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| Album = [[The Lateness of the Hour (album)|The Lateness of the Hour]]
| Album = [[The Lateness of the Hour (album)|The Lateness of the Hour]]
| Released = 15 April 2011
| Released = 15 April 2011
| Format = [[music download|Digital download]]
| Format = [[Music download|Digital download]]
| Recorded = 2010
| Recorded = 2010
| Genre = Pop
| Genre = [[Dubstep]]/[[Soul music|Soul]]
| Length = 4:16
| Length = 4:16
| Label = [[Island Records]]
| Label = [[Island Records]]
| Writer =
| Writer = Alex Clare
| Producer =
| Producer =
| Last single = "Up All Night"<br/>(2011)
| Last single = "Up All Night"<br/>(2011)
| This single = "'''Too Close'''"<br/>(2011)
| This single = "'''Too Close'''"<br/>(2011)
| Next single = "Treading Water"<br/>(2011)
| Next single = "Treading Water"<br/>(2011)
| Misc =
}}
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"'''Too Close'''" is a single by British singer-songwriter [[Alex Clare]], from his debut studio album ''[[The Lateness of the Hour (album)|The Lateness of the Hour]]''. It was released on 15 April 2011 as a [[music download|digital download]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
"'''Too Close'''" is a song by [[British people|British]] [[Singing|singer]]-[[Songwriter|songwriter]] [[Alex Clare]]. The track was first released in the [[United Kingdom]] on April 15, 2011 as the second [[Single (music)|single]] from Clare's début [[studio album]], ''[[The Lateness of the Hour (album)|The Lateness of the Hour]]'' (2011).<ref name="download"/>

In March 2012, "Too Close" was selected as the soundtrack to [[Microsoft]]'s advertisement for [[Internet Explorer 9]], released the following month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2012/mar12/03-05AlexClare.aspx|title=New Internet Explorer Ad featuring singer Alex Clare|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> The feature saw the track achieve international success, peaking at number sixty-eight on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].


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Revision as of 11:31, 11 April 2012

"Too Close"
Song

"Too Close" is a song by British singer-songwriter Alex Clare. The track was first released in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2011 as the second single from Clare's début studio album, The Lateness of the Hour (2011).[1]

In March 2012, "Too Close" was selected as the soundtrack to Microsoft's advertisement for Internet Explorer 9, released the following month.[2] The feature saw the track achieve international success, peaking at number sixty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Too Close" was first released onto YouTube on 24 June 2011 at a total length of four minutes and twenty seconds.[3]

Track listing

Digital download[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Too Close"4:16
2."Too Close" (Music video)4:20

Chart performance

Chart (2011/12) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 68

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom April 15, 2011 Digital download[1] Island Records

References

  1. ^ a b c iTunes - Music - Too Close - Single by Alex Clare
  2. ^ "New Internet Explorer Ad featuring singer Alex Clare". Microsoft. March 5, 2012.
  3. ^ Alex Clare - Too Close. YouTube
  4. ^ "Alex Clare – Too Close" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  5. ^ "Too Close - Alex Clare". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2 April 2012.