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((Infobox song
| name          = Come a Little Closer
| cover         = Cage the Elephant Come a Little Closer.jpg
| alt           = 
| border        = yes
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Cage the Elephant]]
| album         = [[Melophobia]]
| B-side        = Baby Blue
| released      = ((Start date|2013|08|13))
| recorded      = 2012–2013 at St. Charles, [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
| studio        = 
| venue         = 
| genre         = *[[Alternative rock]]
*[[indie rock]]
*[[psychedelic rock]]
| length        = ((Duration|m=3|s=49))
| label         = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| writer        = [[Jared Champion]], Lincoln Parish, Brad Shultz, [[Matt Shultz (singer)|Matt Shultz]], Daniel Tichenor
| producer      = [[Jay Joyce]]
| prev_title    = [[Aberdeen (song)|Aberdeen]]
| prev_year     = 2011
| next_title    = [[Cigarette Daydreams]]
| next_year     = 2014
| misc          = ((External music video|type=single|((YouTube|KVYup3Qwh8Q|"Come a Little Closer"))))
))

"'''Come a Little Closer'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Cage the Elephant]]. Written by lead singer [[Matthew Shultz]] and produced by [[Jay Joyce]], it was released as the lead single from the band's third studio album ''[[Melophobia]]'' on August 13, 2013. It topped the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs]] chart in the United States, giving the band their fourth number-one hit on the chart.<ref name="Caulfield">((cite journal |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5785848/chart-highlights-cage-the-elephant-returns-to-no-1-on-rock |title=Chart Highlights: Cage The Elephant Returns To No. 1 On Rock Airplay, Alternative Songs |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |location=New York |date=November 11, 2013 |accessdate=November 12, 2013 |author1=Caulfield, Keith |author2=Trust, Gary))</ref>

==Background==
Cage the Elephant lead singer Matthew Shultz wrote "Come a Little Closer", taking inspiration from an occasion in which he woke up in a [[São Paulo]] hotel in the early morning and opened his window to watch the sunrise over the favelas.<ref name="Songwriter">((cite journal |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/10/cage-elephant-talk-melophobia-come-little-closer-songwriting/ |title=Cage The Elephant Talk ''Melophobia'', 'Come A Little Closer,' Songwriting |journal=[[American Songwriter]] |location=Nashville |date=October 7, 2013 |accessdate=October 9, 2013 |author=Rutledge, Chris))</ref> Finding the makeshift housing comparable to an anthill, he soon found himself wondering what each soul inside each borough felt, whether it be heartache, love, loss or joy.<ref name="Songwriter"/>

==Music video==
The music video for "Come a Little Closer" was directed by Matthew Schultz and released on November 12, 2013.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/cage-the-elephant/978114/come-a-little-closer-official-video.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407142801/http://www.mtv.com/videos/cage-the-elephant/978114/come-a-little-closer-official-video.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |title=Come A Little Closer (Official Video) ((!)) Cage The Elephant ((!)) Music Video |work=[[MTV]] |publisher=[[Viacom Media Networks]] |accessdate=April 2, 2014))</ref> A mix of animation and live-action footage, it depicts the members of Cage the Elephant being transported to an alien planet and trying to escape from several monstrous beings, and in Schultz's case, having to navigate out of the stomach of a giant whale and evade being devoured by a group of birds.<ref name="Video">((cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/cage-the-elephant-battle-psychedelic-beasts-in-come-a-little-closer-20131112 |title=Cage the Elephant Battle Psychedelic Beasts in 'Come a Little Closer' |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |location=New York |date=November 12, 2013 |accessdate=January 2, 2015 |author=Blistein, Jon))</ref> Schultz then rides a flaming lion and makes his way to a different planet made of skulls, traveling into its core and managing to escape death by destroying it.<ref name="Video"/> Scenes of the band performing the song is interspersed throughout.<ref name="Video"/>

==Track listing==
* '''Digital download'''<ref name="Download"/>
# "Come a Little Closer" – 3:49

* '''7" vinyl'''<ref name="Vinyl"/>
# "Come a Little Closer" – 3:49
# "Baby Blue" – 3:57

