This page is about the song by Next, notably covered by Blue. For the song by Alex Clare, see Too Close (Alex Clare song).
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"Too Close"
File:Next - Too Close.jpg
Single by Next
from the album Rated Next
Released January 27, 1998
Format CD single
Recorded 1997
Genre R&B
Length 4:20
Label Arista
Writer(s) Kay Gee
Terry Brown
Robert Huggar
Raphael Brown
Producer Kay Gee
Certification Platinum
Next singles chronology
"Butta Love"
(1997)		 "Too Close"
(1997)		 "I Still Love You"
(1998)

"Too Close" is a 1998 song by R&B group Next, and featuring uncredited vocals from Vee of Koffee Brown. It was the second single released from their debut album Rated Next. The song reached number one on the U.S. Hot 100 and R&B charts and has gone Platinum making it their biggest and best known hit. It contains a sample of "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow. Too Close was a massive hit on Urban Contemporary radio stations in April 1998 and still the most played single by Next. The song is about a man who has become aroused by a young woman who is grinding on him at the club and cannot control said arousal.

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Charts [link]

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[1] 12
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[2] 44
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] 39
Canadian Singles Chart[4] 3
Canadian RPM Dance Chart[5] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[6] 8
New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[8] 39
Swiss Singles Chart[9] 46
UK Singles Chart[10] 24
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)[4] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[4] 1

End of year charts [link]

End of year chart (1998) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 1

End of decade charts [link]

Chart (1990-1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 16

Blue version [link]

"Too Close"
File:Blue close.jpg
Single by Blue
from the album All Rise
Released 27 August 2001
Format CD single
Genre R&B
Length 3:47
Label EMI
Writer(s) Kay Gee
Darren Lighty
Robert Huggar
Raphael Brown
Robert Ford
Den Z-il "D1" Miller
James Moore
Kurtis Walker
Producer Ray Ruffin
Certification Platinum
Blue singles chronology
"All Rise"
(2001)		 "Too Close"
(2001)		 "If You Come Back"
(2001)

Blue released a cover version of the song as the second single from their debut album All Rise. The track was released in August, 2001 and became their first number one UK single produced by multi-platinum producer Ray Ruffin. It also reached number five in Australia and number seventeen in Ireland, and number one in New Zealand, where the Next version had also been a number one hit. The song has received a silver sales status certification for sales of over 200,000 copies in the UK.

Track listing [link]

UK CD Single
  1. "Too Close" (Radio Edit) – 3:45
  2. "Too Close" (Blacksmith R&B Club Rub) – 5:41
  3. "Too Close" (Instrumental) – 3:45
  4. "Too Close" (Video) – 4:11
UK Cassette
  1. "Too Close" (Radio Edit) – 3:45
  2. "Too Close" (Blacksmith R&B Club Rub) – 5:41

Chart performance [link]

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[13] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[14] 72
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[15] 6
German Singles Chart 66
Irish Singles Chart 17
New Zealand Singles Chart[16] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[17] 19
Swedish Singles Chart[18] 41
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19] 1
Original Next version
Preceded by
"All My Life" by K-Ci and JoJo (1st time); "My All" by Mariah Carey" (2nd time)		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
April 25, 1998 – May 16, 1998; May 30, 1998		 Succeeded by
"My All" by Mariah Carey (1st time); "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy with Monica (2nd time)
Preceded by
"Let's Ride" by Montell Jordan featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker		 Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single
May 2, 1998		 Succeeded by
"I Get Lonely" by Janet
Preceded by
"On the Run" by De Bos		 Canadian RPM Dance number-one single
June 15, 1998 - June 29, 1998 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Stay" by Sash!
Blue version
Preceded by
"Let's Dance" by 5ive		 UK Singles Chart number one single (Blue version)
September 2, 2001 – September 8, 2001 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega
Preceded by
"Fallin'" by Alicia Keys		 New Zealand Singles Chart number-one single
November 25, 2001 – December 2, 2001 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Fallin'" by Alicia Keys

