“The Closer I Get to You” is a romantic soul ballad originally performed as a duet by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, released as a single in 1978 after appearing on Flack’s 1977 album Blue Lights in the Basement. It became a major crossover hit, reaching number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart and peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and is now considered one of their most familiar duets.