==Charts==
((col-begin))
((col-2))

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (2013–2014)
! Peak<br />position
|-
((single chart|Billboardcanadianhot100|72|artist=Cage the Elephant|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2013))
|-
((single chart|Billboardcanadarock|2|artist=Cage the Elephant|rowheader=true|access-date=January 19, 2015))
|-
((single chart|CIS|195|artist=Cage the Elephant|song=Come a Little Closer|songid=50186|access-date=March 4, 2024|refname="CIS"|rowheader=true))
|-
!scope="row"| Mexico Ingles Airplay (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>((cite web |url=((BillboardURLbyName|artist=Cage the Elephant|chart=Mexico Ingles Airplay)) |title=Cage the Elephant Album & Song Chart History |work=[[Billboard charts|Billboard]] Mexico Ingles Airplay for Royal Blood |access-date=January 19, 2015))</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"| 41
|-
((single chart|Billboardbubbling100|7|artist=Cage the Elephant|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2013))
|-
((single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|24|artist=Cage the Elephant|rowheader=true|access-date=February 20, 2014))
|-
((single chart|Billboardrocksongs|15|artist=Cage the Elephant|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2013))
|-
((single chart|Billboardrockairplay|1|artist=Cage the Elephant|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2014))
|-
|}
((col-2))

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Chart (2013)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot Rock Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/hot-rock-songs |title=Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2013 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=December 21, 2014))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 46
|-
! scope="row"| US Rock Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/rock-airplay-songs |title=Rock Airplay Songs: Year End 2013 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=December 21, 2014))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 23
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Chart (2014)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot Rock Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-rock-songs |title=Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2014 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=December 21, 2014))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 35
|-
! scope="row"| US Rock Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/rock-airplay-songs |title=Rock Airplay Songs: Year End 2014 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=December 21, 2014))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
|-
|}

((col-end))

==Certifications==
((Certification Table Top))
((Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Cage the Elephant|title=Come a Little Closer|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2013|certyear=2024|access-date=June 12, 2024))
((Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Come a Little Closer|artist=Cage the Elephant|type=single|award=Silver|relyear=2013|certyear=2023|id=19199-3373-1|access-date=August 4, 2023))
((Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Come a Little Closer|artist=Cage the Elephant|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2013|certyear=2022|access-date=November 22, 2022))
((Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true))

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Region
! Date
! Format
! Label
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| United States
| rowspan="3"| August 13, 2013
| [[Music download|Digital download]]<ref name="Download">((cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Come-A-Little-Closer/dp/B00EBGN9X4 |title=Come A Little Closer: Cage the Elephant |accessdate=November 12, 2013))</ref>
| rowspan="3"| [[RCA Records]]
|-
| [[Active rock]] radio<ref name="ActiveRock">((cite web |url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=08/13/2013&Format=2 |title=R&R Going For Adds: Active Rock (Week Of: August 13, 2013) |work=[[Radio & Records]] |accessdate=November 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112110009/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=08%2F13%2F2013&Format=2 |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|-
| [[Modern rock]] radio<ref name="ModernRock">((cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases |title=Alternative > Future Releases |publisher=All Access Music Group |accessdate=November 12, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628222743/http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases |archivedate=June 28, 2013 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| February 3, 2014
| [[Gramophone record|7" vinyl]]<ref name="Vinyl">((cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/come-a-little-closer-mr0004082772 |title= Come a Little Closer (7 inch Vinyl Disc – Virgin EMI #3771032) – Cage the Elephant |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |accessdate=January 2, 2015))</ref>
| [[Virgin EMI Records]]
|}

==References==
((reflist|2))

==External links==
*((YouTube|KVYup3Qwh8Q|"Come a Little Closer" Music video))

((Cage the Elephant))

((authority control))

[[Category:2013 singles]]
[[Category:Cage the Elephant songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Jay Joyce]]
[[Category:Songs written by Matt Shultz (singer)]]
[[Category:2013 songs]]
[[Category:RCA Records singles]]
[[Category:Rock ballads]]

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