Small Town Boy (song)

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"Small Town Boy"
Small Town Boy (Dustin Lynch) coverart.jpg
Single by Dustin Lynch
from the album Current Mood
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2017 (2017-02-17)
Recorded2017
Genre
Length3:26
Label Broken Bow
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Zach Crowell
Dustin Lynch singles chronology
"Seein' Red"
(2016)
"Small Town Boy"
(2017)
"I'd Be Jealous Too"
(2017)

"Small Town Boy" is a song recorded by American country music artist Dustin Lynch. It was released to country radio on February 17, 2017, as the second single from his third studio album, Current Mood .

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Background

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]

Commercial reception

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]

Music video

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]

Charts

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