"Close the Door" | ||||
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Single by Teddy Pendergrass | ||||
from the album Life Is a Song Worth Singing | ||||
B-side | "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose" | |||
Released | May 4, 1978 | |||
Studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 3:37 (Single Version) 5:25 (Album Version) | |||
Label | Philadelphia International Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff | |||
Teddy Pendergrass singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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]
Altogether, the song has been sampled 45 times in popular music, primarily in the hip hop genre. [4] These include: