Come a Little Bit Closer - wikipedia Come a Little Bit Closer `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' Single by Jay and the Americans from the album Come a Little Bit Closer B - side `` Goodbye Boys, Goodbye '' Released 1964 Recorded 1964 Genre Rock Length 2 : 49 Label United Artists Songwriter ( s ) Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Wes Farrell Producer ( s ) Artie Ripp Jay and the Americans singles chronology `` Come Dance with Me '' ( 1963 ) `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' ( 1964 ) `` Let 's Lock the Door ( And Throw Away the Key ) '' ( 1965 ) `` Come Dance with Me '' ( 1963 ) `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' ( 1964 ) `` Let 's Lock the Door ( And Throw Away the Key ) '' ( 1965 ) `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' Single by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke from the album Come a Little Bit Closer B - side `` Loneliness ( Can Break a Man 's Heart ) '' ( Duncan only ) Released October 1977 Format 7 '' Recorded August 1977 Genre Country Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Wes Farrell Producer ( s ) Billy Sherrill and Larry Gatlin Johnny Duncan singles chronology `` A Song in the Night '' ( 1977 ) A Song in the Night1977 `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' ( 1977 ) Come a Little Bit Closer1977 `` She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed ( Anytime ) '' ( 1978 ) She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed ( Anytime ) 1978 Janie Fricke singles chronology `` What 're You Doing Tonight '' ( 1977 ) What 're You Doing Tonight1977 `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' ( 1977 ) Come a Little Bit Closer1977 `` Baby It 's You '' ( 1978 ) Baby It 's You1978 `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' is a song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, making it the band 's highest charting single. It remains their most popular song, according to Last.fm song rankings. It also peaked at number 4 on the Cashbox chart and at number 1 on RPM 's singles chart. The single served as a comeback for the group, who had not had a hit in some time. It was written by songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, as well as Wes Farrell, and became Boyce and Hart 's first top 10 hit. Jay and the Americans also recorded a Spanish version of the song, in which, due to a poor translation, the final punch line is totally missing. The song is featured in the 2017 film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Lyrics The lyrics tell the story of a young woman who is romantically involved with a man named José, but seduces the narrator with flattering words until he is love - stricken. After they kiss José arrives and the narrator flees, only to hear in the distance as the young woman uses on José the exact same enticing words she told the narrator, suggesting she lures every suitor she meets with the exact same `` script ''. References Jump up ^ AllMusic.com Retrieved February 4, 2012. Jump up ^ Last.fm Retrieved February 4, 2012. Jump up ^ Billboard, September 12, 1964 Jump up ^ SongFacts.com Retrieved February 4, 2012. Jump up ^ Shepard, Jack ( April 19, 2017 ). `` Tracklist for Guardians of the Galaxy 's Awesome Mixtape Vol. 2 revealed ''. The Independent. Retrieved August 27, 2017. Jay and the Americans Sandy Deanne Howie Kane Jay Reincke Marty Sanders Jay Traynor Kenny Vance Jay Black Studio albums She Cried Come a Little Bit Closer Blockbusters Sunday and Me Livin ' Above Your Head Try Some of This ! Sands of Time Wax Museum Capture the Moment Singles `` She Cried '' `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' `` Let 's Lock the Door ( And Throw Away the Key ) '' `` Cara Mia '' `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` Sunday and Me '' `` Crying '' `` No Other Love '' `` This Magic Moment '' `` Walkin ' in the Rain '' `` There Goes My Baby '' Cover songs `` Here, There and Everywhere '' `` Hushabye '' `` It 's a Big Wide Wonderful World '' `` Maria '' `` Monday, Monday '' `` Nature Boy '' `` Since I Do n't Have You '' `` Solitary Man '' `` The Sun Ai n't Gonna Shine ( Anymore ) '' `` ( There 's ) Always Something There to Remind Me '' `` Tonight '' Book Johnny Duncan Singles `` Here We Go Again '' `` Thinkin ' of a Rendezvous '' `` It Could n't Have Been Any Better '' `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' ( with Janie Fricke ) `` She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed ( Anytime ) '' `` Slow Dancing '' Janie Fricke Studio albums It Ai n't Easy ( 1982 ) Black and White ( 1986 ) Notable singles `` Come a Little Bit Closer '' ( with Johnny Duncan ) `` Please Help Me I 'm Falling ( In Love with You ) '' `` I 'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile '' `` Down to My Last Broken Heart '' `` Pride '' `` I 'll Need Someone to Hold Me ( When I Cry ) '' `` Do Me with Love '' `` Do n't Worry ' bout Me Baby '' `` It Ai n't Easy Bein ' Easy '' `` You Do n't Know Love '' `` He 's a Heartache ( Looking for a Place to Happen ) '' `` Tell Me a Lie '' `` Let 's Stop Talkin ' About It '' `` If the Fall Do n't Get You '' `` Your Heart 's Not in It '' `` The First Word in Memory Is Me '' `` She 's Single Again '' `` Somebody Else 's Fire '' `` Easy to Please '' `` Always Have, Always Will '' `` When a Woman Cries '' `` Are You Satisfied ? '' Guest singles `` On My Knees '' ( with Charlie Rich ) `` A Place to Fall Apart '' ( with Merle Haggard ) Related articles Discography Larry Gatlin Tommy Hunter Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Come_a_Little_Bit_Closer&oldid=801477834 '' Categories : 1964 singles Jay and the Americans songs RPM Top Singles number - one singles Songs written by Bobby Hart Songs written by Tommy Boyce 1964 songs Songs written by Wes Farrell United Artists Records singles Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Johnny Duncan ( country singer ) songs Janie Fricke songs Song recordings produced by Artie Ripp Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 22 : 21 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who wrote the song come a little bit closer
Answer: Tommy Boyce