Close the Door

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For other uses, see Close the Door (disambiguation)

"Close the Door" was a hit song for Teddy Pendergrass in 1978 and written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. It spent two weeks at number one on the R&B chart and peaked at number twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100. [1]. It was released from his second solo album, Life Is a Song Worth Singing. In 2002 R&B/hip hop soul girl group 3LW sampled Close the Door for their song "Neva Get Enuf". Rapper Keith Murray sampled the track in his song, "Get Lifted" from his 1994 debut album, The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 455. 
Preceded by
"Stuff Like That" by Quincy Jones
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single
July 8, 1978 – July 15, 1978
Succeeded by
"You and I" by Rick James
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