The Cure » Tracks » Close To Me

The Cure – Close To Me (3:39)

On 34 albums see all

Buy at Amazon MP3 ($0.89) | Send Ringtones to Cell
Buy
Save

Popular tags: , , , ,  See more

Shouts: 681 shouts

Share this track:
Preview this track (0:30)
About this video More videos (2)
Flag video

About This Track

“Close to Me” is a 1985 single by The Cure from their album The Head on the Door. The song was used as the theme music for the BBC sitcom The Smoking Room, for the BBC food programme A Taste of My Life presented by Nigel Slater and plays over the closing credits for the 2007 film Son of Rambow. On its original release, the single was most successful in Ireland, peaking at #4, also reaching #7 in Australia. It was remixed in 1990, which itself was released as a single, peaking at #13 on the UK singles chart.

There are two versions of “Close to Me”, one with a brass section and one without. The version without the brass section is the original album version on The Head on the Door while the version with brass instruments is a remix that was released as a single and appears on Staring at the Sea: the Singles. The instrumental brass section appearing on the single versions is actually adapted from a traditional New Orleans funeral march. The 12” extended mix contains an extended arrangement of the brass section, featuring original material not found on other versions. The versions with brass instruments also include a long creaking sound of a door closing at the beginning. This sound comes from the beginning of the music video that was shot for “Close to Me”, which features the band trapped in a wardrobe that is falling off of a cliff into an ocean. The lyrics contain the words “If only I was sure/that my head on the door was a dream”, which inspired the title for the album.
Read more… Edit wiki
Send Ringtones to Cell

Albums featuring this track

  • Greatest Hits
    The Cure Play
    Buy
  • The Head On The Door
    The Cure Play
    Buy
  • Staring At The Sea - The Singles
    The Cure Play
    Buy
  • Staring at the Sea: The Singles
    The Cure Play
    Buy
See all 34 albums

Shouts

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).

  • Reuve

    love that flute

    10 days ago

  • Bernalesdimebag

    I've waited hours for this.

    12 days ago

  • AlixJenkins

    8====>

    12 days ago

  • alexispf

    To me!

    21 days ago

  • Marjo47

    always close to me, this!

    23 days ago

  • andrewirving

    <33

    23 days ago

  • GabbePaz

    uno de los mejores temas de the cure

    24 days ago

  • CAVermeer

    Definitely Close To Me today (April 27, 2012).

    last month

  • roadsidesbloom

    Well.. as much as I love all Cure stuff, I can't deny that hearing Inbetween Days in place of Close To Me is still a very pleasant surprise.

    last month

  • Dx13arker

    There was something about this area of Greater London that Bowie the Banshees,Billy Idol and the Cure could be born. We are the London wanting to escape the Surban deadlands

    last month

  • agentorange2000

    April 16 2012 I can confirm last.fm played CLOSE TO ME, looks fixed!

    last month

  • BlueOclock

    Great song!

    last month

  • redshoe66

    Never get tired of INBETWEEN DAYS!

    last month

  • RealRikkiSixx

    lol this isn't close to me. good song, but. no. not correct.

    March 2012

  • crocy2

    super...

    March 2012

  • Falbrav1

    Still not fixed!

    March 2012

  • home8896

    Eep, after all the comments, it still hasn't been fixed. It's like the old mp3 download sites that never had anything labelled right.

    March 2012

  • HD1969

    :) :) :)

    March 2012

  • xXPyrophorusXx

    I prefer it to Close To Me, but its all wunderbar.

    March 2012

  • home8896

    This is Inbetween Days!

    March 2012
See all 681 shouts

Track Stats

3,278,890 Scrobbles 555,724 Listeners

Recent Listening Trend

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more