Song · Maxi Priest
“Close to You” by Maxi Priest
Released 1990
“Close to You” by Maxi Priest appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1990. Its best result is #83 on the CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #247 alternative song of 1990.
English reggae singer Maxi Priest led off Bonafide, his fifth album, with "Close to You" in 1990, a song he wrote with Gary Benson and Winston Sela; Handel Tucker, Geoffrey Chung and Lowell "Sly" Dunbar produced it. 10 Records put it out, and it went all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, number two in Australia and number seven in Britain.
It's reggae in the loosest sense, and critics heard it every which way. AllMusic's Ron Wynn called it pop and R&B with a reggae accent rather than the real thing; Music Week's David Giles heard a clear turn toward soul, with honeyed vocals and a rhythm angled at the dancefloor; cleveland.com's Troy L. Smith heard the mellowest new jack swing going, and Stereogum's Tom Breihan filed it under dance-pop.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 83 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 | 90 |
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