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%7C 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