

(feat. Donny Hathaway) The closer I get to you The more you make me see By giving me all you've got Your love has captured me Over and over again I tried to tell myself that we Could never be more than friends And all the while inside I knew it was real The way you make me feel Lying here next to you Time just seems to fly Needing you more and more Let's give love a try Ooooh-ooh-ooh, whoa-oooooh Sweeter and sweeter love grows And Heaven's there for those Who fooled the tricks of time With the hearts of love they find True love in a special way The closer I get to you The more you make me see By giving me all you've got Your love has captured me Over and over again I tried to tell myself that we Could never be more than friends And all the while inside I knew it was real The way you make me feel The closer I get to you The more you make me see By giving you all you've got Your love has captured me The closer I get to you The feeling comes over me Me too Pulling closer sweet as the gravity (Thanks to Rafael for these lyrics)
(feat. Donny Hathaway) The closer I get to you The more you make me see By giving me all you've got Your love has captured me Over and over again I tried to tell myself that we Could never be more than friends And all the while inside I knew it was real The way you make me feel Lying here next to you Time just seems to fly Needing you more and more Let's give love a try Ooooh-ooh-ooh, whoa-oooooh Sweeter and sweeter love grows And Heaven's there for those Who fooled the tricks of time With the hearts of love they find True love in a special way The closer I get to you The more you make me see By giving me all you've got Your love has captured me Over and over again I tried to tell myself that we Could never be more than friends And all the while inside I knew it was real The way you make me feel The closer I get to you The more you make me see By giving you all you've got Your love has captured me The closer I get to you The feeling comes over me Me too Pulling closer sweet as the gravity (Thanks to Rafael for these lyrics)
A canção foi escrita por James Mtume e Reggie Lucas, que antes tocaram na banda de Miles Davis e, na época, faziam parte da banda de Roberta Flack.
Embora originalmente planejada como um single solo, a ideia de transformá‑la em dueto surgiu quando o empresário de Flack, David Franklin, sugeriu a participação de Donny Hathaway.
Lançada no álbum *Blue Lights in the Basement* (1977) e como single em 1978, a música liderou a parada Hot Soul Singles por duas semanas em abril de 1978 e alcançou o segundo lugar no Billboard Hot 100, ficando atrás apenas de “If I Can’t Have You” de Yvonne Elliman e “With a Little Luck” do Wings.
O sucesso foi tão grande que, em maio de 1978, o single recebeu certificação de ouro nos Estados Unidos, consolidando‑se como o maior hit comercial de Roberta Flack após “Killing Me Softly with His Song”.
Na 21ª edição do Grammy Awards (1979), Flack e Hathaway foram indicados ao prêmio de Melhor Performance Vocal Pop por Dueto, Grupo ou Coro, concorrendo com o Bee Gees, que venceu pela trilha sonora de *Saturday Night Fever*.
A versão de “The Closer I Get to You” recebeu novas interpretações, sendo regravada por Luther Vandross e Beyoncé em 2003, mostrando a durabilidade da canção ao longo de décadas.
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