Close to You / Trains and Boats and Planes / I’m a Better Man

~ Recording by Ena Baga

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Close to You / Trains and Boats and Planes / I’m a Better Man?:??Ena BagaThe Happy Hammond Plays the Hits of Burt BacharachEna BagaAlbum
Hallmark Records (Pickwick UK imprint, unrelated to the US Hallmark greeting card label)H 8154

Relationships

Hammond organ:Ena Baga
compilation of:1. Close to You
2. Trains and Boats and Planes
3. I’m a Better Man
recording of:1. (They Long to Be) Close to You (instrumental)
2. Trains and Boats and Planes (instrumental)
3. I’m a Better Man (for Having Loved You) (instrumental)

Related works

(They Long to Be) Close to You

lyricist:Hal David
composer:Burt Bacharach
publisher:Albert Music Publishing
Blue Seas Music, Inc.
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (Hal David) (not for release label use! see annotation)
Carlin Music Corporation
Casa David LP
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
Jac Music, Inc.
New Hidden Valley Music Co.
U.S. Songs, Inc.
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
referred to in medleys:Carpenters Medley (single mix) (order: 5)
The Medley of the Century (40 Tunes in 4 1/2 Minutes) (order: 20)
later parody versions:[Colostomy]
later translated versions:Bij je zijn
Nah bei dir
Sie lieben dich (so wie ich)
Stretto a te (Close to You)
カフェにて
is the basis for:Close to You (Frank Ocean’s vocoder version on “Blonde”, not the Bacharach/David original)
WHITE LINES (Close To You)

I’m a Better Man (for Having Loved You)

lyricist:Hal David
composer:Burt Bacharach

Trains and Boats and Planes

lyricist:Hal David
composer:Burt Bacharach
publisher:Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
later versions:Quand un bateau passe