"Close to You" is a song by British reggae singer Maxi Priest. It was released in July 1990 as the lead single from the album, Bonafide. It reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 6 October 1990, reached number 2 on the ARIA Charts in Australia and number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.

The music video features Priest singing while the background features people in Egypt. There is also a second version, which takes place inside of a soundstage.

In 2003 Trance act Origene covered the song. In 2004 American boygroup B3 covered the song on their album "Living for the weekend", which also features Maxi Priest on backing vocals. In 2006 Puerto Rican reggaeton group Pachanga covered the song on their album "Recontra locos latinos" and released it as their second single. In the same year Dutch singer Jay Delano of the hip hop duo R'n'G fame covered the song and released it as his debut solo single of his debut solo album "Close to you", which has been released in 2007. In 2014, US group The Uptown Band ft. Erich Cawalla & Jenifer Kinder released a Contemporary Jazz version of the song which appears on the group's full-length CD "Heart, Soul, Body, & Mind".

In 2016, Jay Sean used a sample of the lyrics in his single Make My Love Go featuring Sean Paul.

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