"Closer" is a song by New Zealand band Six60, released as the third single from their 2017 extended play Six60.
| "Closer" | ||||
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| Single by Six60 | ||||
| from the album Six60 | ||||
| Released | 27 October 2017 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Epic, Massive | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Closer" (Lyric Video) on YouTube | ||||
Background and composition
editThe band members described "Closer" as "a feelgood song", where they spent time and effort taking a complex song and packaging it as simple.[1] Lyrically, the song describes a man wanting to get physically closer to somebody at a party.[2]
Release and promotion
edit"Closer" was one of six tracks released weekly in the build-up to their Six60 EP,[3] on 27 October 2017.[4] "Closer" became the most played song on New Zealand radio in May 2018, after the EP's lead single "Don't Give It Up" spent six months from November 2017 to May 2018 at the top of the radio airplay rankings.[5]
Critical reception
editKatie Parker of Radio New Zealand felt that the song "nails Six60's penchant for writing songs ostensibly about something but actually about nothing", and described "Closer" as being "like a list of hashtags beneath a very inoffensive, but somehow still upsetting, Instagram".[2]
Credits and personnel
editCredits adapted from Tidal.[6]
- Neil Baldock – engineer
- Leslie Braithwaite – mixing
- Andrew Chavez – engineer
- Ji Fraser – guitar, songwriter
- Marlon Gerbes – keyboards, guitar, producer, songwriter
- David Kutch – mastering engineer
- Chris Mac – bass guitar, songwriter
- Eli Paewai – drums, songwriter
- Printz Board – producer, songwriter
- Matiu Walters – vocals, producer, songwriter
Charts
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| New Zealand (RMNZ)[9] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Six60 (8 December 2017). "SIX60 - Closer (Behind the Song, Berlin)". Retrieved 12 April 2023 – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Parker, Katie; Moses, Hussein (24 November 2017). "The Singles Life: Which new Six60 song is the Six60-est?". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Gillespie, Kim (15 November 2017). "SoundBites: Marlon Williams, Estère, Koi Boys, Kimbra, Kings, Six60, Punk It Up". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Closer - Single". iTunes. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Greive, Duncan (21 July 2018). "The biggest band in New Zealand history are doing everything wrong". The Spinoff. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Credits / SIX60 / SIX60". Tidal. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Six60 – Closer". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2018". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.