Closer Than Friends

"Closer Than Friends"
"Closer Than Friends"
Single by Surface
from the album 2nd Wave
B-side	"Closer Than Friends (Jazz Version)"
Released	1989
Recorded	February – July 1988
Studio	The Lab; (West Orange, New Jersey)
Genre	R&B
Length	4:15
Label	Columbia
Songwriter	Bernard Jackson David Townsend ;
Producers	David "Pic" Conley, David Townsend, Bernard Jackson
Surface singles chronology

Last updated November 29, 2025

"Closer Than Friends" is a song by American band Surface and the second single from their second studio album 2nd Wave (1988). It was their first of four number ones on the Hot Black Singles chart, staying at the top spot for two weeks, and peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2]

Cover versions

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

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

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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.

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v t e Surface
Studio albums	Surface 2nd Wave 3 Deep Love Zone
Compilation albums	The Best of Surface...A Nice Time for Loving
Singles	"Falling in Love" "Happy" "Closer Than Friends" "Shower Me with Your Love" "You Are My Everything" "The First Time" "Never Gonna Let You Down"