Mat Kearney (pronounced CARN-ee; born 1 December 1978 in Eugene, Oregon) is… Read Full Bio ↴Mat Kearney (pronounced CARN-ee; born 1 December 1978 in Eugene, Oregon) is an American singer-songwriter based out of Nashville, TN, originally from Eugene, Oregon. His music has an acoustic base fused with hip hop. He is signed to Aware/Columbia Records. In addition to singing, he also plays guitar, piano and harmonica. Following his first EP release (in 2002), so far he has a total of five top-20 hits on the Adult Top 40 Chart. The Hey Mama Songfacts reports that Kearney turned to Hip Hop for inspiration when recording his fourth studio album Young Love, which was released on August 2, 2011.

He has toured with Owl City, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, The Fray, Jason Mraz, Vedera Newsboys, MUTEMATH, Meiko, Cary Brothers, and Train; and headlined VH1's first ever "You Oughta Know Tour" in the spring of 2007.

Kearney's songs have appeared on the television series: Dirty Sexy Money, Kyle XY, The Unit, Without A Trace, Laguna Beach, The Hills, Bones, Jericho, Friday Night Lights, Wildfire, What About Brian, South Beach, 8th & Ocean, One Tree Hill, Scrubs, The Closer, NCIS, Life Unexpected and Grey's Anatomy.

He attended California State University, Chico in Chico, California where he majored in literature and played soccer until his junior year. It was also at this time when Mat picked up a guitar for the first time. Using a roommate's guitar, he tried covering other songs. Realizing he wasn't too good at it, he began writing his own.

Kearney has stated that his legal name is Mathew due to a nurse's error on his birth certificate. He discovered the error while in the 8th grade when he noticed how his mom corrected the error with red ink, never legally correcting it. Since then, he embraced the one T in his legal name.

Keep on Loving You
Mat Kearney Lyrics

You're my favorite kind of trouble
'Cause there ain't no love without the struggle
And if it all turns to rubble
We put each other back like a puzzle

Oh no matter what, I'll keep on loving you
Oh no matter what
Oh no matter what, I'll keep on loving you
Oh no matter what

My little Spanish-speaking heart-bleeding firecrackers
Senorita, -rita, -rita
Do ya silent treatment on the couch with the frown
Oh how I need ya, need ya, need ya
I'm sittin' stubborn 'cause I know that you're right
You're sittin' pretty 'cause you picked the fight
And we're both swearin' not to bend till we win but
I can't stay mad at you that long
Five minutes I'll be back in your arms
I'm always comin' back to you in the end 'cause

Oh no matter what, I'll keep on loving you
Oh no matter what (I'll keep on loving you)
Oh no matter what, I'll keep on loving you
Oh no matter what

Stupid things, we disagree
When we both hear two different things
If love is war I'll play for keeps
Cause I need ya I need ya I need ya

My little Spanish-speaking heart-bleeding firecracker
Senorita, -rita, -rita
Do ya silent treatment on the couch with the frown
Oh how I need ya, need ya, need ya
I'm sittin' stubborn 'cause I know that you're right
You're sittin' pretty 'cause you picked the fight
And we're both swearin' not to bend till we win but
I can't stay mad at you that long
Five minutes I'll be back in your arms
I'm always comin' back to you in the end 'cause

Oh no matter what, I'll keep on loving you
No matter what (I'll keep on loving you)
Oh no matter what, I'll keep on loving you
Oh no matter what

You're my favorite kind of trouble
There ain't no love without the struggle
And if it all turns to rubble (I'll keep on loving you)
We put each other back like a puzzle

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: Mathew William Kearney, Afshin Salmani, Josh Cumbee

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