Small Town Boy (song)

This article is about the song by Dustin Lynch. For the song by Bronski Beat, see Smalltown Boy.

"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.

"Small Town Boy"
Single by Dustin Lynch
from the album Current Mood
Released	February 17, 2017 (2017-02-17)
Recorded	2017
Genre	Country country pop
Length	3:26
Label	Broken Bow
Songwriter(s)	Rhett Akins Ben Hayslip Kyle Fishman
Producer(s)	Zach Crowell
Dustin Lynch singles chronology
"Seein' Red" (2016) "Small Town Boy" (2017) "I'd Be Jealous Too" (2017)

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

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] 69 Canada Country (Billboard)[12] 1 US Billboard Hot 100[13] 36 US Country Airplay (Billboard)[14] 1 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 2 Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Canada Country (Billboard)[16] 16 US Billboard Hot 100[17] 94 US Country Airplay (Billboard)[18] 2 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[19] 5 Decade-end charts Chart (2010–2019) Position US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[20] 20

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada)[21] Platinum 80,000‡ United States (RIAA)[8] 3× Platinum 3,000,000‡ / 497,000[9] ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.