We all believe that "CLOSER" is the most popular song of Inoue Joe when it tied in the famous anime series "Naruto Shippuuden".
We all believe that this song has the biggest number of versions, too. But...
Actually, how many are they?

So, today we gonna catch 'em all



1. The first time CLOSER appeared was in the anime "Naruto Shippuuden". According to AnimeNewsNetwork, that 4th OP song started with episode 78 and AniDB said it broadcast on 2nd Oct 2008. However, the 1st video ever on Youtube was uploaded on 27th September. Thus, I believe the day CLOSER came with Naruto Shippuuden could be 25th September (one of ANN or AniDB made the mistake).
You met this version again (as audio one) on the day its single released.

2. The 2nd version of CLOSER must be the promotion video (PV) released before its single. According to Joe staff's blog, this PV broadcast on TV in the middle of Oct. It might be 14 Oct 2008 or a few days after that.
Because the funny talk part of this PV did not include in CLOSER single. Joe decided to put it in the 1st track of his 1st album 「ME!ME!ME!」 released on 8th Apr 2009.



3. The 3rd and 4th version of this song was released on the same day with -Naruto Opening ver.-, of course, because it was the official release of Inoue Joe's 2nd single 「CLOSER」, 17 Dec 2008.




4. The 5th version is "CLOSER -english ver.-" which official released on 19th May 2010 through mora win system (a digital release).



That seems everything of CLOSER, neh?

5. Matte!!! (you loud, not me XD)
You: It's more than enough now. How can you find any "new" version of "this"?
I: Nah, It's not the official one but... Heheh, I'm sure you will love this lastest version: CLOSER -parody harmony ver.-. Already to 'laugh out loud'?!