Closer (Corinne Bailey Rae song)

Closer (Corinne Bailey Rae song)
"Closer"
Single by Corinne Bailey Rae
from the album The Sea
Released 2 August 2010
Format Digital download
Genre Soul, R&B, jazz
Length 4:17 (album version)
Label EMI
Writer(s) Corinne Bailey Rae
Producer Corinne Bailey Rae, Steve Chrisanthou
Corinne Bailey Rae singles chronology
"Paris Nights/New York Mornings
(2010)
"Closer"
(2010)

"Closer" is a song by English singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, released as the third single from her album The Sea (2010). It will be the third UK and worldwide single with a release date of 2 August 2010.[1] It was also issued to radio alone in the United States on 25 January 2010.[2]

Contents

Promotion

Bailey Rae's first television performance of the song was on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on January 28.[3]

Critical reception

Early comments regarding "Closer", in album reviews for The Sea were mixed.

Nick Day Slant Magazine gave a mixed review of the song, stating:

"The moment the rhythm breaks, as with "Closer," it's a struggle to reengage with music that is so intensely personal, so overwhelmingly desolate and yet somehow unmemorable.[4]

However, Mayer Nassim from Digital Spy was more positive expressing:

"The best moments here are when Rae lets her hair down. The deep soul of 'Closer' is a good example."[5]

Formats and Track listings

UK Promo CD
  1. "Closer" (Radio Edit) - 3:36
  2. "Closer" (Instrumental) - 4:17

Music video

The music video for "Closer" was directed by Adria Petty and premiered on July 1, 2010. It features the singer as she performs the song in a dark room, bringing "a dreamy sensuous feel, perfect for a steamy summer playlist."[6]

"I had such an amazing time making this video. The director, Adria Petty, has brilliant ideas," Bailey Rae said. "We both thought about the feel of the song and independently imagined a slightly seventies look, Donna Summer sexy, abandoned roller disco fun".[7] Of her favorite scene in the clip, she chooses the one which features her "with the veil inspired by a 1970s Vogue cover by Bianca Jagger." She added, "The choreographer Frank Gatson was on hand to offer me advice about movement in the video. He helped my focus of the strength shape I was making".[8]

Chart performance

The single spent 31 weeks inside the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and reached a peak of thirty-one, being her highest chart single ever on that chart.[9] On the week of August 28, 2010, the song returned to the Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number #50, and on the week of September 4, 2010, the song climbed higher to number #36.[10]

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[11] 31
U.S. Billboard Jazz Songs[12] 20

Airplay and release history

Airplay

Country Date Format
United States January 25, 2010 Radio airplay
United Kingdom July 7, 2010 Video airplay

Purchasable release

Country Date Format Label
United Kingdom[13] August 2, 2010 Digital download EMI Records
France[14]

References


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