Close to You
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Close to You by Frank Ocean
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“Close To You” is a cover of Stevie Wonder’s cover of “Close To You” by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. You can read more about Stevie’s cover here.
This brief track follows the “Facebook Story” told by French producer SebastiAn, whose ex-lover longed to be close to them, albeit through electronic me...
Close to You Lyrics
[Verse: Frank Ocean]
I'll be honest, I wasn't devastated
But you could've held my hand through this, baby
Let my mind run underneath warm jets
I run my hands through what's left
But we're getting older, baby
Don't have much longer, baby
Why am I preaching
To this choir, to this atheist?
Just like mine, versions of these belong to you
After a while, they're keeping me close to you
[Outro: Stevie Wonder]
Just like me, they long to be close to you
Close to You Q&A
Who wrote Close to You's ?
Close to You was written by Frank Ocean & Buddy Ross & Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Bacharach & David.
Who produced Close to You's ?
Close to You was produced by Frank Ocean & Buddy Ross & Francis and the Lights.
When did Frank Ocean release Close to You?
Frank Ocean released Close to You on Sat Aug 20 2016.
Have Frank's vocals been modified on "Close To You"?
Frank appears to be using the “Prisimizer” effect, developed by Francis and the Lights and heard on “Summer Friends” and “All We Got” from Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book.
Francis confirmed this on Twitter:
The effect builds a choral harmonization around the vocal track to make it sound like lay...
isn't there something of the song "Close to you" by The Carpenters?
Yes, Frank sampled a remix of “Close to You” by The Carpenters. This remix was made by Stevie Wonder and titled “Talkbox Medley (Close To You / Never Can Say)”.
What did Frank Ocean say about "Close to You"?
From his 2019 GQ interview:
I was living in a hotel, and I remember listening to it and being really nailed to the floor by Stevie Wonder’s interpretation of it. That version moved into my favorite-songs-of-all-time list, right there with Prince’s “When You Were Mine.” I don’t know what creates tha...