Closer to Love

"Closer to Love"
Single by Mat Kearney
from the album City of Black & White
Released March 10, 2009
Format CD single
Genre Pop
Length 3:37
Label Aware, Columbia
Writer(s) Mat Kearney, Robert Marvin, Josiah Bell
Mat Kearney singles chronology
"Breathe In, Breathe Out"
(2007)		 "Closer to Love"
(2009)		 "All I Have"
(2009)
Music video
"Closer to Love" on YouTube

"Closer to Love" is the first single from Mat Kearney's third album City of Black & White. It was released as a digital download on March 10, 2009.[1] The song was featured in USA Today and chosen as the "Pick of the week." [2] The music video was released on March 27, 2009.

Kearney explained to Relevant Magazine that this song is, "about dealing with the difficulties of a tough world, or maybe about the tough world we see our friends living in, or maybe it's something about the growing we are all a part of—longing for something whole and perfect—like we are just passing though this place." [3]

Charts

Charts (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 91
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs 12
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 13
U.S. Billboard Triple A[5] 6
U.S. Billboard Christian Songs 7

References

  1. ^ http://sev.prnewswire.com/music/20090218/NY7258518022009-1.html
  2. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2009-03-02-pick-of-the-week-kearney_N.htm| USA Today's Pick of the week
  3. ^ Closer To Love Songfacts
  4. ^ Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=851&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Triple+A&ci=3107007&cdi=10160430&cid=03%2F28%2F2009
Mat Kearney
Albums
Singles
"Nothing Left to Lose" · "Undeniable" · "Breathe In, Breathe Out" · "Closer to Love"
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