"Closer to Love"
Single by Mat Kearney
from the album City of Black & White
ReleasedMarch 10, 2009
GenrePop
Length3:37
LabelAware, Columbia
Songwriter(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 through this place."[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Closer to Love
Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 91
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[5] 6
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 13
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[7] 12
US Christian Songs (Billboard)[8] 7
US Christian Airplay (Billboard)[9] 7

Year-end charts

Charts (2009) Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] 36
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[11] 31

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Columbia Records :: Mat Kearney Readies New Album City of Black & White to be Released May 19". Prnewswire. 2009-06-09. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  2. ↑ Mansfield, Brian (2009-03-02). "USA Today's Pick of the week". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Closer To Love Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  4. ↑ "Mat Kearney Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mat Kearney Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mat Kearney Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mat Kearney Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mat Kearney Chart History (Hot Christian Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mat Kearney Chart History (Christian Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  11. ↑ "Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  12. ↑ "American single certifications – Mat Kearney – Nothing Left to Lose". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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