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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Matthew Thomas Ramsey |
| Also known as | Matt Ramsey |
| Born | October 21, 1977 Buchanan, Virginia, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
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| Member of | Old Dominion |
Matthew Thomas Ramsey (born October 21, 1977) is an American country music singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of his band Old Dominion, [1] with several hit songs on country radio to his credit. [2] [3] [4]
Ramsey grew up in Buchanan, Virginia, where he attended James River High School. He learned to play the drums at a young age before picking up the guitar at age 14. [5] [6] He received a degree in Illustration from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Ramsey moved to Nashville in 2000 to pursue a career in songwriting, where he met Trevor Rosen and the two became members of the group Old Dominion. [7] [8] Ramsey has written several hit songs including The Band Perry's "Chainsaw", [9] Craig Morgan's "Wake Up Lovin' You", [10] Dierks Bentley's "Say You Do", [11] Kenny Chesney's "Save It for a Rainy Day", [12] [13] as well as songs by Sam Hunt and Luke Bryan. The band released its debut studio album, Meat and Candy , which included the number one singles "Break Up with Him" and "Song for Another Time", and top five single "Snapback", on November 6, 2015. [14] The band has released three more albums, Happy Endings , their self-titled album, and Time, Tequila & Therapy in 2017, 2019, and 2021, respectively.
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-writer(s) |
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| 2013 | The Band Perry | Pioneer | "Chainsaw" | Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally |
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "Goodbye Girl" | Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally | |
| Craig Morgan | The Journey (Livin' Hits) | "Wake Up Lovin' You" | Trevor Rosen, Josh Osborne | |
| 2014 | Dierks Bentley | Riser | "Say You Do" | Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen |
| Old Dominion | Old Dominion EP | "Break Up with Him" | Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi | |
| "Nowhere Fast" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |||
| "Beer Can in a Truck Bed" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |||
| "Wrong Turns" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |||
| Sam Hunt | Montevallo | "Ex to See" | Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne | |
| "Make You Miss Me" | Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne | |||
| Kenny Chesney | The Big Revival | "Save It for a Rainy Day" | Andrew Dorff, Brad Tursi | |
| 2015 | Pat Green | Home | "Day One" | Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally |
| Old Dominion | Meat and Candy | "Break Up with Him" | Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi | |
| "Nowhere Fast" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |||
| "Beer Can in a Truck Bed" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |||
| "Wrong Turns" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |||
| "Snapback" | Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi | |||
| "Half Empty" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |||
| "Said Nobody" | Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi | |||
| "Song for Another Time" | Trevor Rosen, Matt Jenkins, Brad Tursi | |||
| "Crazy Beautiful Sexy" | Josh Osborne, Ross Copperman | |||
| "'Til It's Over" | Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman | |||
| "We Got It Right" | Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman | |||
| 2016 | Mark Leach | Homemade | "If You're Down" | Trevor Rosen, Matt Jenkins |
| 2017 | Old Dominion | Happy Endings | "No Such Thing as a Broken Heart" | Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi, Jesse Frasure |
| "A Girl is a Gun" | Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi, Matt Jenkins | |||
| "Be With Me" | Brad Tursi, Ross Copperman | |||
| "Can't Get You" | Josh Osborne, Andrew Dorff | |||
| "Everything to Lose" | Josh Osborne, Matt Dragstrem | |||
| "Hotel Key" | Trevor Rosen, Josh Osborne | |||
| "Not Everything's About You" | Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi, Andrew Dorff | |||
| "Shoe Shopping" | Shane McAnally, Luke Laird | |||
| "So You Go" | Brad Tursi, Andrew Dorff | |||
| "Stars in the City" | Trevor Rosen, Josh Osborne, Brad Tursi | |||
| "Still Writing Songs About You" | Trevor Rosen, Shane McAnally, Brad Tursi | |||
| "Written in the Sand" | Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi | |||
| 2018 | Old Dominion | Make it Sweet | Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi |
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