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| from the album Freshman Year | ||||
| Released | June 16, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
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"Hometown Kids" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country duo The Reklaws. [1] The duo wrote the song with Gavin Slate and Travis Wood. [2] It was the lead single off their debut studio album Freshman Year . [3]
Stuart Walker told The Boot that the sibling duo "wanted everybody to understand that we are just college kids at heart". It was the first song they wrote with prolific Canadian country songwriters Gavin Slate and Travis Wood. Jenna Walker said the song is "important to us because it was our first major, like, [time to] sit down [and] really configure who we are as artists and what we want to say". [4]
Jenna Melanson of Canadian Beats Media called the song the "perfect summer anthem". [5] Mary Ayers of Teenplicity referred to the track as a "joyful country jam" that "creates a yearning for fun summer nights with friends". Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added the song to his personal Spotify playlist. [6]
The official music video for "Hometown Kids" premiered on August 17, 2017. [7] It features Jenna Walker and Stuart Walker of the Reklaws, as well as forty of their closest friends. [5] The video was filmed in their hometown of Cambridge, Ontario and directed by Ben Knechtel. [8] [9]
Credits adapted from Freshman Year CD booklet. [10]
"Hometown Kids" reached a peak of #16 on the Billboard Canada Country chart for the week of December 9, 2017. [11]
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country ( Billboard ) [11] | 16 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada) [12] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1992.
The Reklaws are a Canadian country music duo from North Dumfries, Ontario, formed in 2012. The duo consists of siblings Stuart and Jenna Walker. They have released three albums, Freshman Year, Sophomore Slump, and Good Ol' Days. The duo has achieved four number one hits with "Feels Like That", "Can't Help Myself", "11 Beers", and "Honky Tonkin' About" on the Canada Country chart, in addition to multiple gold and platinum certified singles.
"Feels Like That" is a song recorded by Canadian country duo the Reklaws. The track was co-written by duo member Stuart Walker with Travis Wood, Donovan Woods, and the track's producer Todd Clark. The song was released on a seven-track EP of the same name, and became the third single off the Reklaws' debut album Freshman Year.
"I Do Too" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music duo the Reklaws. The duo wrote the song with Brad Rempel of High Valley and Ben Stennis. It was the fourth single off their second studio album Freshman Year.
Freshman Year is the debut album of Canadian country music duo the Reklaws. It was released on August 27, 2019, via Universal Music Canada. It includes their #1 hit "Feels Like That", as well as the singles "Hometown Kids", "Long Live the Night", "I Do Too", and "Old Country Soul".
"Old Country Soul" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country duo The Reklaws. The song was co-written by the duo with Dakota Jay, William King, and Travis Wood. It was the fifth single off their debut studio album Freshman Year.
Cory Gerald Joseph Marquardt is a Canadian country rock singer-songwriter, drummer, actor and former ice hockey player better known by his stage name Cory Marks. He is signed to Better Noise Music. He has released two albums, This Man in 2015 under Big Star Recordings and most recently Who I Am in 2020 under Better Noise. Since the release the album has accumulated over 220 million global streams with his debut single "Outlaws & Outsiders" being certified Platinum in Canada and reaching top 10 at US rock radio and #3 in Germany, making Marks the first to ever do so as a Canadian country act.
Sophomore Slump is the second album of Canadian country music duo the Reklaws. It was released on October 16, 2020, via Universal Music Canada. It includes their No. 2 hit "Where I'm From", as well as the No. 5 hit "Not Gonna Not". The album was supported by a virtual tour in the Fall of 2020.
"Long Live the Night" is a song recorded by Canadian country duo the Reklaws. The track was co-written by duo member Stuart Walker with Travis Wood and the track's producer Todd Clark. The song was released on a three-track EP of the same name, and became the second single off the Reklaws' debut album Freshman Year.
"Where I'm From" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country duo the Reklaws. The duo wrote the track with Gavin Slate, Travis Wood, and the track's producer Todd Clark. The song was released on a five-track EP of the same name, and became the lead single off the Reklaws' second studio album Sophomore Slump.
"Not Gonna Not" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music duo the Reklaws. The duo wrote the song with Gavin Slate, Travis Wood, and producer Todd Clark. It was the second single off their second studio album Sophomore Slump.
"Summer Time" is a 2020 song recorded by Canadian country group James Barker Band. It was co-written by the band's frontman James Barker, with Gavin Slate, Travis Wood, and producer Todd Clark.
"Roots (World Junior Song)" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music duo The Reklaws. The song was co-written by the duo with Jenson Vaughan and Massimo Alonzi. It was the official song for the TSN broadcast of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in 2019 and 2020.
"Count the Ways" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country artist Jade Eagleson. He wrote the track with Travis Wood, and the track's producers Todd Clark and Gavin Slate. It was the second single from Eagleson's debut studio album Jade Eagleson.
"Close" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country artist Jade Eagleson. He co-wrote the track with Gavin Slate and Travis Wood, as well as the track's producer Todd Clark. It was the fourth single from Eagleson's debut studio album Jade Eagleson.
"What the Truck" is a song recorded by Canadian country duo The Reklaws with fellow Canadian country artist Sacha. The sibling duo co-wrote the track with producer Callum Maudsley. It was included on Sacha's 2022 extended play We Did, and the Reklaws' third studio album Good Ol' Days.
"More Drinkin' Than Fishin'" is a song recorded by Canadian country artists Jade Eagleson and Dean Brody. The song was written by Stuart Walker and Jenna Walker of The Reklaws with Gavin Slate and Travis Wood. It is the second single off Eagleson's second studio album Honkytonk Revival.
"11 Beers" is a song by Canadian country duo The Reklaws with American country artist Jake Owen. The track was written by Michael Hardy, Ashley Gorley, Hunter Phelps, and Ben Johnson, and produced by Todd Clark. It was the lead single off the Reklaws' third studio album Good Ol' Days.
"Where'd You Learn How to Do That" is a song recorded by Canadian country artist Dean Brody. The song was written by Jenna Walker and Stuart Walker of the Reklaws, along with Blake Redferrin and Tawgs Salter. It was the first single released ahead of Brody's eight studio album Right Round Here.
"Honky Tonkin' About" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo The Reklaws and American country music artist and actor Drake Milligan. Stuart Walker of the Reklaws wrote the song with Blake Redferrin, Callum Maudsley, and Tawgs Salter, while Salter produced the track.
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