This Town's Been Too Good To Us

Album: Livin' My Best Life (Still) (2023)
Charted: 70
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  • "This Town's Been Too Good to Us" is Dylan Scott's love letter to his hometown of Bastrop, Louisiana. It looms large in his memory like an old family photo album: full of faded snapshots, formative experiences, and the kind of people who shape you without even trying.
  • Scott, who's built a reputation for heartfelt love songs (many inspired by his wife), explained on Backstage Country with Elaina Smith that he didn't want to box himself into the "love song corner." So, with the help of Ashley Gorley, Ryan Vojtesak, John Byron, and Taylor Phillips, he set out to write something different: an ode to the town that made him. The result is a song brimming with gratitude, a nostalgic thank-you note to the people and places that defined him.

    As he explained to Elaina Smith, it's not just his story - it's everyone's. "I feel like everybody can say the same thing about where they're from - whether it's a city or whether it's not even a town, just a middle-of-nowhere map dot," he said. "Everybody's appreciative of where they grew up and how they grew up, and so this is my story and my thank you to my hometown."
  • Bastrop is a small town in Northeast Louisiana. Back in 2018 Scott recorded another song about his hometown, "Nothing To Do Town." While "This Town's Been Too Good to Us" is a heartfelt tribute to the positive impact of Bastrop, "Nothing to Do Town" is a lighthearted ode to making the best of life in a small town. Another Dylan Scott song, 2016's "My Town," celebrates the everyday joys of living in a small community.
  • The track, produced by Charlie Handsome and Jacob Durrett, leans into a warm, melodic country sound, the kind that feels like a front porch conversation at dusk.
  • First released as a promotional single on June 2, 2023, "This Town's Been Too Good To Us" officially dropped as the second single from the reissue of Livin' My Best Life on February 12, 2024. It then went on to do what all great country odes hope to do - climb to the top of Billboard's Country Airplay chart, hitting #1 on April 5, 2025. It was Scott's fourth chart-topper, joining "My Girl," "New Truck" and "Can't Have Mine (Find You a Girl)" in the winner's circle.

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