"So Close" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for Walt Disney Pictures' Enchanted. Performed by Jon McLaughlin, the song was released on November 20, 2007 in the United States as part of the soundtrack for Enchanted.

The song is a contemporary ballad that contrasts in style to songs featured in earlier parts of the film like "True Love's Kiss", "Happy Working Song" and "That's How You Know", which are sung by characters in the film. Unlike these songs, which were written in part as a parody of classic Disney films, the song is "totally genuine" in tone as it is used to express the emotional journey that the main character Giselle undergoes. Also unlike the two other songs, it received negative reviews from critics.

The song was a nominee at the 80th Academy Awards in the Best Original Song category, in which "Happy Working Song" and "That's How You Know" were also nominated.

"So Close" is a "modern", "contemporary pop" ballad.

Critical reception towards "So Close", although for the most part taciturn, has been generally negative. However, some film critics, such as Betty Jo Tucker of ReelTalk Movie Reviews, vied for "So Close" to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, with Tucker commenting, "if 'So Close' doesn't win an Oscar nod I'll be extremely disappointed."

Filmtracks.com gave "So Close" a negative review, describing the song as "stale". Criticizing its slow tempo, the Houston Chronicle's Amy Biancolli wrote of "So Close", "musical nitpickers ... might wish that a climactic ballroom 'waltz' had actually been in three-four time."

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