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in 1978, and was released from his second solo album, '' Life Is a Song Worth Singing''.

Chart performance

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. It became a

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. In the UK, "Close the Door" was a double-sided release along with Only You, it peaked at #41.

Samples

Altogether, the song has been sampled 45 times in popular music, primarily in the hip hop genre. These include: *In 2002, R&B/

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girl group 3LW sampled Close the Door for their song " Neva Get Enuf" *Mary J. Blige sampled the track in her song, " All Night Long" taken from her second album, '' My Life''. * Ayanda Jiya also sampled the track on her song "Go Go Girl". *Rapper

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sampled the track in his song, " Get Lifted" from his 1994 debut album, '' The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World''.

Chart performance

Samples

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