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Close to You

original song written and composed by Maxi Priest, Gary Benson, and Winston Sela; first recorded by Maxi Priest
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Close to You

Summary

Close to You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Close to You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Close to You's composer is recorded as Gary Benson[4].
  • Close to You's composer is recorded as Maxi Priest[5].
  • Close to You's composer is recorded as Winston Sela[6].
  • Close to You's genre is soul[7].
  • Among the performers on Close to You was Maxi Priest[8].
  • Close to You's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Close to You was published on 1990[10].
  • Close to You's lyricist is recorded as Gary Benson[11].
  • Close to You's lyricist is recorded as Maxi Priest[12].
  • Close to You's lyricist is recorded as Winston Sela[13].
  • Close to You's title is recorded as Close to You[14].
  • Close to You's different from is recorded as Close to You[15].
  • Close to You's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6ba2c3be-e84d-4493-83ba-63283012367d[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Close to You was performed by Maxi Priest[8].

Publication

Close to You was released on 1990[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is soul[7].

Why It Matters

Close to You ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Close to You. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-you-q5135281
MLA “Close to You.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-you-q5135281.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_close-to-you-q5135281_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Close to You}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-you-q5135281}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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