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Smalltown Boy is de debuutsingle van de Britse groep Bronski Beat en afkomstig van het debuutalbum The Age of Consent uit 1984. Op 25 mei dat jaar werd het nummer eerst op single uitgebracht in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Ierland en in juni volgden Europa, Australië Nieuw-Zeeland, de VS en Canada.

"Smalltown Boy" is the debut single by the British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, released in May 1984 by London Recordings. It was included on their debut album, The Age of Consent (1984). The lyrics describe a young man who decides to leave home because "the love that you need will never be found" there; the story in the song's music video is that he makes this decision after being gaybashed. "Smalltown Boy" is regarded as a gay anthem and is associated with the rise of British gay culture in the 1980s. The music video was directed by Bernard Rose and filmed in East London. In 2022, Rolling Stone named it the 163rd-greatest dance song.