Smalltown Boy - Wikipedia " 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) "Smalltown Boy" features electronic instrumentation, falsetto vocals and lyrics describing a young man who decides to leave home
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy Lyrics - Genius The break-out first single on their debut album, The Age of Consent, “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat was released in June of 1984 The song is a semi-autobiographical story of Jimmy
How Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy’ became an enduring . . . - DJ Mag Released on 25th May 1984, ‘Smalltown Boy’ launched the gay synth-pop band Bronski Beat into the charts and onto dancefloors with its glorious synths, hi-NRG production and Jimmy Somerville’s soaring falsetto, which sang a story of rejection, pain and escape
Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat - Songfacts This song is a semi-autobiographical story of Jimmy Somerville, who was lead singer of the band at the time The song covers the oppression of homosexuals in provincial Scotland in the early 1980s The music video was groundbreaking in its depiction of what the song meant
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy Lyrics Meanings | SongMeanings Beautiful and poignant song about being gay in a not-so-gay-friendly world This song is obviously about running away from home, and though the lyrics are honest, and not particularly poetic but striking, his most haunting voice gives this song real feeling and meaning
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy - Story of Song “Smalltown Boy” is by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, and is the sixth track from 1984 debut album “The Age of Consent” “Smalltown Boy” was written by members Steve Bronksi, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek, with production done by Mile Thorne
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy (12” Version) Lyrics - Genius Smalltown Boy (12” Version) Lyrics: You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face Mother will