Close the Door (song)

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"Close the Door" is a hit song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. It was a hit for Teddy Pendergrass 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 gold record. 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:

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