Which singer joined Beyoncé for the 2003 single “The Closer I Get to You”?
Answer
Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross joined Beyoncé for the 2003 single “The Closer I Get to You.”
The song appears on Vandross’s album Dance with My Father and is a cover of the 1978 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway duet. Vandross and Beyoncé recorded a new version that connected two generations of soul and R&B performers.
Their rendition was released as a single in 2003 and reached the top portion of the Billboard R&B chart. It also appeared on Beyoncé’s debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, helping link her emerging solo career with established R&B history.
The recording is sometimes mistaken for an original Beyoncé composition. The song itself originated with Flack and Hathaway, while Vandross and Beyoncé performed the later remake.