Closer to the Heart
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist: | Neil Peart Peter Talbot |
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| composer: | Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson |
| publisher: | Anthem Core Music Publishing フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Rush-closer-to-the-heart-lyrics [info] |
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| other databases: | https://www.whosampled.com/Rush/Closer-to-the-Heart/ [info] |
| Songfacts: | https://www.songfacts.com/facts/rush/closer-to-the-heart [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q5135413 [info] |
| later versions: | Closer to the Heart (Oompah version) |
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| is the basis for: | Closer To The Plot |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1976-12-16 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1976-12-16: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 3:49 |
| 1977-06 | Closer to the Heart | Rush | 2:54 | |
| 1977-09-28 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1977-09-28: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 3:12 |
| 1977-11-19 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1977-11-19: War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 3:19 |
| 1977-11-26 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1977-11-26: Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1977-12-12 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1977-12-12: The Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:28 |
| 1978-02-17 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-02-17: The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland) | live | Rush | 4:27 |
| 1978-02-20 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-02-20: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK) | live | Rush | 3:26 |
| 1978-05-10 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-05-10: Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 3:11 |
| 1978-11-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-11-04: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:20 |
| 1978-11-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-11-04: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:28 |
| 1978-11-20 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 3:34 |
| 1978-11-20 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center Arena, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 3:26 |
| 1978-11-20 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 3:33 |
| 1978-11-20 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1978-11-20 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 3:43 |
| 1978-12-02 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1978-12-02: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Rush | 3:29 |
| 1979-03-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-03-04: Beaumont Civic Center, Beaumont, TX, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1979-05-24 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-05-24: Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway) | live | Rush | 4:02 |
| 1979-05-28 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-05-28: Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany) | live | Rush | 3:21 |
| 1979-05-28 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-05-28: Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany) | live | Rush | 3:20 |
| 1979-06-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-06-04: Pinkpop Festival, Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Geleen, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 4:12 |
| 1979-06-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-06-04: Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Galeen, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 3:16 |
| 1979-06-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-06-04: Pinkpop Festival, Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Geleen, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 3:14 |
| 1979-06-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-06-04: Pinkpop Festival, Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Geleen, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 3:16 |
| 1979-06-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-06-04: Pinkpop Festival: Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Geleen, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 3:07 |
| 1979-06-04 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-06-04: Pinkpop Festival, Burgemeester Damenpark, Geleen, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 3:20 |
| 1979-06-04 | Hemispheres: The Sphere / Closer to the Heart (live, 1979-06-04: Pinkpop Festival, Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Geleen, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 4:10 |
| 1980-01-21 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1980-01-21: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:28 |
| 1980-06-10 – 1980-06-11 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1980-06-10/11: The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, UK) | live | Rush | 3:08 |
| 1980-06-17 – 1980-06-18 | Closer to the Heart (live in Manchester) (live, 1980-06: Manchester Apollo, Manchester, England, UK) | Rush | 3:26 | |
| 1980-09-30 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1980-09-30: Something Old, Something New: Allentown, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 3:26 |
| 1980-09-30 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1980-09-30: Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 3:18 |
| 1981-03-01 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-03-01: International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 3:49 |
| 1981-03-01 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-03-01: International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 3:52 |
| 1981-03-25 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-03-25: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:42 |
| 1981-03-27 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-03-27: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:35 |
| 1981-03-27 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-03-27: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:21 |
| 1981-03-27 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-03-27, The Forum, Montreal, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:27 |
| 1981-03-27 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-03-27: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:35 |
| 1981-06-12 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-06-12: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 3:55 |
| 1981-06-14 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1981-06-14: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1982-12-09 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1982-12-09: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, USA) | live | Rush | 3:11 |
| 1982-12-09 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1982-12-09: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1983-03-25 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1983-03-25: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, USA) | live | Rush | 3:13 |
| 1983-04-09 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1983-04-09: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:04 |
