply jealous?

    M.... M....

    Mr. Mike ...Where did you ever get a crazy statement like that, young man? It's a good thing Karen and Whitney aren't around. They would have bitten your head off behind that. It's obvious you've only heard The Carpenters' version. You're also tone deaf.

  21. T.... L....

    I'll settle this dispute: Not a perfect recording, but what a groove!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrTcNT_3knc

    "This song was originally given to Herb Alpert as a follow up to his number one hit, "This Guy's in Love with You", another Bacharach-David composition. Alpert was not thrilled with his version and shelved the recording."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(They_Long_to_Be)_Close_to_You

  22. G.... F....

    Bello l'arrangiamento !

  23. p.... ....

    A black woman singing to a white dude in that era?? Baltsy indeed.

    p.... ....

    That's what the industry made black female singers do.

  24. D.... D....

    Dionne did her best interpretation, but this song is indeed Karen's .. One thing good about Dionne & Burt Bacharach was them admitting Karen Carpenters voice & Richard's arrangement sealed the deal and they themselves were in awe of the success this song made in the charts! Yes, I love Karen's version, the best, one and only kind! Its her song .... 2018 now and we are still watching <3

    D.... D....

    I'd put it this way. If Karen sung this arrangement, the song wouldn't be any better, any more memorable. But Dionne could have sung Richard's arrangement and had similar success to Karen's.

  25. D.... Y....

    She killed this song!

  26. J.... M....

    Frank Ocean's live version will probably forever be my favorite.

  27. A.... L....

    Who's here because of attention, love! Lol

  28. A.... E....

    Lovely, classy Song..Burt Bacharach..you're Great..another McGill Grad..great things come out of Montreal...lol

  29. l.... r....

    Sublime.abrs

  30. A.... ....

    A great song can be a fit in many ways--this has to be one of the first recordings of it featuring jazz legends Dinah Washington & Lionel Hampton>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzlRGf1F5XY

  31. S.... M....

    THE JAM ALL TOP PRO'S SING.

  32. D.... d....

    love dionne, aber thizz sucks

  33. C.... A....

    Both versions, Chamberlain's and Worwick, are very good. But Karen's voice is unique, perfect...the most beautiful that evet I heard in my whole life...and the Richard's arrengments are perfect, perfect for Karen.

  34. T.... P....

    "...why do stars fall down from the sky...and decided to create a dream come true..."

    T.... P....

    #DiscoPope I Love You

    T.... P....

    #BIGLOVE >> #DISCOTERRY << #BIGLOVE

    💋🌹💚😍💋🌹💚😍💋🌹💚😍

  35. J.... M....

    I never knew that Dionne recorded this. Dionne would have nailed it with the Carpenters' arrangement. Dionne is one of the few close to being in Karen's league. What a difference arrangement can make.

    J.... M....

    The song is different with the change of rhythm, either version is good but I prefer this one. But I'm biased.

    J.... M....

    @sagahammer everyone is biased. I love Dionne's singing. Of course this is a Bacharach David song. I did not know that. I heard that Burt gave this song to Richard Carpenter when the Carpenters were in a dry spell knowing Richard would do something special with it. I think he did.  

    J.... M....

    I was numero uno fan of Dionne and found her voice and the Bacharach/David arrangement preferable to any artist during that period but the Carpenters rendition of this is far superior to what I'm listening to now. I remember when this first came out and thought how this sounded like Dionne and how much better she would have made this song. I was wrong - dead wrong. The Carpenters nailed it.

    J.... M....

    65motowngirl Sit down!

  36. A.... B....

    Not every song should be sung by anyone. Burt really blew it on this one. Dionne voice doesn't fit this song.

    A.... B....

    Wrong!!

    A.... B....

    Listen again. Has nothing to do with the difference between Karen's and Dionne's voices and everything to do with the difference between Richard's and Burt's arrangements. If you switched voices, Dionne would have had just as big a hit as Karen had with it. Indeed, Karen had an amazing voice. But Richard Carpenter doesn't get anywhere near the credit for the Carpenter's success that he deserves. Burt "blew it" with his arrangement, not his choice of singers.

    A.... B....

    Spot on, buddy!

