Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On February 12th , "The Closer I Get To You" by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway entered Billboard's Hot top chart at position #86; and on May 7th it peaked at #2 (for 2 weeks) and spent 20 weeks on the Top (and for 8 of those 20 weeks it was on the Top 10).