Come a Little Closer ( Dierks Bentley song ) - wikipedia Come a Little Closer ( Dierks Bentley song ) `` Come a Little Closer '' Single by Dierks Bentley from the album Modern Day Drifter B - side `` Lot of Leavin ' Left to Do '' Released July 18, 2005 Format 2005 Genre Country Length 4 : 42 ( album version ) Label Capitol Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Brett Beavers Dierks Bentley Producer ( s ) Brett Beavers Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley singles chronology `` Lot of Leavin ' Left to Do '' ( 2005 ) `` Come a Little Closer '' ( 2005 ) `` Settle for a Slowdown '' ( 2006 ) `` Lot of Leavin ' Left to Do '' ( 2005 ) `` Come a Little Closer '' ( 2005 ) `` Settle for a Slowdown '' ( 2006 ) `` Come a Little Closer '' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in July 2005 as the second single from his second studio album Modern Day Drifter. It went to number one on the U.S. Country chart in 2005. The song held that position for the chart weeks of December 3 and December 10, 2005. On the chart for December 17, the song fell to number two when Joe Nichols ' `` Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off '' replaced it at the top spot. The song then returned to number 1 for a third and final week on the chart dated December 24. The song was written by Bentley and Brett Beavers. Contents 1 Reception 2 Music video 3 Chart positions 3.1 Year - end charts 4 References 5 External links Reception Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Bentley `` shows he has a way with a ballad on this sultry number. The sensual tone and sexy lyric hark back to those envelope - pushing Conway Twitty hits that once raised eyebrows. She goes on to compare the song to Twitty 's, `` I 'd Love to Lay You Down. '' On Bentley 's vocals she says that he `` brings warmth to a decidedly sensual lyric. '' Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He said that Bentley does n't quite have the vocal maturity to pull this song off but he is getting there. Music video The music video was directed by David McClister and was filmed in Nashville in a warehouse. Dierks Bentley 's love interest was played by Bonnie - Jill Laflin. Chart positions `` Come a Little Closer '' debuted at number forty - nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of July 30, 2005. Chart ( 2005 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 31 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 2005 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 53 Chart ( 2006 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 51 Preceded by `` Better Life '' by Keith Urban `` Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off '' by Joe Nichols Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one single December 3 -- December 10, 2005 ( first run ) December 24, 2005 ( second run ) Succeeded by `` Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off '' by Joe Nichols `` Must Be Doin ' Somethin ' Right '' by Billy Currington References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ Billboard, August 6, 2005 Jump up ^ Coyne, Kevin John ( 2005 - 08 - 05 ). `` '' Come a Little Closer '' review ``. Country Universe. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Dierks Bentley Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Dierks Bentley Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2005 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2006 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2012. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Dierks Bentley Studio albums Do n't Leave Me in Love Dierks Bentley Modern Day Drifter Long Trip Alone Feel That Fire Up on the Ridge Home Riser Black Compilation albums Greatest Hits / Every Mile a Memory 2003 -- 2008 Singles `` What Was I Thinkin ' '' `` My Last Name '' `` How Am I Doin ' '' `` Lot of Leavin ' Left to Do '' `` Come a Little Closer '' `` Settle for a Slowdown '' `` Every Mile a Memory '' `` Long Trip Alone '' `` Free and Easy ( Down the Road I Go ) '' `` Trying to Stop Your Leaving '' `` Feel That Fire '' `` Sideways '' `` I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes '' `` Up on the Ridge '' `` Draw Me a Map '' `` Am I the Only One '' `` Home '' `` 5 - 1 - 5 - 0 '' `` Tip It On Back '' `` Bourbon in Kentucky '' `` I Hold On '' `` Drunk on a Plane '' `` Say You Do '' `` Riser '' `` Somewhere on a Beach '' `` Different for Girls '' ( feat. Elle King ) `` Black '' `` What the Hell Did I Say '' Featured singles `` The South '' ( w / The Cadillac Three, Florida Georgia Line and Mike Eli ) Concert tours Riser Tour Sounds of Summer Tour Somewhere on a Beach Tour Related articles Discography `` Murder on Music Row '' ( w / George Jones ) `` Flatliner '' ( w / Cole Swindell ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Come_a_Little_Closer_(Dierks_Bentley_song)&oldid=730777881 '' Categories : 2005 songs Dierks Bentley songs 2005 singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Songs written by Dierks Bentley Songs written by Brett Beavers Capitol Records Nashville singles Song recordings produced by Brett Beavers Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 July 2016, at 01 : 29. 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Question: who sings the song come a little closer
Answer: Dierks Bentley.