The idea for the video came from a dream Robert Smith had where he was locked in a linen closet that fell off a cliff and into the ocean. The clip, directed by Tim Pope, was shot at Beachy Head in East Sussex.
Robert Smith explained in Q Magazine's 1001 Best Songs Ever: "It's weird because of all the songs we've written, 'Close To Me' doesn't spring to mind as one of our best songs. It was a slightly surreal moment on the record and it wasn't even a definite album track during the recording. It was only when I did the vocal and got really extreme on the production, making it really claustrophobic sounding, that it came to life. Up till that point it was average." "The video had quite a big impact too," he added. "I suggested to Tim (Pope, director) doing it in a wardrobe on top of a cliff because of the uncomfortable feeling and I think that cemented it in the Cure canon."
In 1990, a remix of this called the "closet mix" was released as a single, going to #13 in the UK. Another version of the song, the "closer mix," was included on the album Mixed Up.
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