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Closer to Your Heart (Clannad song)

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"Closer to Your Heart"
Single by Clannad
from the album Macalla
Released16 September 1985[1]
StudioWindmill, Dublin, Ireland
GenrePop rock
Length3:30
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Ciarán Brennan
Producer(s)Steve Nye
Clannad singles chronology
"Scarlet Inside"
(1984)
"Closer to Your Heart"
(1985)
"Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn)"
(1985)

"Closer to Your Heart" is a song by Irish folk rock group Clannad. It was Clannad's first single that was solely considered as pop music.[2][3][4]

Parts of the video for the single were shot at the Ponderosa venue on Glenshane Pass near Derry.

Track listing

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  1. "Closer to Your Heart"
  2. "Buachaill Ón Éirne"

References

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  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 14.
  2. ^ Billboard – 16 Nov 1985 The first single from the album is "Closer To Your Heart,"
  3. ^ Tom Moon – 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die 2008 – Page 171 "KEY TRACKS: “In a Lifetime,” “Caislean Oir,” “Closer to Your Heart," "Blackstairs." "
  4. ^ Colin Harper, Trevor Hodgett Irish folk, trad & blues: a secret history 2004 p.292 "The album was crammed with latter-day Clannad classics, like 'Closer To Your Heart', 'Almost Seems Too Late To Turn' and Maire's duet with U2's Bono, 'In A Lifetime'. "