Closer to Me

"Closer to Me"
Single by Five
from the album Kingsize
B-side	"1,2,3,4,5" "The Heat"
Released	22 October 2001 (2001-10-22)
Length	4:28
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Richard Stannard Julian Gallagher Ash Howes Martin Harrington Richard Breen Jason Brown
Producer(s)	Richard "Biff" Stannard Julian Gallagher
Five singles chronology
"Let's Dance" (2001) "Closer to Me" (2001) "Rock the Party" (2001)
Music video
"Closer to Me" on YouTube

"Closer to Me" is a song by English boyband Five. It was released on 22 October 2001 as the second single from their third studio album, Kingsize (2001). The song peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart and was Five's final British release, with the band breaking up after doing promotional appearances for it; follow-up single "Rock the Party" was ultimately included on a second CD single of "Closer to Me" in the UK, released on 26 November. The video for the song was directed by Max & Dania and features various vintage band footage.

Track listings

UK CD1 ^[1]

1. "Closer to Me" (single remix) – 4:29
2. "1,2,3,4,5" – 3:40
3. "The Heat" – 3:09

UK CD2 ^[2]

1. "Closer to Me" (single remix) – 4:29
2. "Rock the Party" (single remix) – 2:49
3. "Closer to Me" (video)

UK cassette single ^[3]

1. "Closer to Me" (single remix) – 4:29
2. "1,2,3,4,5" – 3:40

European CD single ^[4]

1. "Closer to Me" (single remix) – 4:29
2. "Let's Dance" (The Maverick Monkey mix) – 5:19

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Kingsize album booklet. ^[5]

Studio

• Mixed at Biffco Studios (Dublin, Ireland)

Personnel

• Richard "Biff" Stannard – writing (as Richard Stannard), production
• Julian Gallagher – writing, production
• Ash Howes – writing, keyboards, programming, recording, mixing
• Martin Harrington – writing, keyboards, programming, additional recording
• Abz Love – writing (as Richard Breen)
• Jason Brown – writing
• Andy Caine – backing vocals
• Sharon Murphy – backing vocals
• Milton McDonald – guitars
• Alvin Sweeney – additional recording

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [6] with "Rock the Party" 55 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 38 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 16 Ireland (IRMA) [9] 12 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 78 Romania (Romanian Top 100) [11] 14 Scotland (OCC) [12] 4 UK Singles (OCC) [13] 4 UK Airplay ( Music Week ) [14] 39

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Ireland (IRMA) [15] 90 UK Singles (OCC) [16] 104

Release history

Region	Version	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	"Closer to Me"	22 October 2001	CD1 cassette	RCA	[17]
		26 November 2001	CD2		[18]
Sweden			CD		[19]
Australia	"Rock the Party" / "Closer to Me"	3 December 2001			[20]

References

1. Closer to Me (UK CD1 liner notes). Five. RCA Records. 2001. 74321 90074 2.
2. Closer to Me (UK CD2 liner notes). Five. RCA Records. 2001. 74321 901802.
3. Closer to Me (UK cassette single sleeve). Five. RCA Records. 2001. 74321 900744.
4. Closer to Me (European CD single liner notes). Five. RCA Records. 2001. 74321 89874 2.
5. Kingsize (UK CD album booklet). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 2001. 74321 875972.
6. "Issue 615" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
7. "Five – Closer to Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 19, no. 46. 10 November 2001. p. 11. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
9. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Closer to Me". Irish Singles Chart.
10. "Five – Closer to Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
11. "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 50, saptamina 17.12–23.12, 2001" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
12. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
13. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
14. "Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week . 3 November 2001. p. 25. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
15. "Ireland – Top Singles for 2001". C&R. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
16. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2001" (PDF). UKChartsPlus . Retrieved 16 August 2021.
17. "New Releases – For Week Starting October 22, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 20 October 2001. p. 29. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
18. "New Releases – For Week Starting November 26, 2001: Singles". Music Week. 24 November 2001. p. 31.Misprinted as 19 November on source.
19. "Five: Closer to Me". click2music.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 April 2002. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
20. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 3rd December 2001" (PDF). ARIA. 3 December 2001. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2023.