Too Close

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"Too Close" is a 2011 electro-soul song by British singer Alex Clare that gained widespread popularity after being featured in a major Internet Explorer commercial.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Too Close canonical 8
helped drive digital sales of Too Close 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Lateness of the Hour ⓘ
artist Alex Clare ⓘ
chartPerformance UK Singles Chart top 10 ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 top 10 ⓘ
commercialUseYear 2012 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre dubstep ⓘ
electro-soul ⓘ
electronic ⓘ
hasInstrumentation electronic beats ⓘ
heavy bass ⓘ
soul-influenced vocals ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Yes ⓘ
includedIn The Lateness of the Hour ⓘ
isDebutSingleOf Alex Clare ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 4:18 ⓘ
musicVideoPlatform YouTube ⓘ
notableFor boost in popularity from Internet Explorer advertisement ⓘ
partOf Alex Clare discography ⓘ
performer Alex Clare ⓘ
producer Diplo ⓘ
Switch ⓘ
recordLabel Island Records ⓘ
Universal Republic Records ⓘ
releaseDate 2011-04-15 ⓘ
releaseFormat CD single ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
releaseYear 2011 ⓘ
tempo mid-tempo ⓘ
theme conflicted romantic relationship ⓘ
usedByCompany Microsoft ⓘ
usedInCommercial Internet Explorer 9 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Explorer
vocalist Alex Clare ⓘ
writer Alex Clare ⓘ
Jim Duguid ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alex Clare → notableWork → Too Close ⓘ
Alex Clare → notableSong → Too Close ⓘ
Alex Clare → breakthroughSingle → Too Close ⓘ
RL → notableWork → Too Close ⓘ
Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign → impact → helped drive digital sales of Too Close ⓘ
linked to: Too Close
Blue → notableWork → Too Close ⓘ
subject linked to: Blue (band)