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NEXT - TOO CLOSE (SONG)
Entry:12/07/1998 (Position 48)
Last week in charts:25/10/1998 (Position 42)
Peak:12 (1 weeks)
Weeks:16
Place on best of all time:2390 (412 points)
Year:1997
Music/Lyrics:Keir Gist
Lawrence Smith
Darren Lighty
Kurt Walker
James Moore
Robert Ford
Denzil Miller
Raphael Brown
Robert L. Huggar
Producer:Darren Lighty
KayGee
World wide:
ch  Peak: 46 / weeks: 3
de  Peak: 43 / weeks: 14
nl  Peak: 8 / weeks: 20
be  Peak: 44 / weeks: 4 (Vl)
  Peak: 39 / weeks: 2 (Wa)
se  Peak: 39 / weeks: 6
au  Peak: 12 / weeks: 16
nz  Peak: 1 / weeks: 12

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TRACKS
27/04/1998
CD-Maxi Arista 74321 56932 2 (BMG) / EAN 0743215693222
1. Too Close (Radio Edit)
4:06
2. Too Close (Phatboy Club Mix)
4:12
3. Next feat. Naughty By Nature & Castro - Butta Love (You Got The Love Remix - Dirty Version)
4:25
4. Too Close (London Connection 2 Step Dub)
6:38
   

AVAILABLE ON FOLLOWING MEDIA
VersionLengthTitleLabel
Number
Format
Medium
Date
Radio Edit4:06Too CloseArista
74321 56932 2
Single
CD-Maxi
27/04/1998
Phatboy Club Mix4:12Too CloseArista
74321 56932 2
Single
CD-Maxi
27/04/1998
London Connection 2 Step Dub6:38Too CloseArista
74321 56932 2
Single
CD-Maxi
27/04/1998
4:06Touch My Soul - The Finest Of Black Music Vol. 11Ariola
74321 56275 2
Compilation
CD
02/06/1998
4:06Booom '98 - 38 Explosive Hits [The Second]Ariola
74321 59376 2
Compilation
CD
29/06/1998
4:08TMF Hitzone 3BMG
74321 597282
Compilation
CD
06/07/1998
4:06Just The Best 3/98Ariola
74321 59994 2
Compilation
CD
14/08/1998
4:08Hit Machine Volume 20BMG
74321596372
Compilation
CD
1998
4:06Best Of Black '98SMM / Polystar
491 905 2
Compilation
CD
1998
Radio Version4:06The Dome Vol. 6SMM
491 265 2
Compilation
CD
1998
3:18Hits 50BMG
HITSCD501
Compilation
CD
17/09/2001
4:19Live Sexy: The Urban Edge CollectionSony
88697444522
Compilation
CD
05/06/2009
4:16100 Hits - 90s PopDemon
DMG 100 035
Compilation
CD
27/07/2009
3:19RnB - The Best Of '80 '90 & 2000Versuz Essentials
VE 132 / 2766132
Compilation
CD
08/04/2011
4:08Pure... R&BSony
88697915042
Compilation
CD
06/06/2011
4:05100 One Hit WondersCloud 9
CLDM2012109
Compilation
CD
06/07/2012
4:19Urban's Finest - R&B And Soul SelectionSony
88883714122
Compilation
CD
26/04/2013
4:07Pure... 90s R&BSony
88843039772
Compilation
CD
21/03/2014
4:11The Trevor Nelson Collection 3Sony
88875035982
Compilation
CD
09/01/2015
4:20Sexy - Life MusicSony
88875053432
Compilation
CD
30/01/2015
4:07Ultimate R&BSony
88875085582
Compilation
CD
01/05/2015
4:04Het beste uit de Q Music Top 500 van de 90's [2016]Sony
88875196642
Compilation
CD
11/03/2016
Phatboy Club Mix4:13The Legacy Of RnB PartyLegacy
88875198462
Compilation
CD
23/09/2016
4:06The Classic R&B CollectionSony
88985440452
Compilation
CD
02/06/2017
4:07Top 40 R&B Hits - The Ultimate Top 40 CollectionSony
88985486722
Compilation
CD
27/10/2017
4:06Top 40 Hitdossier 90'sSony
19075983732
Compilation
CD
04/10/2019
4:07Top 40 Hitdossier - One Hit WondersSony
19439854792
Compilation
CD
19/03/2021
MUSIC DIRECTORY
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NEXT IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Too Close12/07/19981216
I Still Love You11/10/1998316
SONGS BY NEXT
Beauty Queen
Butta Love
I Still Love You
If You Leave (Destiny's Child feat. Next)
Imagine That
Jerk (Next ft. 50 Cent)
Penetration (Next & Naughty By Nature)
Shorty
The Blues (Naughty By Nature feat. Next)
Tonite
Too Close
Want It
Wifey
ALBUMS BY NEXT
Platinum & Gold Collection
Rated Next
Welcome II Nextasy
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 3.62 (Reviews: 61)
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**
Even worse than the Blue cover!
**
This song tries to be dirty and sexy, but just sounds like three desperate guys who can't get a lay! Honestly, there is no need for so many sexual innuendos in the song. it's crazy that this song was so successful in the US and reached number one in NZ!
Last edited: 01/05/2014 06:13
****
Good song.
***
Flop track for these guys before Blue took it to #1 3 years later. Prefer Blues version tbh. <br><br>4 weeks in the UK top 100. <br><br>UK#24.<br>Scotland#75.<br><br>6 weeks World Chart top 10. World Chart#7.<br>World Chart Year End (1998): #18.<br><br>The biggest selling boyband single of 1998 in the US.<br>The biggest selling global boyband single of 1998.<br><br>200,000 copies sold in the UK.
Last edited: 27/05/2022 20:40
****
4 stars
**
In 1998 in the US, the biggest song of the year on the charts was this smooth R&B track about the troubles of grinding up next to a lady at the club and getting uncontrollably aroused. If it weren't for the fact that the vocal histrionics are somewhat restrained, this would make for an excellent Boyz II Men parody.
***
THIS song! I finally put a name to it. It's OK - vocals are a little weak though. Happy memories on Vine though. 2.75*
***
Redelijke R&B plaat van deze eendagsvlieg.
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