References [link]

  1. ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. australian-charts.com. https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Next&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  2. ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. ultratop.be. https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Next&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. ultratop.be. https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Next&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Next > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Billboard. Allmusic. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p225344/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  5. ^ Canadian dance peak
  6. ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. dutchcharts.nl. https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Next&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  7. ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. https://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Next&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  8. ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. swedishcharts.com. https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Next&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  9. ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. hitparade.ch. https://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Next&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  10. ^ "Next – Too Close". Chart Stats. https://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=26386. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  11. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1998". https://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1998. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 
  12. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). "1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s". Billboard. https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 
  13. ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. australian-charts.com. https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blue&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  14. ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. austriancharts.at. https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blue&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  15. ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. ultratop.be. https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Blue&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  16. ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. https://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Blue&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  17. ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. norwegiancharts.com. https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blue&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  18. ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. swedishcharts.com. https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blue&titel=Too+Close&cat=s. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  19. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company.
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Too Close (Alex Clare song)

"Too Close" is a song by British singer Alex Clare. The track was first released in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2011 as the second single from Clare's debut studio album, The Lateness of the Hour (2011). The track was written by Alex Clare and Jim Duguid and produced by Diplo and Switch (the collaborative members of reggae band Major Lazer), with co-production from Ariel Rechtshaid and Mike Spencer. Musically, "Too Close" is a dubstep song with breakbeat and soul influences. Lyrically, the song describes the protagonist who is not ready for a committed relationship and he must end things with his love interest in good terms.

The song became popular after it was used in an advertising campaign for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9. The song peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. The song was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Single at the 2013 BRIT Awards.

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Too Close (Next song)

"Too Close" is a song by American R&B group Next, featuring uncredited vocals from Vee of Koffee Brown. It was released in September 1997 as the second single from their debut album Rated Next (1997).

The song reached number one on the U.S. Hot 100 and R&B charts and has gone Platinum making it their biggest and best known hit. In the 1998 U.S. Billboard End-Year chart, the song reached number one. It contains a sample of "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow. "Too Close" was a massive hit on Urban Contemporary radio stations by its fourth month of airplay in January 1998 and still the most played single by Next.

Parody

In 2015, the song regained attention through the popularity of the internet meme, "Why You Always Lying" by Nicholas Fraser. The parody gained fame within social media (most notably Vine and Twitter) because of the comically poor production quality and relatable theme. Replacing the line "Baby when we're grinding" with "Why the fuck you lying," and similarly for following phrases, the song initially referenced an untrustworthy girl who failed to keep her promise of hooking him up with her cute friend. Currently, the original Vine has been viewed over 44.3 million times, and has been extended into a full music video for YouTube. Fraser also performed the parody along with the former Next member RL on the MTV show "Uncommon Sense" hosted by Charlamagne Tha God

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Too Close

by: Alex Clare

You know I'm not one to break promises
I don't want to hurt you but I need to breathe
At the end of it all, you're still my best friend
But there's something inside that I need to release
Which way is right, which way is wrong
How do I say that I need to move on
You know we're headed separate ways
And it feels like I am just too close to love you
There's nothing I can really say
I can't lie no more, I can't hide no more
Got to be true to myself
And it feels like I am just too close to love you
So I'll be on my way
You gave me more that I can return
Yet there's so much that you deserve
Nothing to say, nothing to do,
I've nothing to give
I must leave without you
You know we're headed separate ways
And it feels like I am just too close to love you
There's nothing I can really say
I can't lie no more, I can't hide no more
Got to be true to myself
And it feels like I am just too close to love you
So I'll be on my way
So I'll be on my way
And it feels like I am just too close to love you
There's nothing that I can really say
I can't lie no more, I can't hide no more
Got to be true to myself
And it feels like I am just too close to love you
So I'll be on my way
So I'll be on my way




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