- Too Close
Infobox Single
Name = Too Close
Artist = Next
from Album =Rated Next
Released =1998
Format =CD single , CD maxi single,cassette single , 12" single
[ Recorded = ]
Genre =R&B ,ballad
Length =
Label = Arista
Writer = Kay Gee
Darren Lighty
Robert Huggar
Raphael Brown
Robert Ford
Den Z-il "D1" Miller
James Moore
Kurtis Walker
Producer = Kay Gee
Darren Lighty
Certification = Platinum (RIAA)
Last single = "Butta Love"
(1997)
This single = "Too Close"
(1998)
Next single = "I Still Love You"
(1998)"Too Close" is the name of a song performed byR&B vocal group Next. It was released in 1998 as the second single from their album "Rated Next ". The song was written by producers Kay Gee and Darren Lighty along with Next group members. It was inspired byKurtis Blow 's "Christmas Rappin'". The song is about how the singer gets anerection when he dances too close to his girl.The song became Next's first top ten single and reached number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 in April. It spent five non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart and was ranked as the number-one single by "Billboard magazine " in its year-end survey. The video was directed byBille Woodruff .The song ranks at #24 on "Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time." [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-30.shtml]
British boy band Blue had a UK number one hit with a cover version of the song in
2001 . The Next version had only been a minor UK hit in 1998, peaking at number twenty four. Both versions made number 1 inNew Zealand Blue version
Infobox Single
Name = Too Close
Caption =
Artist = Blue
from Album =All Rise
A-side = "Too Close"
B-side =
Released = August, 2001
Format =CD Single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop-R&B
Length = 3:47
Label =EMI
Writer =
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
* #1 (United Kingdom )
Last single = "All Rise"
(2001)
This single = "Too Close"
(2001)
Next single = "If You Come Back "
(2001)
Misc ="Too Close" was the second single lifted from UK boy band Blue's debut album
All Rise . The track is a cover version of US R&B group Next's number one U.S. hit.The track was released in August, 2001 and became their first number one UK single. It also reached number five in
Australia and number seventeen inIreland , and number one inNew Zealand , where the Next version had also been a number one hit..Track listing
# "Too Close"
# "Too Close" (Blacksmith R & B Club Rub)
# "Too Close" (Instrumental)
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