"Close the Door" is a hit song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.[1] It was a hit for Teddy Pendergrass in 1978, and was released from his second solo album, Life Is a Song Worth Singing.

"Close the Door"
Single by Teddy Pendergrass
from the album Life Is a Song Worth Singing
B-side"Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"
ReleasedMay 4, 1978
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreSoul
Length3:37 (Single Version)
5:25 (Album Version)
LabelPhiladelphia International Records
Songwriter(s)Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Teddy Pendergrass singles chronology
"The Whole Town's Laughing at Me"
(1977)
"Close the Door"
(1978)
"Only You"
(1978)

Chart performance

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The song spent two weeks at number one on the R&B chart and peaked at number twenty-five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[2] It became a gold record. In the UK, "Close the Door" was a double-sided release along with Only You, it peaked at #41.[3]

Samples

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Altogether, the song has been sampled 45 times in popular music, primarily in the hip hop genre.[4] These include:

References

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  1. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 455.
  3. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Samples of Close the Door by Teddy Pendergrass". Who Sampled. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

See also

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List of number-one R&B singles of 1978 (U.S.)