Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters

Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters is a 100-minute-long documentary that was released on DVD by MPI Home Video. It features interviews by Richard Carpenter, John Bettis (co-writer), Gary Sims (part-time member), Petula Clark, et al.

Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters
Video by The Carpenters
Released	March 1, 1998 (VHS & DVD)
Genre	Documentary
Length	100 min.
Label	MPI Home Video
Director	Ron Tosches
Producer	JoAnn Young, Paul Surratt, Bill DiCicco, Laura L. Bucuzzo
The Carpenters chronology
Interpretations (1995) Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters (1998) Gold: Greatest Hits (2002)

The documentary itself runs for approximately 60 minutes, with a 12-minute encore after the end credits featuring a performance of "(A Place To) Hideaway", the Carpenters' commercial for Morton's Potato Chips, and their performance of "Ave Maria" for the 1978 A Christmas Portrait special. The rest of the 100 minute total running time includes the special features (listed below).

The documentary originally aired as a special on PBS and continues to be made available to PBS stations for rerunning during pledge drives.

Chapters

1. Introduction ("Superstar", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "We've Only Just Begun", "(They Long to Be) Close to You")
2. "Yesterday Once More" – Thank You Rock 'n' Roll, 1978
3. "Dancing in the Street" – Your All American College Show, 1968
4. "Ticket to Ride" – Something Else, 1970
5. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
6. "We've Only Just Begun" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
7. "For All We Know" – The Andy Williams Show, 1971
8. "Bless the Beasts and Children" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
9. "Rainy Days and Mondays" – Desert Inn, then fades into Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
10. "Superstar" – 1971
11. "Hurting Each Other" – 1972
12. "Goodbye to Love" – 1972
13. "Top of the World" – Carpenters' Very First Television Special, 1976
14. And the Story Continues...
15. "Only Yesterday" – 1975
16. "Merry Christmas Darling" – A Christmas Portrait, 1978
17. "This Masquerade" – Music, Music, Music!, 1980
18. "Touch Me When We're Dancing" – 1981
19. Finale
20. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – Carpenters' Very First Television Special, 1976
21. End Credits
22. Encore Program
23. "(A Place To) Hideaway" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
24. Potato Chip Commercial – Morton's Potato Chip Company, 1971
25. "Ave Maria" – A Christmas Portrait, 1978
26. TV Special Promo – 1980

Bonus material:

• Photo gallery (1991 remix, Richard Carpenter's Pianist • Arranger • Composer • Conductor version, and reprise of "Yesterday Once More")
• At the White House (Rare footage of Nixon and the Carpenters; "Top of the World") – 1972
• Radio Jingle – KFRC Radio
• Chocolate Commercial – Morinaga Hi-Crown Milk Chocolates, 1974
• Soda Pop Commercials – Suntory Pop, 1977

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[1]	Gold	50,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "American video certifications – The Carpenters – Close To You: Remembering The Carpenters". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 23 June 2021.