Too Close (Next song)
| "Too Close" | |
|---|---|
| Song |
"Too Close" is a 1998 song by R&B group Next, and featuring uncredited vocals from Vee of Koffee Brown. It was the second single released from their debut album Rated Next. The song reached number one on the U.S. Hot 100 and R&B charts and has gone Platinum making it their biggest and best known hit. It contains a sample of "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow. Too Close was a massive hit on Urban Contemporary radio stations during early 1998.
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart[1] | 12 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[2] | 44 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] | 39 |
| Canadian Singles Chart[4] | 3 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[5] | 8 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[6] | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[7] | 39 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[8] | 46 |
| UK Singles Chart[9] | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)[4] | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[4] | 1 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1998) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] | 1 |
End of decade charts
| Chart (1990-1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] | 16 |
Blue version
| "Too Close" | |
|---|---|
| Song |
Blue released a cover version of the song as the second single from their debut album All Rise. The track was released in August, 2001 and became their first number one UK single produced by multi-platinum producer Ray Ruffin (Anastasia/Ne-Yo). It also reached number five in Australia and number seventeen in Ireland, and number one in New Zealand, where the Next version had also been a number one hit. The song has received a silver sales status certification for sales of over 200,000 copies in the UK.
Track listing
- UK CD Single
- "Too Close" (Radio Edit) – 3:45
- "Too Close" (Blacksmith R & B Club Rub) – 5:41
- "Too Close" (Instrumental) – 3:45
- "Too Close" (Video) – 4:11
Chart performance
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart[12] | 5 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[13] | 72 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[14] | 6 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[15] | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[16] | 19 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[17] | 41 |
| UK Singles Chart[18] | 1 |
References
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- ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. ultratop.be. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. ultratop.be. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Next > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Billboard. Allmusic. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Next – Too Close". Hung Medien. hitparade.ch. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Next – Too Close". Chart Stats. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1998". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). "1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. austriancharts.at. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. ultratop.be. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Blue – Too Close". Hung Medien. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Blue". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2010.