Small Town Boy (song)

The song was written by Rhett Akins, Kyle Fishman and Ben Hayslip and produced by Zach Crowell.^[1] They wrote the song while on Luke Bryan's annual Farm Tour around October 2016, and sent the song to Dustin Lynch in November. Lynch listened to the song while on a hunt and decided to record it for his third album.^[2]

The song was first released for sale on February 17, 2017,^[3] and then to radio with an add date of March 20, 2017.^[4]

The song reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart in September 2017, which is Lynch's fifth No. 1 on the chart.^[5] It stayed at No. 1 for four weeks on the chart.^[6] It also peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs for chart dated August 19, 2017.^[7] The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 21, 2017, and Platinum on January 19, 2018, for a million units in sales and streams.^[8] It has sold 497,000 copies in the United States as of January 2018.^[9]

The music video premiered on June 9, 2017, to a crowd at Nissan Stadium during 2017's CMA Fest as well as to a Vevo audience. In the video, Lynch is featured with Australian actress Claire Holt as the two enjoy their love for each other, throughout the day and night, on a beach. It was filmed on El Matador Beach in Malibu, CA.^[10]