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 Duncan Laurence
Released	13 November 2020
Label	Spark Records
Producer	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
Duncan Laurence chronology
Worlds on Fire (2020) Small Town Boy (2020)
Singles from Small Town Boy
"Arcade" Released: 7 March 2019 "Love Don't Hate It" Released: 23 October 2019 "Someone Else" Released: 13 May 2020 "Last Night" Released: 1 October 2020 "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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Beautiful"	Bradley Richard Mair Duncan Laurence Martin Konijnenburg Tom Martin	Bradley Richard Mair Duncan Laurence	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"	Bram Inscore Brett McLaughlin Laurence Jonny Price PJ Harding	Bram Inscore Brett McLaughlin	3:04
10.	"Love Don't Hate It"	Laurence Michelle Buzz Robert Gerongco Sam Farrar Samuel Gerongco	Tofer Brown	2:53
11.	"Umbrella"	Laurence Garfield	Mensinga Laurence	5:08
12.	"Feel Something" (Armin van Buuren featuring Duncan Laurence)	Armin van Buuren Benno de Goeij McLaughlin Laurence	Armin van Buuren Benno de Goeij	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	Certification	Certified 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	Digital download streaming	Spark Records

References

1. "Small town boy to Eurovision champion: An interview with Duncan Laurence". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
2. "Last Night - Single by Duncan Laurence". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
3. "Feel Something - Single by Armin van Buuren & Duncan Laurence". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
4. "Credits / Small Town Boy / Duncan Laurence – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
5. "Ultratop.be – Duncan Laurence – Small Town Boy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Duncan Laurence – Small Town Boy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
7. "Dutch album certifications – Duncan Laurence – Small Town Boy" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Small Town Boy in the "Artiest of titel" box.