Close to You/Maxi Priest(R&B/pop/Soul's mix song)English with Lyrics

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“Close To You” is essentially an R&B-flavored club song, a bit like Priest’s fellow British Rastafarian singer Billy Ocean’s 1984 breakout hit “Caribbean Queen (No More Love on The Run).” But instead of the sleek post-disco sound of “Caribbean Queen,” “Close to You” has a syncopated breakbeat and rippling, echoing guitar. It’s smooth, breezy dance-pop, and its shivery string melody is lifted straight from Soul II Soul’s “Back To Life (However Do You Want Me),” a 1989 single that peaked at #4 in the US. (“Back To Life” is a 10. There were plenty of connections between Maxi Priest and Soul II Soul. Soul II Soul had started out as a London reggae Soundsystem in the early ’80s, and Soul II Soul’s production masterminds Jazzie B and Nellee Hooper produced a couple of tracks on Priest’s Bonafide album.)