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Closer Than Friends

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"Closer Than Friends"
Single by Surface
from the album 2nd Wave
B-side"Closer Than Friends (Jazz Version)"
Released1988
GenreR&B
Length4:15
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bernard Jackson
Producer(s)David "Pic" Conley, David Townsend, Bernard Jackson
Surface singles chronology
"I Missed"
(1988)
"Closer Than Friends"
(1988)
"Shower Me With Your Love"
(1989)

"Closer Than Friends" is a 1988 single by Surface. The single was the group's first of four number ones on Hot Black Singles chart, staying at the top spot for two weeks, and peaking at number fifty seven on the Hot 100.[2]

Cover Versions

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  • In 1997, Ms. Lydia remade the song, featuring Surface, the CD single peaked at number ninety-one on Hot R&B Singles chart.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 559.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 416.