Peak
6
Weeks
26
Score
3,626
Chart Year
1976
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"Get Closer" is the title track from Seals & Crofts eighth studio album, released when they were surfing the peak of their success. The duo - Jim Seals and Dash Crofts - wrote the song together. Guest star on backing vocals: Carolyn Willis. You might remember her from the late-'60s/early-'70s R&B vocal trio, The Honey Cone, best known for their 1971 single "Want Ads." This recording just happens to have come along shortly after Seals & Crofts played the famous California Jam of 1974, where they shared a stage with... Black Sabbath, The Eagles, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Deep Purple, and Earth Wind & Fire. The diverse lineup was telecast in part on an ABC special, giving the duo newfound fame. Listen to this song and look at the album cover for Get Closer. Not at all what you'd expect from looking at the picture, is it? The photo says "Rolling-Stone-inspired, Cheech and Chong tokin' madmen" while the song is so consumer friendly, it's practically shrink-wrapped. Seals and Crofts are both members of the Baha'i faith - so much so that they'd frequently close their live concerts by passing out literature and preaching onstage about their religion. Baha'i is an original type of religion which unifies beliefs in Abraham, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, in a kind of unified religion in which all of the central figures of other religions are prophets in this one, along with introducing two of its own prophets, the Bab and Baha'u'llah. This integration is so tight that typical decorations on Baha'i temples might include symbols from other religions woven into the design. It's kind of an Esperanto of religions!
Darling if you want me to be closer to you Get closer to me Darling if you want me to be closer to you Get closer to me Darling if you want me to love, love only you Then love only me Darling if you want me to see, see only you Then see only me There's a line that I can't cross over It's no good for me and it's no good for you And that feeling deep down inside me I can't explain it and you're wondering why You say we been like strangers But I'm not the others you can hang by your fingers Darling if you want me to be closer to you Get closer to me Darling if you want me to be closer to you Get closer to me Darling if you want me to love, love only you Then love only me Darling if you want me to see, see only you Then see only me There was a time I would come running Drop everything for the touch of your hand in mine You were blind And now you regret it 'Cause I can't forget it It's locked in my mind And I can't go on living Wondering if you'll be here tomorrow People change and you're changing And I've given you my all That no one can borrow Darling if you want me to be closer to you Get closer to me Darling if you want me to be closer to you Get closer to me Darling if you want me to be closer to you Get closer to me...
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 17, 1976 | 82 | 44 |
| 2 | Apr 24, 1976 | 78 | 48 |
| 3 | May 1, 1976 | 74 | 52 |
| 4 | May 8, 1976 | 69 | 57 |
| 5 | May 15, 1976 | 58 | 68 |
| 6 | May 22, 1976 | 48 | 78 |
| 7 | May 29, 1976 | 41 | 85 |
| 8 | Jun 5, 1976 | 34 | 92 |
| 9 | Jun 12, 1976 | 30 | 96 |
| 10 | Jun 19, 1976 | 26 | 100 |
| 11 | Jun 26, 1976 | 22 | 104 |
| 12 | Jul 3, 1976 | 20 | 106 |
| 13 | Jul 10, 1976 | 18 | 108 |
| 14 | Jul 17, 1976 | 16 | 110 |
| 15 | Jul 24, 1976 | 6 | 120 |
| 16 | Jul 31, 1976 | 6 | 120 |
| 17 | Aug 7, 1976 | 13 | 113 |
| 18 | Aug 14, 1976 | 11 | 115 |
| 19 | Aug 21, 1976 | 9 | 117 |
| 20 | Aug 28, 1976 | 9 | 117 |