The Closer You Get

Song by Chris Rea

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Oct 18, 2026

Oct 18 · 2 Mentions

Liam BriggHOST

23:31

sitting on the edge of the ocean.

Liam BriggHOST

23:32

They'd done an early version of The Closer You Get, which is a song by the incredible and gone way too soon, Chris Rea, one of my songwriting heroes.

Liam BriggHOST

23:45

He was a young guy at the time.

Liam BriggHOST

23:46

In fact, there's a lot of people involved in this album that... were quite new on the scene at the time.

14 MINS LATER

Liam BriggHOST

37:37

And I think it's really brilliant.

Liam BriggHOST

37:38

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Chris ReaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

37:59

The closer you get

Bonnie TylerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

38:27

Now I know what you think.