Move Closer
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Move Closer is a song by Phyllis Nelson
, which reached the #1 spot in United Kingdom
during 1985.
wrote the self-written ballad 1984, It was a complete departure from the type of music she had been recording. The lyrics of "Move Closer" were based on a long-term love affair she had with a much younger man in Philadelphia, who was struggling to start his own computer business
, making her the first black woman top the UK charts with her own composition. The song was originally released in April 1984 but failed to chart, but was re-released in February 1985 after BBC Radio London started to play it, the song began to climb the charts, taking 12 weeks to climb to #1. Move Closer remained on the charts for just over five months during 1985, ended up as the seventh biggest song of 1985 and the eighty-second highest selling single of the 1980s. In 1994 it was reissued and returned to the UK Singles Chart
, this time reaching #34, on the back of it being featured in an anti-persperant commercial.
Phyllis Nelson
Phyllis Nelson was an American singer, most famous for her UK chart-topping recording, "Move Closer". Her son is the R&B singer and record producer, Marc Nelson.-Career:...
, which reached the #1 spot in United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
during 1985.
History
Phyllis NelsonPhyllis Nelson
Phyllis Nelson was an American singer, most famous for her UK chart-topping recording, "Move Closer". Her son is the R&B singer and record producer, Marc Nelson.-Career:...
wrote the self-written ballad 1984, It was a complete departure from the type of music she had been recording. The lyrics of "Move Closer" were based on a long-term love affair she had with a much younger man in Philadelphia, who was struggling to start his own computer business
UK
Move Closer reached the #1 spot in United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, making her the first black woman top the UK charts with her own composition. The song was originally released in April 1984 but failed to chart, but was re-released in February 1985 after BBC Radio London started to play it, the song began to climb the charts, taking 12 weeks to climb to #1. Move Closer remained on the charts for just over five months during 1985, ended up as the seventh biggest song of 1985 and the eighty-second highest selling single of the 1980s. In 1994 it was reissued and returned to the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, this time reaching #34, on the back of it being featured in an anti-persperant commercial.
Chart positions
The song failed to make any impact on the American charts, but did chart in Europe and New Zealand during 1984 and 1985.| Chart (1984)/(1985) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
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| Canadian RPM Top Singles | |||
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| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
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| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
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| Italian Singles Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
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| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
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| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| Norwegian Singles Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
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| Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
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| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
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| UK Singles Chart | 1 | 7 | 82 |
Covers
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". It was also included on the band's 2006 compilation A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - 03. - Sir Tom JonesTom Jones (singer)Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
(1989, #49 on the UK Singles Chart).