The song takes its title from the fifth studio album
Close to the edge (1972) by the band Yes.
Its working title was 'Close to the edge". Paul Morley said: 'We created the
music through editing, and so changed the title. Being perverse and
provocative I put the brackets in.' The song also samples the 1983 songs 'Leave it' and 'Owner of a lonely heart' by the same band, both of which were produced by Trevor Horn. The single heavily features the recorded sample of a car, a Volkswagen Golf owned by a neighbour of band member J. J. Jeczalik, stalling and restarting. The short spoken-word vocal and the "Hey!" sample was the voice of Camilla Pilkington-Smyth. Jeczalik's girlfriend at the time taught at a girls' school in Ascot
and brought Pilkington-Smyth, one of her pupils, to his attention. The
sample of her voice was recorded by Jeczalik in a chapel using a Revox A77 tape recorder.
This single is a US promotional pressing with a sleeve which is very different from the UK version. The track appears on both sides, as per usual on many promotional 7" singles.
My collection: 7" single no. 8362
Found: Discogs.com, received 21 July 2026
Tracks: 'Close (to the edit)' / 'Close (to the edit)'
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