<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "(They Long to Be) Close to You" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> A-side label of U.S. 7 - inch single </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Carpenters </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Close to You </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> "I Kept on Lovin' You" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> May 15, 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> 7" single </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Pop, soft rock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 4: 33 (LP version) </Li> <Li> 3: 40 (7" single) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> A&M 1183 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Burt Bacharach </Li> <Li> Hal David </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Jack Daugherty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Carpenters singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Ticket to Ride" (1969) </Td> <Td> "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970) </Td> <Td> "We've Only Just Begun" (1970) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Ticket to Ride" (1969) </Td> <Td> "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970) </Td> <Td> "We've Only Just Begun" (1970) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Close to You track listing </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Side one </Dt> </Dl> <Ol> <Li> "We've Only Just Begun" </Li> <Li> "Love Is Surrender" </Li> <Li> "Maybe It's You" </Li> <Li> "Reason to Believe" </Li> <Li> "Help!" </Li> <Li> "(They Long to Be) Close to You" </Li> </Ol> <Dl> <Dt> Side two </Dt> </Dl> <Ol> <Li> "Baby It's You" </Li> <Li> "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" </Li> <Li> "Crescent Noon" </Li> <Li> "Mr. Guder" </Li> <Li> "I Kept on Loving You" </Li> <Li> "Another Song" </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "(They Long to Be) Close to You" </Th> </Tr>

Who wrote the carpenter's song close to you