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Just to Be Close to You

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B-side
  
"Thumpin' Music"

Format
  
7" single

Label
  
Motown

Released
  
August 1976

Genre
  
R&B

Length
  
3:14 (single edit) 6:21 (album version)

"Just to Be Close to You" is a hit song for the R&B/funk band, Commodores, in 1976. Released from their album, Hot on the Tracks, it would become one of their biggest hits, spending two weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart and becoming their second Billboard Hot 100 top ten, peaking at number seven. The song was written and sung by Lionel Richie.

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Just to Be Close to You Wikipedia