Get Closer ( song ) - Wikipedia Get Closer ( song ) `` Get Closer '' Single by Seals and Crofts from the album Get Closer B - side `` Do n't Fail '' Released April 1976 Format 7 '' single Genre Soft rock Length 3 : 45 Label Warner Bros. Records Songwriter ( s ) Jim Seals, Dash Crofts Producer ( s ) Louie Shelton Seals and Crofts singles chronology `` Baby I 'll Give It To You '' ( 1976 ) `` Get Closer '' ( 1976 ) `` Goodbye Old Buddies '' ( 1977 ) `` Baby I 'll Give It To You '' ( 1976 ) `` Get Closer '' ( 1976 ) `` Goodbye Old Buddies '' ( 1977 ) `` Get Closer '' is a song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, released as a single in 1976. The song is the title track of their eighth studio album, Get Closer. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 16 song of 1976. In Canada, the song reached # 19 on the pop singles chart. On the Adult Contemporary chart it was a major hit, reaching number one. The song features vocals by former Honey Cone member Carolyn Willis. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Other versions 3 References 4 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1976 ) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles 19 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary U.S. Billboard Hot 100 6 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening U.S. Cash Box Top 100 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1976 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 152 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 16 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 32 Other versions James & Bobby Purify released a version of the song as a single in 1977, but it did not chart. References Jump up ^ `` Seals & Crofts - Chart history ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Songs of 1976 - Billboard Year End Charts ''. Bob Borst 's Home of Pop Culture. ^ Jump up to : `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 13, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1976 / Top 100 Songs of 1976 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976 Jump up ^ `` James & Bobby Purify, `` Get Closer '' Single Release ``. Retrieved January 21, 2017. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Seals and Crofts Jim Seals Dash Crofts Studio albums Seals & Crofts ( 1969 ) Down Home ( 1970 ) Year of Sunday ( 1971 ) Summer Breeze ( 1972 ) Diamond Girl ( 1973 ) Unborn Child ( 1974 ) I 'll Play for You ( 1975 ) Get Closer ( 1976 ) Sudan Village ( 1976 ) One on One ( soundtrack ) ( 1977 ) Takin ' It Easy ( 1978 ) The Longest Road ( 1980 ) Compilation albums Seals & Crofts I & II ( 1974 ) Greatest Hits ( 1975 ) Traces ( 2004 ) Singles `` Summer Breeze '' `` Hummingbird '' `` Diamond Girl '' `` We May Never Pass This Way ( Again ) '' `` Get Closer '' `` You 're the Love '' This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Get_Closer_(song)&oldid=821210976 '' Categories : 1976 songs 1976 singles Seals and Crofts songs James & Bobby Purify songs Warner Bros. Records singles Mercury Records singles 1970s single stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 19 January 2018, at 01 : 26. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings darling if you want me to be closer
Answer: Seals and Crofts