"Get Closer" is a song by American
soft rock
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duo
Seals and Crofts
Seals and Crofts was an American soft rock duo made up of James Eugene Seals (October 17, 1942 – June 6, 2022) and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1938) They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze (song), Summer Breeze" (1 ...
, released as a single in 1976. The song is the title track of their eighth studio album, ''
Get Closer''. It reached No. 6 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 2 on the
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
chart. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 16 song of 1976.
In Canada, the song reached No. 19 on the pop singles chart. On the Adult Contemporary chart it was a major hit, reaching number one.
The song features vocals by former
Honey Cone
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member Carolyn Willis. In 2004, the duo released a new recording of this song 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
"Nights Are Forever Without You" is a song written by Parker McGee and first recorded by the soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley. It was released as the second single from their 1976 album ''Nights Are Forever'', following up on their t ...
".
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1976 songs
1976 singles
Seals and Crofts songs
James & Bobby Purify songs
Songs written by James Seals
Warner Records singles
Mercury Records singles
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