    A.... B....

    Rubbish this is a beautiful arrangement and underscores the quality of the singing. As i heard this version long before the Carpenters it is the definitive version for me.

    A.... B....

    The arrangement is terrible. It's why a scant few would even know this song existed were it not for Richard's arrangement.

  37. R.... ....

    Burt Bacharach offered "Close to me" to the Carpenters but wouldn't allow Richard to hear the Dionne Warwick version on purpose.

    This was because he recognized Richard's genius in taking a song and making it his own. In a later interview Richard said that when he finally DID hear Dionne Warwick's version he was stunned how different it was from the song he and Karen recorded.

    R.... ....

    thanks for the info!

    R.... ....

    Yeah, but Dionne did it first to me both songs are very similar and beautiful...

    R.... ....

    Carpenters put a sway, swing, a shuffle, into it that makes it flow, this one sort of plods along, of course Warwick's vocal is sublime, it's the backing

    R.... ....

    Sung with soul and passion..my personal best rendition.....

  38. A.... L....

    The very first recording of this song was by Richard Chamberlain, as stated by Burt Bacharach, the writer of the song, on "The Carpenters:Close to You" on PBS

  39. s.... ....

    While its nice song but the arrangement is weak and it did not properly utilized Warwick's superb vocal talent. No wonder it was tucked on the B-side.

    s.... ....

    you got it

  40. M.... H....

    Well, Bacharach admitted himself that he missed the boat on this one and that Richard Carpenter's arrangement was the best version of the song. That's a true artist when you can admit that another artist made your work better.

    M.... H....

    +JMCNYC79 ...plus I'm sure he made a ton of money on residuals after The Carpenters turned it into a smash hit.

    M.... H....

    And that is what art should be -- one artist borrowing and even improving on another's work, hence growth all around. 9/2018

  41. �.... ....

    恋よさようなら…シットリして本当に良い曲
    大好きな曲♪
    ありがとうございました♪

  42. H.... ....

    Happy birthday Burt!

  43. J.... E....

    Burt B.didn't get the groove on the arrangement. He was amazed and delighted at how good this song sounded when R. Carpenter did find the groove in his arrangement of this.

    J.... E....

    Burt Bacharach songs are difficult to sing unless The Carpenter or Luther or Aretha puts their own spin on it and make it theirs.

  44. L.... ....

    my personal favorite

  45. j.... w....

    bardhi01...no flippin way.
    utada hikaru version is waaaay to heavy on the instrumentation...too loud and focused.
    the carpenters perfected the song and dionne did very good

  46. D.... F....

    after the initial demo recording , burt rerecorded this song for the 1964 album make way for dionne warwick , six years later the carpenters made it a hit single selling more than two million copies in the us alone , whatever his personal feelings , he was not going to disagree with the BUYING public . no sir .

  47. E.... ....

    The best version (after the Carpenters') is the one of Trijntje Oosterhuis. Pure, smooth, tender and melodious. This one is OK. 

    E.... ....

    Who is that?  I didn't even know Warwick recorded it first?

    E.... ....

    +smotnick she didn't, Richard Chamberlain actually recorded it first and it was a miss for him too!!

  48. m.... a....

    perchè  non si scrivono più canzoni così ?

  49. A.... G....

    Absolutely! Not even close!

  50. s.... ....

    I watched a documentary on BBC, it is said that this is the first version of the song. Richard Carpenter re-arranged and sounded very new. Dionne and Karen's versions are both very beautiful. :)

  51. J.... M....

    Nah. Like Karen's version better. More innocent. More young. Voice like smoking wood, like buttah. To this day, at Christmas, her voice stops me in my tracks. Great singers both though. Dionne's great, not here though.

  52. S.... H....

    dionne's version is better but burt own version is closer to the feeling of this gem,,for dionne was a filler song(she sung the demo for Richard chamberlain),but thanks the carpenters the song came a classic

  53. d.... ....

    Oh, I certainly respect your opinion Karen was beautiful, magical, and had a gorgeous voice and musical ability. Richard's arrangement was incredible. I'm just partial to the original version, that's all. It's shameful that we had to lose Karen so soon. She deserved so much more.

