Come a Little Bit Closer
"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans. It reached number 3 on the [Billboard Hot 100|Billboard Hot 100] on November 21, 1964, making it the band's highest-charting single. It also peaked at number 4 on the Cashbox chart and at number 1 on RPM's singles chart, whilst in Australia it peaked at 37 on the Kent Music Report. The song was their first top 5 recording in two years, since 1962's "She Cried". On the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade it peaked at #4.
It was written by songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, as well as Wes Farrell, and became Boyce and Hart's first top 10 hit.
Jay and the Americans also recorded a Spanish version of the song.
A cover version by American country music artists Johnny [Duncan (country singer)|Johnny Duncan] and Janie Fricke was released in 1977 and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in January 1978.