Which one is your favorite? - XVIII -

Here comes a song from my younger days. I clearly remember the day I bought the album in LP format maybe a year later than it was released (unfortunately that was the case during those years, well maybe it was better I don't know...).
There were songs on that album far more popular than this song but it was always my favorite; even probably in my top 3 songs list of the band.

Here is the song for this week;

"Close To Me"

It is a song by the English band "The Cure" which was released in 1985 as the second and final single from their sixth album, The Head on the Door.

Three versions of "Close to Me" were released in 1985: the original album version, the 7" single mix version and the 12" extended mix version. The album version does not feature the brass section part present on all of the other versions, which was adapted from a traditional New Orleans funeral march melody and played by horn section Rent Party for the single mix.

The 7" version also includes a long creaking sound of a door closing at the beginning: this originated from the music video shot for the song by director Tim Pope, which features the band trapped in a wardrobe falling off a cliff into the English Channel. The idea for the video came from a dream Robert Smith had where he was locked in a linen closet that fell off a cliff and into the ocean.

The song peaked at number 4 in Ireland, and also reached number 7 in Australia and number 24 in the UK Singles Chart.

And here are the 3 versions I picked for you;

• Kaki King - "Close To Me"

• The Separate & Mark Lanegan - "Close To Me"

• The Orobians - "Close To Me"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers..