The Once and Future Carpenter: We've Only Just Begun / Skyscrapers / Precious Metals / (They Long to Be) Close to You / Rainy Days and Mondays / I Won't Last a Day Without You

~ Recording by Blue Stars

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recording of:(They Long to Be) Close to You (medley)
I Won’t Last a Day Without You (medley)
Rainy Days and Mondays (medley)
We’ve Only Just Begun (medley)

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)
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 Won’t Last a Day Without You

lyricist:Paul Williams (US songwriter/soft rock vocalist)
composer:Roger Nichols (musician/songwriter)
publisher:Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
later translated versions:Ilman sua en kestä päivääkään

Rainy Days and Mondays

lyricist:Paul Williams (US songwriter/soft rock vocalist)
composer:Roger Nichols (musician/songwriter)
publisher:Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
referred to in medleys:Opening Medley (Carpenters 1972) (order: 2)

We’ve Only Just Begun

lyricist:Paul Williams (US songwriter/soft rock vocalist)
composer:Roger Nichols (musician/songwriter)
publisher:Irving Music (BMI)
sub-publisher:Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
later parody versions:We've Only Just Begun (Louder With Crowder)
lyrics quoted in:Hurt Feelings