In 2019 it was featured in fifth episode of HBO TV series Mrs. WWE also used this song in a promo package to highlight former WWE Diva, AJ Lee. It was featured in the 2017 Netflix series Friends from College. It was later used in an AT&T commercial in 2015. The song plays over the final moments and end credits of first-season finale of the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman which aired on 22 August 2014. The song was also featured in season 12 of Degrassi. It was featured in the pilot of the Freeform original series Young & Hungry and was later featured again in the season 5 episode "Young & Amnesia". The song was covered on Glee in the episode " Feud" (2013) by Ryder Lynn ( Blake Jenner) and Jake Puckerman ( Jacob Artist) with New Directions. Tegan and Sara are also seen singing on a swing set and jumping on a trampoline. It then begins to feature different scenes in-between such as various couples doing various party activities as well as putting make-up on one another, playing spin the bottle, and kissing on top of a car. It starts with Tegan and Sara performing karaoke of the song. The music video for "Closer" premiered on November 29, 2012, on Tegan and Sara's official YouTube channel. Consequence of Sound called it "genius levels of fun", while Alter the Press! compared the song to " Dancing on My Own" by Robyn. "Closer" placed thirteenth on The Village Voice 's 2013 Pazz & Jop singles list.
The song was influenced by Tegan's "favorite, mid-'90s dance tracks" by Erasure and Ace of Base. The song's sections make use of sharply contrasting dynamics, eventually leading to a synthesizer breakdown. The song is written in C major, with a I-IV-V-I circle progression. Its rhythm uses a four-to-the-floor beat with a prominent kick drum. Ī synth-pop and dance-pop song, "Closer" is set in common time with a tempo of 137 beats per minute. Tegan was hesitant about writing a straightforward love song and was concerned that using the phrase "get physical" would remind listeners of Australian singer Olivia Newton-John's 1981 single " Physical". These relationships existed in a state of sexual and physical ambiguity." Sara encouraged Tegan to be less self-deprecating when writing the song. We were perpetually getting closer, yet we rarely got physical with one another, if ever. It was the anticipation of something maybe happening that was truly exciting and satisfying. It wasn't necessarily even about hooking up or admitting your feelings back then. I was writing about my youth, a time when we got closer by linking arms and walking down our school hallway, or talked all night on the telephone about every thought or experience we'd ever had. Tegan spoke of the song during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in September 2012, saying, "Although I do imagine that this would be an okay song to make out to, all I intended was to write something sweet that reminded the listener of a time before complicated relationships, drama and heartbreak. Problems playing this file? See media help. Also, wondering if it was ever real, or if you were too young and too screwed up when you still lived in your hometown to have anything real.The song introduces a change in dynamics during the chorus. and wondering about someone who was once so important in your life. To me, it is about looking back on the journey to where you are now. This song is absolutely beautiful and it means so much to me. You've changed so much from the scared girl who clung to someone because she felt so alone. Part of you wants to reconnect, but the other (larger?) part of you knows that who you were back then was so different than you are now.
You don't even know the person anymore ("I feel you in my heart, and I don't even know you") You know that you've changed so much, and they have too. In many ways, you're still insecure about what you had back then, wondering if it had the same importance in their life as yours. said goodbye to something that was once so important to you on your path to growing up. ("flew home back to where we met") Part of the song is reliving how you left and moved on. They will always have a place in your heart. General CommentTo me, this song is about looking back on your first great love.
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