(They Long to Be) Close to You

Name: (They Long to Be) Close to You
Duration: 3 min 32 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.8	(They Long to Be) Close to You	3:32	The Ventures	The Ventures Play The Carpenters	The Ventures	Album	US1974-07	United Artists	LA231G
1.20	(They Long to Be) Close to You	3:34	The Ventures	The Jim Croce Song Book / The Ventures Play the Carpenters	The Ventures	Album + Compilation	US1997	One Way Records (US label specialized in reissues of classic rock-albums)	72438 19392 22

recording of:	(They Long to Be) Close to You (cover, instrumental)

lyricist:	Hal David
composer:	Burt Bacharach

publisher:	Albert Music Publishing Blue Seas Music, Inc. BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (Hal David) (not for release label use!) Carlin Music Corporation Casa David LP Jac Music, Inc. New Hidden Valley Music Co. U.S. Songs, Inc. フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部

referred to in medleys:	Carpenters Medley (single mix) (order: 5)
later translated versions:	Bij je zijn Nah bei dir Stretto a te (Close to You) カフェにて
is the basis for:	Close to You