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(They Long to Be) Close to You

original song composed by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q928282
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(They Long to Be) Close to You

Summary

(They Long to Be) Close to You is a musical work/composition[1]. (They Long to Be) Close to You ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,274 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (They Long to Be) Close to You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You's composer is recorded as Burt Bacharach[4].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You's genre is pop music[5].
  • Among the performers on (They Long to Be) Close to You was Richard Chamberlain[6].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You was performed by The Carpenters[7].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You is part of Close to You[8].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You was released on 1963[10].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You's lyricist is recorded as Hal David[11].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '(They Long to Be) Close to You'}[12].
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • Genre(s): pop, soft rock[15]

  • Community tags: pop, soft rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 31ad6e20-d507-3b77-8d69-86ffe34332a2[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Richard Chamberlain[6] and The Carpenters[7].

Publication

(They Long to Be) Close to You was published on 1963[10]. (They Long to Be) Close to You's language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. (They Long to Be) Close to You's genre is pop music[5]. (They Long to Be) Close to You is part of Close to You[8].

Why It Matters

(They Long to Be) Close to You ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,274 views/month).[2] (They Long to Be) Close to You has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Burt Bacharach Richard Chamberlain The Carpenters

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Richard Chamberlain, The Carpenters
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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