| 1983-05-21 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1983-05-21: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | live | Rush | 3:43 |
| 1983-05-21 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1983-05-21: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | live | Rush | 2:58 |
| 1983-09-18 – 1984-11-25 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1983-09-18 – 1984-11-25: Grace Under Pressure Tour) | live | Rush | 3:34 |
| 1984-06-25 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-06-25: Mecca Arena, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | live | Rush | 3:00 |
| 1984-07-12 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-07-12: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 3:54 |
| 1984-09-21 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-09-21: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:35 |
| 1984-09-21 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-09-21: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:37 |
| 1984-09-21 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-09-21: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:35 |
| 1984-09-21 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-09-21: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:35 |
| 1984-09-21 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-09-21: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:34 |
| 1984-09-27 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-09-27: Capital Centre, Landover, MD, USA) | live | Rush | 3:36 |
| 1984-09-27 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-09-27: Capital Centre, Landover, MD, USA) | live | Rush | 3:49 |
| 1984-11-20 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1984-11-20: Osaka Furitsu Taiikukan, Osaka, Japan) | live | Rush | 4:06 |
| 1985-03-12 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1985-03-12: Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1986-02-10 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1986-02-10: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 4:49 |
| 1986-02-27 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1986-02-27: Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1986-03-06 – 1986-03-07 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1986-03: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 3:34 |
| 1986-03-25 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1986-03-25: St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN, USA) | live | Rush | 4:27 |
| 1986-04-16 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1986-04-16: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 5:43 |
| 1986-04-16 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1986-04-16: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 6:05 |
| 1986-04-16 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1986-04-16: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 5:19 |
| 1988-01-26 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1988-01-26: Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, AR, United States) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1988-01-29 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1988-01-29: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1988-02-15 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1988‐02‐15: Civic Center, Lakeland, FL, USA) | live | Rush | 5:00 |
| 1988-04-02 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1988-04-02: Civic Auditorium Arena, Omaha, NE, USA) | live | Rush | 4:50 |
| 1988-04-21 – 1988-04-24 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1988-04: NEC Arena, Birmingham, UK) | live | Rush | 4:55 |
| 1988-04-21 – 1988-04-24 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1988-04: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England, UK) | live | Rush | 4:30 |
| 1988-04-23 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1988-04-23: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK) | live | Rush | 4:32 |
| 1990-04-22 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1990-04-22: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1990-05-08 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1990-05-08: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA) | live | Rush | 4:56 |
| 1990-06-17 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1990-06-17: Alpine Valley Amphitheater, Elkhorn, WI, USA) | live | Rush | 5:11 |
| 1990-06-27 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1990‐06‐27: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:56 |
| 1991-10-28 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1991-10-28: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 5:02 |
| 1991-11-10 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1991-11-10: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | live | Rush | 4:45 |
| 1991-11-16 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1991-11-16: John F. Savage Hall, Toledo, OH, USA) | live | Rush | 4:29 |
| 1991-12-07 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1991-12-07: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1991-12-07 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1991-12-07: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1991-12-07 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1991-12-07: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 4:47 |
| 1991-12-07 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1991-12-07: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 4:46 |
| 1992-01-30 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-01-30: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:48 |
| 1992-01-30 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992‐01‐30: Oakland‐Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:49 |
| 1992-02-23 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-02-23: Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:45 |
| 1992-02-23 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-02-23: Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:46 |
| 1992-02-25 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-02-25: Civic Center, Pensacola, FL, USA) | live | Rush | 4:53 |
| 1992-03-15 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-03-15: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 4:39 |
| 1992-04-23 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-04-23: Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany) | live | Rush | 5:08 |
| 1992-04-29 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-04-29: Hans-Martin Schlayerhalle, Stuttgart, Germany) | live | Rush | 5:15 |
| 1992-05-03 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-05-03: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 5:13 |
| 1992-06-12 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-06-12: Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 4:48 |
| 1992-06-14 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-06-14: Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, NC, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1992-06-14 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992-06-14: Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, NC, USA) | live | Rush | 4:40 |
| 1992 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1992: USA) | live | Rush | 4:48 |
| 1994-01-18 | Closer to the Heart (rehearsal, 1994-01-18: Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL, USA) | live | Rush | 4:41 |
| 1994-01-22 | Closer to the Heart (live, 1994-01-22: Civic Center Arena, Pensacola, FL, USA) | live | Rush | 4:40 |
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