Small Town Boy (album)

Small Town Boy is the debut studio album by Dutch singer Duncan Laurence. It was released on 13 November 2020 by Spark Records. The album includes the singles "Arcade", "Love Don't Hate It", "Someone Else", "Last Night" and "Feel Something".

Small Town Boy
Studio album by
Released13 November 2020
LabelSpark Records
Producer
Duncan Laurence chronology
Worlds on Fire
(2020)
Small Town Boy
(2020)
Singles from Small Town Boy
  1. "Arcade"
    Released: 7 March 2019
  2. "Love Don't Hate It"
    Released: 23 October 2019
  3. "Someone Else"
    Released: 13 May 2020
  4. "Last Night"
    Released: 1 October 2020
  5. "Feel Something"
    Released: 6 November 2020

Background

He wrote the album with the help of his boyfriend Jordan Garfield. He said, "We really got to know each other way better through writing music too because you share stories together in a whole different way and you go really deep into those stories and maybe sometimes you get to express emotions that you wouldn't normally express if it's not in writing a song." He also produced a lot of songs on the album and will direct many of his upcoming music videos. By being involved in the process of both, he believed "that he would be able to merge the two creative worlds together more seamlessly".[1] He said, "It is a good way to not only express yourself via music but also via visuals because they go so well with each other."[1]

Singles

"Arcade" was released as the lead single from the album on 7 March 2019. The song peaked at number one on the Dutch Singles Chart. The song represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. It was performed during the second semi-final and qualified for the final and went on to win the competition. "Love Don't Hate It" was released as the second single from the album on 23 October 2019. The song peaked at number forty-one on the Dutch Singles Chart. "Someone Else" was released as the third single from the album on 13 May 2020. The song peaked at number seventy-two on the Dutch Singles Chart. "Last Night" was released as the fourth single from the album on 1 October 2020.[2] "Feel Something" was released as the fifth single from the album on 6 November 2020.[3] The song peaked at number eighty-five on the Dutch Singles Chart.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.[4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Beautiful"
4:17
2."Yet"
  • Laurence
  • Lodewijk Martens
  • Matthijs De Ronden
  • Will Knox
  • Laurence
  • Lodewijk Martens
  • Will Knox
3:03
3."Between Good and Goodbye"
  • Chris Ayer
  • Laurence
  • Matt Simons
  • Arjen Mensinga
  • Laurence
4:06
4."Loves You Like I Couldn't Do"
  • Daniel Bryer
  • Laurence
  • Mike Needle
  • Mensinga
  • Laurence
3:49
5."Sleeping on the Phone"
  • Laurence
  • Jordan Garfield
  • Mensinga
  • Laurence
3:09
6."Arcade"
  • Laurence
  • Joel Sjöö
  • Knox
  • Wouter Hardy
  • Oscar Holleman
  • Wouter Hardy
3:05
7."Figure It Out"
  • Laurence
  • Garfield
  • Mensinga
  • Laurence
  • Jordan Garfield
2:53
8."Last Night"
  • Ashley Hicklin
  • Laurence
  • Garfield
  • Mikolaj Trybulec
  • Mensinga
  • Laurence
  • Miki Trybulec
2:52
9."Someone Else"
3:04
10."Love Don't Hate It"Tofer Brown2:53
11."Umbrella"
  • Laurence
  • Garfield
  • Mensinga
  • Laurence
5:08
12."Feel Something" (Armin van Buuren featuring Duncan Laurence)
3:04

Charts

Chart performance for Small Town Boy
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 94
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 6

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)[7] Platinum 40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Netherlands 13 November 2020 Spark Records

References

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