Английская Википедия:Close the Door (song)
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Шаблон:Infobox song "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.
Chart performance
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
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
See also
List of number-one R&B singles of 1978 (U.S.)Шаблон:Teddy Pendergrass
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