album Moody Jr. Stevie Wonder, performed a Talkbox medley of the songs "Close To You" and "Never Can Say Goodbye" on the David Frost Show in 1972. He performed the song again in 2009 as a tribute to Michael Jackson. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, on the 1972 album Blacknuss Smokey Robinson, on the 1973 album Smokey Paloma San Basilio, in her debut album “Sombras”, included a version in Spanish called No Puedes Volver A Mí in 1975. Cal Tjader, on the 1973 album Last Bolero in Berkeley Former Ladies of the Supremes, on the 1995 album Supremely Yours Zachary Breaux, on the 1997 album Uptown Groove Yazz, on the 1997 album The Natural Life Gloria Estefan, as part of the "70's Moment Medley", a b-side to her 1998 single "Don't Let This Moment End" Sheena Easton, on the 2000 album Fabulous The Supremes, originally recorded for the shelved 1971 album Promises Kept, finally released on the 2002 album The '70s Anthology Vanessa Williams, featuring George Benson, on the 2005 album Everlasting Love David Benoit, on the 2008 covers album Heroes Gerald Albright, on the 2009 album Sax for Stax Bob Baldwin featuring Chuck Loeb, on the 2009 album Lookin' Back Olivia Ong, on the 2010 album Olivia David T. Walker, on the 1973 album David T. Walker Westlife performed the song live in 2001 for BBC Children in Need. Frank Ocean covered the song as a medley alongside "Close To You" during his Blonde Tour in Summer 2017, It was inspired by Stevie Wonder's medley from 1972. Jack Stratton of Vulfpeck performed a version of the song with bassist Solomon Dorsey and original guitarist David T. Walker on the 2022 album Vulf Vault 006: Here We Go Jack. Walker played a chord melody to lead the song. Television, film, and stage performances Nicole Kidman sings a few lines of the song in the animated film Happy Feet (2006) Will Ferrell sang the song on the first episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Jorge Núñez sang the song on the top 13 show on American Idol season 8 The song is used in the Broadway musical Disaster. A cover sung in Vietnamese by Khánh Hà plays in Gleaming the Cube. Loretta Devine sings a near 2 minute version of the song in an episode of Ally McBeal Glee Dianna Agron covered the song in 2012 during the eleventh episode of