Small Town Boy (album)
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- Bradley Richard Mair
- Duncan Laurence
- Lodewijk Martens
- Will Knox
- Arjen Mensinga
- Oscar Holleman
- Wouter Hardy
- Jordan Garfield
- Miki Trybulec
- Bram Inscore
- Brett McLaughlin
- Tofer Brown
- Armin van Buuren
- Benno de Goeij
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| Released | 13 November 2020 | |||
| Length | 41:23 | |||
| Label | Spark | |||
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| Singles from Small Town Boy | ||||
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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". A deluxe edition of the album was released on 21 May 2021, containing three additional tracks: "Stars", "Sad Old Me" and "I Got You".[1]
Laurence 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." Laurence also produced a lot of songs on the album and directed many of his 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". 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."[2]
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, in which it won. "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.[3] "Feel Something" was released as the fifth single from the album on 6 November 2020.[4] The song peaked at number eighty-five on the Dutch Singles Chart.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Beautiful" |
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| 4:17 |
| 2. | "Yet" |
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| 3:03 |
| 3. | "Between Good and Goodbye" |
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| 4:06 |
| 4. | "Loves You Like I Couldn't Do" |
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| 3:49 |
| 5. | "Sleeping on the Phone" |
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| 3:09 |
| 6. | "Arcade" |
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| 3:05 |
| 7. | "Figure It Out" |
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| 2:53 |
| 8. | "Last Night" |
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| 2:52 |
| 9. | "Someone Else" |
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| 3:04 |
| 10. | "Love Don't Hate It" |
| Tofer Brown | 2:53 |
| 11. | "Umbrella" |
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| 5:08 |
| 12. | "Feel Something" (Armin van Buuren featuring Duncan Laurence) |
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| 3:04 |
| Total length: | 41:23 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Arcade" (featuring Fletcher) |
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| 3:07 |
| Total length: | 44:30 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Stars" |
| Hardy | 2:52 |
| 13. | "Sad Old Me" |
| Inscore | 3:23 |
| 14. | "I Got You" |
| Inscore | 3:08 |
| 15. | "Feel Something" (Armin van Buuren featuring Duncan Laurence) |
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| 2:37 |
| 16. | "Arcade" (featuring Fletcher) |
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| 3:05 |
| 17. | "Arcade" (Sam Feldt remix) |
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| 2:36 |
| Total length: | 55:59 | |||
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]
- Rens Dekker – artwork
- Duncan Laurence – liner notes
- Elise Hama – grooming
- Anouk van Griensven – styling
- Paul Bellaart – photography
Charts
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 94 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] | 6 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] | 8 |
