Closer to Your Heart (Clannad song)

"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

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

References

  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'. "


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