Just to Be Close to You
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"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.
Commodores
The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...
, in 1976. Released from their album, Hot on the Tracks
Hot on the Tracks
Hot on the Tracks is a Commodores album issued on Motown Records in 1976. It includes the Top Ten single "Just to Be Close to You". The album was the band's first one to make it atop the R&B Albums chart where it peaked for six nonconsecutive, and peaked two positions below the Top 10 on the Pop...
, it would become one of their biggest hits, spending two weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart and becoming their second Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
top ten, peaking at number seven.