City Boy (song)

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"City Boy"
City-boy-donkeyboy.jpg
Single by Donkeyboy
from the album Silver Moon
Released29 November 2011 (2011-11-29)
Length3:25
Label Warner
Songwriter(s) Cato Sundberg, Kent Sundberg, Simen Eriksrud, Espen Berg
Producer(s) Simen & Espen
Donkeyboy singles chronology
"Stereolife"
(2010)
"City Boy"
(2011)
"Pull of the Eye"
(2012)

"City Boy" is a song by Norwegian pop band Donkeyboy from their second studio album Silver Moon. It was released as the album's lead single on 29 November 2011. The song peaked at number one in Norway and Denmark, becoming their sixth top 10 single.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "City Boy" – 3:25

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten) [2] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [3] 7
Norway (VG-lista) [4] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [5] Platinum30,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [6] 20× Platinum200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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