"Close the Door" is a hit song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.[1] It was a hit for Teddy Pendergrass in 1978, and was released from his second solo album, Life Is a Song Worth Singing.
| "Close the Door" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Teddy Pendergrass | ||||
| from the album Life Is a Song Worth Singing | ||||
| B-side | "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose" | |||
| Released | May 4, 1978 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound Studios | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:37 (Single Version) 5:25 (Album Version) | |||
| Label | Philadelphia International Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff | |||
| Teddy Pendergrass singles chronology | ||||
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Chart performance edit
The song spent two weeks at number one on the R&B chart and peaked at number twenty-five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[2] It became a gold record. In the UK, "Close the Door" was a double-sided release along with Only You, it peaked at #41.[3]
Samples edit
Altogether, the song has been sampled 45 times in popular music, primarily in the hip hop genre.[4] These include:
- In 2002, R&B/hip hop soul girl group 3LW sampled Close the Door for their song "Neva Get Enuf"
- Mary J. Blige sampled the track in her song, "All Night Long" taken from her second album, My Life.
- Ayanda Jiya also sampled the track on her song "Go Go Girl".
- Rapper Keith Murray sampled the track in his song, "Get Lifted" from his 1994 debut album, The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World.
References edit
- ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 455.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ "Samples of Close the Door by Teddy Pendergrass". Who Sampled. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
See also edit
List of number-one R&B singles of 1978 (U.S.)
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