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"Come a Little Closer" Single by Dierks Bentley from the album Modern Day Drifter B-side "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"[1] Released July 18, 2005 Genre Country Length 4:41 (album version) Label Capitol Writer(s) Brett Beavers
Dierks BentleyProducer Brett Beavers
Dierks BentleyDierks Bentley singles chronology "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"
(2005)"Come a Little Closer"
(2005)"Settle for a Slowdown"
(2006)"Come a Little Closer" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley.It was released in July 2005 as the second single from his album Modern Day Drifter. It went to number one on the U.S. Country chart in 2005. The song held that position for the chart weeks of December 3 and December 10, 2005. On the chart for December 17, the song fell to number two when Joe Nichols' "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" replaced it at the top spot. "Come a Little Closer" then returned to number one for a third and final week on the December 24 chart.
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Reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Bentley "shows he has a way with a ballad on this sultry number. The sensual tone and sexy lyric hark back to those envelope-pushing Conway Twitty hits that once raised eyebrows. She goes on to compare the song to Twitty's, "I'd Love to Lay You Down." On Bentley's vocals she says that he "brings warmth to a decidedly sensual lyric."[2] Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He said the Bentley doesn't quite have the vocal maturity to pull this song off but he is getting there.[3]
Music video
The music video was directed by David McClister and was filmed in Nashville in a warehouse.
Chart positions
"Come a Little Closer" debuted at number forty-nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of July 30, 2005.
Chart (2005) Peak
positionUS Billboard Hot 100[4] 31 US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 1 Preceded by
"Better Life" by Keith Urban
"Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" by Joe NicholsBillboard Hot Country Songs number-one single
December 3–December 10, 2005 (first run)
December 24, 2005 (second run)Succeeded by
"Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" by Joe Nichols
"Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" by Billy CurringtonReferences
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Billboard, August 6, 2005
- ^ Coyne, Kevin John (2005-08-05). ""Come a Little Closer" review". Country Universe. http://www.countryuniverse.net/2005/08/04/single-reviews-august-4-2005/. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "Dierks Bentley Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Dierks Bentley. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ "Dierks Bentley Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Dierks Bentley. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
Studio albums Don't Leave Me in Love · Dierks Bentley · Modern Day Drifter · Long Trip Alone · Feel That Fire · Up on the RidgeCompilation albums Singles "What Was I Thinkin'" · "My Last Name" · "How Am I Doin'" · "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" · "Come a Little Closer" · "Settle for a Slowdown" · "Every Mile a Memory" · "Long Trip Alone" · "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" · "Trying to Stop Your Leaving" · "Feel That Fire" · "Sideways" · "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes" · "Up on the Ridge" · "Draw Me a Map" · "Am I the Only One" · "Home"Related articles Categories:- Dierks Bentley songs
- 2005 singles
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- Songs written by Dierks Bentley
- Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Songs written by Brett Beavers
- 2000s country song stubs
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