Michigan band Call It Karma and Colorado band Blue Dog And Sponge Cake have also covered the song. UK-based rock band Kenai have covered the song as a download-only release. Las Vegas pop rock band The Higher covered the song on their June 2009 release It's Only Natural. Los Angeles based modern rock/pop band, Ice Cream Fire covered the song on their 6-song demo, released via their websites in 2011. "Closer" (Cotto's Can't Stop Remix) - 7:25."Closer" (Subkulcha House Remix) - 7:22."Closer" (StoneBridge Club Remix) - 7:36."Closer" (Agent X Bassline Remix) - 5:22.
The video was nominated in the "Best Dancing In A Video" category at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, but it lost to Pussycat Dolls's " When I Grow Up" which would appear in Dance Dance Revolution a year later. It features Ne-Yo performing dance moves, with lyrics from the song occasionally appearing on-screen. The video premiered on BET on April 25, playing every hour of the day with the last airing being at 7 PM. A number of on-set pictures from the video leaked over the Internet. Other shots also show him alone in the center of the spotlight being backed up with four dancers, or with a Matchless motorcycle. Ne-Yo wore a "gentleman-looking" suit dancing with a woman. It was directed by Melina Matsoukas who also directed his " Because of You" and " Do You" video. The video was filmed at Santa Clara Studios, California. The song was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, while the Stonebridge Radio Edit was nominated for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for the 51st Grammy Awards, which were held on February 8, 2009. This song was number 60 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008. And 'Closer' was the end result." Awards and nominations I basically tried to capture that energy and put the Ne-Yo spin on it. With just that constant, four-on-the-floor house beat that just really gets bashed into your skull the whole time you're there, by the way the music makes you feel. You know, kinda smoky, kinda dark and mysterious. Speaking in May 2008 to noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul, Ne-Yo explained the inspiration behind the song: "It was very much inspired by just the vibe of some of these house and techno clubs we went to while we were in London. His attraction to her becomes stronger, and almost hypnotic, as he sings "And I just can't pull myself away, under a spell I can't break/I just can't stop." The song was featured in episodes of the CW shows Gossip Girl and 90210. In the song, Ne-Yo sings of having an urging attraction to a woman he sees, having the desire to "come closer" to her. "Closer" marks a musical departure for Ne-Yo, taking on a dance pop style over the more rhythmic and urban sound his songs usually possess. The commercial was also used as promotional tool for Year of the Gentleman. The song and its music video were used in a commercial for in early 2008. "Closer" became the fifteenth biggest selling single in the UK in 2008 according to BBC Radio 1's chart of the year. It reached #1 in the UK, scoring Ne-Yo his second UK No.1 following 2006's So Sick. The song was released as the first single from his third album Year of the Gentleman. " Closer" is a 2008 Single by American pop/ R&B singer Ne-Yo. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Bernt Rune Stray, Shaffer Smith
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