Close to You

Maxi Priest * Track #2 On Bonafide

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Album Bonafide

ALBUM

Maxi Priest

1990

Close to You by Maxi Priest

Release Date

Sun Jul 08 1990

Performed by

Maxi Priest

Produced by

Sly Dunbar & Handel Tucker & Geoffrey Chung

Writed by

Winston Sela & Gary Benson & Maxi Priest

About

British born reggae fusion artist Maxi Priest already had three full-length albums under his belt when he dropped the hit first single on his album Bonafide. One of only two British reggae songs to accomplish the feat, Close To You topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a week in October of 1990. Surprisi...

Close to You Lyrics

[Verse 1]
She was a Jezebel
Miss Brixton queen
Living her life like a bad sweet dream
Telling me lies when the truth was clear
I think she knew what I wanted to hear

Spinning around
Like a wheel on fire
Walking the tightrope on love's highwire
A fatal attraction is where I'm at
There's no escaping me

[Chorus]
I just wanna be close to you
And do all the things you want me to
I just wanna be close to you
And show you the way I feel

[Verse 2]
I feel love
When I'm lying in the midnight hour
Holding you's just like a dream
Love is never what it seems

When we touch
And you're holding me the way you feel
Girl, you make my dreams come true
You make my dreams come true

[Chorus]
I just wanna be close to you
And do all the things you want me to
I just wanna be close to you
And show you the way I feel

[Verse 3]
She was a Gemini on the cusp of Mars
She holds me back
But she goes too far
Winding me up just to let me down

So emotional
Gagged and bound
There's more to this than meets the eye

A devil woman locked inside
With the formal rising
I was scared
I think I was possesed

[Chorus]
I just wanna be close to you
And do all the things you want me to
I just wanna be close to you
And show you the way I feel

I feel love
Everytime your body's next to mine
Somethin' deep inside of me
Wants to love you endlessly

When we touch
Girl, you don't know
How it makes me feel
I just can't believe it's real
I can't believe it's real!

I just wanna be close to you
And do all the things you want me to
I just wanna be close to you
And show you the way I feel

[Verse 4]
She had an attitude
I can't explain
You never know if your in flame
Tying me up with elastic words
I'm on a countdown till I get hurt

Her blood was hot
She burned so bright
A neon sign there in the night
It's hard to say if I went too far
My heart still bears a scar

[Chorus]
I just wanna be close to you
I just wanna be close to you
I just wanna be close to you
(She was a Jezebel
This bursting queen
Living her life like a bad sweet dream)

Telling me lies
When the truth was clear
I think she knew what I wanted to hear

I just wanna be close to you
(Spinning around like a wheel on fire)
Walkin' the tightrope on love's highwire
A fatal attraction is where I'm at
There's no escaping me

I wanna be close to you
And do all the things you want me to
I just wanna be close to you
(I just wanna be close to you, baby)
And show you the way I feel

I just wanna be close to you
And do all the things you want me to
I just wanna be close to you
And show you the way I feel

Close to You Q&A

Who wrote Close to You's ?

Close to You was written by Winston Sela & Gary Benson & Maxi Priest.

Who produced Close to You's ?

Close to You was produced by Sly Dunbar & Handel Tucker & Geoffrey Chung.

When did Maxi Priest release Close to You?

Maxi Priest released Close to You on Sun Jul 08 1990.

What did Maxi Priest say about "Close to You"?

Max told Songfacts:

I was in my Jeep on my way to a session with (co-writers) Gary Benson and Winston Sela. We were writing for the next album. It was a bright, sunny day, my sunroof was down, and I was just watching the road and watching people go by and then all of a sudden, I just started singin...

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