  54. 1.... ....

    I disagree. I LOVE DIONNE BUT The Carpenters came along 6 yrs later and made it a # 1 hit.

  55. n.... ....

    I read some of these "arguments" on love song pages and understand why the pharmaceutical companies are getting rich. Everyone calm down. All versions are lovely....

  56. m.... ....

    Double LOL back attya! Soul, eh? Hmm -- so all those countless industry executives and artists who have attested to Karen Carpenter's ability to make each song feel like it was sung directly to you, her warmth, her song stylist technique, her haunting qualities -- that doesn't speak to the "soul" of her music. Or wait -- you couldn't be so shallow as to be using the word "soul" as I knew you would??? Triple LOL! LOL to the 4th Power!

  57. i.... ....

    Lol, the writer of the song means to give it the body, okay? It's the singer who give the song the soul. And soul is much more important than the look. You can be impressed when you first look at someone or something beautiful. But it's the soul and the quality of it make it stay in your heart. The Carpenter and Bacharach did a very good job give the song a beautiful look then. And it's just because you or the composer prefer the version doesn't mean it is absolutely dominate over the others.

  58. m.... ....

    really?. so Bacharach was just blowing smoke when he claims the carpenter's was better? the guy who wrote the song, and probably has a substantial ego about his abilities (he arranged Dionne's version) gave it up to Richard and Karen. Sure, okay.

  59. j.... ....

    Im sorry The Carpenters and Dionnes version is alright but I love Isaac Hayes version

  60. H.... J....

    OMG ! i just know that it had an original version than Carpenter version ! and it was better !!!!

  61. R.... K....

    Damn, I must have typed incorrectly. I'm 50 years old. I very much remember listening to this in 1970. What was I thinking, or NOT thinking heh heh. But, what the hay. We all fuck up sometimes!

  62. d.... ....

    I heard the Carpenters version first, but I actually like this one better.

    I may be the only one, lol.

  63. P.... A....

    This version is amazing! I love it! BUT, no version of this song has ever beaten the Carpenetrs version! Richard Carpenter made the best arrangement, what abot the WAAHs? And Karen's voice! Many big voices have sung Close to you! Many beautiful voices, like Dionne! But, to me, it belongs to Karen Carpenter, hers is the most beautiful voice and interpretation! I'm sure Bacharach himself would agree! He has said it once, that the Carpenters version is the best!

  64. S.... D....

    Burt even said Carpenters was 20 times better with the arrangement and singing

  65. R.... K....

    This shows you just how important arrangement is. It's a great song, but it's missing something in this version, with a great singer like Dionne Warwick, and the other "Golden Throats" version with Richard Chamberlain. Richard Carpenter deserves all the credit for turning this around and into a #1 hit in 1979.

  66. j.... ....

    come on! the Carpenters version is far superior, no brainer,

  67. L.... ....

    the best version being the carpenters

  68. L.... ....

    no disrespect on Dionne and Bacharach because i love them and if it wasn't for bacharach writing this masterpiece it wouldn't have been heard, but even he has admitted it was the best version. It wouldnt have been that famous without the arrangement Richard did for it. Karen had something special. This is still very beautiful but bacharach hit the mark with other tunes for dionne's glorious voice

  69. C.... G....

    *______*

  70. i.... ....

    No, Dionne version is better. It's just becuase you're so used to the Carpenter.

  71. P.... S....

    no the carpenters version is better

    P.... S....

    Comparing Carpenters with The Lady DIONNE WARWICK is a bad joke!

  72. A.... K....

    @Mondibaby Thank you.

  73. M.... ....

    @Bizarronumber4 before ... Dionne recorded the song 6 years prior to the Carpenters 1964 for her third studio album "Make Way for Dionne Warwick" ...

  74. A.... K....

    Was Dionne's version recorded before or after the Carpenters?

  75. d.... ....

    Early Dionne with astounding emotional control and at the same time pouring it out.
    One of my absolute favorites. The album contains so mch more of these gems.
    thank you, Mondibay.

  76. d.... ....

    This will FOREVER be the most beautiful version of this song ever recorded. No one did Bacharach/David songs the way Dionne Warwick did them. No one.