<P> `` Just to Be Close to You '' is a song by American R&B / funk band , Commodores , in 1976 . Released from their album , Hot on the Tracks , it would become one of their biggest hits , spending two weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart and becoming their second Billboard Hot 100 top ten , peaking at number seven . The song was written and sung by Lionel Richie . </P>
<P> `` Just to Be Close to You '' is a song by American R&B / funk band , Commodores , in 1976 . Released from their album , Hot on the Tracks , it would become one of their biggest hits , spending two weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart and becoming their second Billboard Hot 100 top ten , peaking at number seven . The song was written and sung by Lionel Richie . </P>
who sings just to be close to you
who sings just to be close to you
Commodores
Commodores