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The Closer I Get to You

1978 single by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
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The Closer I Get to You

Summary

The Closer I Get to You is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Closer I Get to You's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The Closer I Get to You's genre is soul[4].
  • The Closer I Get to You was followed by Dangerously in Love 2[5].
  • The Closer I Get to You was performed by Roberta Flack[6].
  • Among the performers on The Closer I Get to You was Donny Hathaway[7].
  • The Closer I Get to You's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[8].
  • The Closer I Get to You is part of Blue Lights in the Basement[9].
  • The Closer I Get to You's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • The Closer I Get to You was released on February 1978[11].

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[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1e039eb5-17b7-3243-86fa-06929888bf36[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Roberta Flack[6] and Donny Hathaway[7].

Publication

The Closer I Get to You was released on February 1978[11]. Its genre is soul[4]. It is part of Blue Lights in the Basement[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Closer I Get to You was followed by Dangerously in Love 2[5].

Why It Matters

The Closer I Get to You ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Roberta Flack United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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