"Close the Door" is a hit song written by

Kenny Gamble Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production duo credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as P ...

and

Leon Huff Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production duo credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as P ...

. It was a hit for

Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American Soul music, soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initial ...

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 "Neva Get Enuf" is the second single released from 3LW's second album ''A Girl Can Mack'' and features Lil Wayne, it heavily samples Teddy Pendergrass's " Close the Door". The song is a trio but the video was released by the group as a duo, afte ...

" *Mary J. Blige sampled the track in her song, " All Night Long" taken from her second album, '' My Life''. *

Ayanda Jiya Sibongile Ayanda Sizwesiyanda Jiya (born June 18, 1987), known professionally as Ayanda Jiya, is a South African singer, songwriter and record producer, born in Klerksdorp, North West. She was signed under TinismDotc0m in 2010. Her single, "Go ...

also sampled the track on her song "Go Go Girl". *Rapper

Keith Murray Keith Omar Murray (born May 29, 1972) is an American rapper from New York. He is best known for being a member of the hip hop group Def Squad, which includes fellow rappers Redman and fellow Long Island native Erick Sermon. The group releas ...

sampled the track in his song, "

Get Lifted ''Get Lifted'' is the debut studio album by American singer John Legend. It was released by GOOD Music, Sony Urban Music, and Columbia Records on December 28, 2004 in the United States. Executive production was handled by Legend's then-manager a ...

" from his 1994 debut album, ''

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''.

Chart performance

Samples

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See also