Chapman Square

Guitarist Joel Peat said of the album: "We're all so excited to release our debut album, we've been building up to it for the past four years, and the album's title for us is special, because it is the first place that we played together as a band. Going out on tour to support the album is amazing too. Doing shows in our Hometowns feels like the perfect way to celebrate. Performing live is what we love the most, so to be able to play our biggest venues to date in the cities where we grew up is very special." Lawson have cited many inspirations for their debut album, including Polow da don and Mann. The album's track listing was confirmed by the band via their official website on 24 September 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.lawsonofficial.com/tweet-unlock/#prettyPhoto/1/ |title=Lawson Official |publisher=Lawsonofficial.com |date= |access-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930010108/http://www.lawsonofficial.com/tweet-unlock/#prettyPhoto/1/ |archive-date=30 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}

The album is named after Chapman Square, Southfields, SW19.[http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/lawson/news/chapman-square-tracklisting-interview/ Lawson: "It Was Easy Choosing 'Chapman Square' tracklisting]

27 Sep 2012 - In an interview with Capital FM, the band revealed that they chose which songs would feature on their new album while sitting in Chapman Square, the place in London that the album is named after. said: "It wasn't that difficult really. We were doing some filming in Chapman Square, which is the place ...

"When She Was Mine" was released as the band's first official single on 27 May 2012, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.4music.com/news/news/3700/First-listen-Lawsons-When-She-Was-Mine |title=News - General - First listen: Lawson's When She Was Mine |publisher=4Music |date=29 March 2012 |access-date=3 April 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330223446/http://www.4music.com/news/news/3700/First-listen-Lawsons-When-She-Was-Mine |archive-date=30 March 2012 |df=dmy }} Following the single release, the band undertook their second headline tour, in which they visited locations such as Glasgow, Sheffield, Nottingham, London and Birmingham.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestudentmagazine.co.uk/dailynews/lawson.php|title=Lawson Set To Tour In May|publisher=The Student Magazine|access-date=3 May 2012}} "Taking Over Me" was released as the band's second single on 5 August 2012. The single performed even better than the band's debut, peaking at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. In support of the single, the band appeared at the Blackberry Summer Daze concert in August 2012. In August 2012, the band announced a Hometown Tour, during which they visited several towns and cities across Britain, including the hometowns of band members Andy, Adam, Ryan. "Standing in the Dark" was revealed as the album's third single in September 2012, before becoming available to purchase from 14 October 2012. The single peaked at #6 on the UK Singles Chart. "Learn to Love Again" was released as the fourth single from the album on 7 February 2013, peaking at #13 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the least successful single from the album overall. "Brokenhearted", featuring American rapper B.o.B, will be released as the lead single from the repackaged version of the album on 7 July 2013. A version without B.o.B has also been recorded.

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Standing In the Dark

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Andy Brown
• Ryan Fletcher
• Ki Fitzgerald
• Dave Morgan

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• John Shanks
• Jeremy Wheatley{{ref|a|[a]}}
• Fitzgerald{{ref|b|[b]}}

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| length1 = 3:23

| title2 = Gone

| writer2 = Brown

| extra2 = Shanks

| length2 = 4:10

| title3 = Taking Over Me

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Shanks

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| extra3 = Shanks

| length3 = 3:10

| title4 = Everywhere You Go

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Talay Riley
• Chris Young

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| extra4 = {{flatlist|

• Shanks
• Fitzgerald{{ref|a|[a]}}
• Young{{ref|a|[a]}}

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| length4 = 3:14

| title5 = Waterfall

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Jez Ashurst
• Emma Rohan

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| extra5 = Shanks

| length5 = 3:20

| title6 = When She Was Mine

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Paddy Dalton
• Duck Blackwell

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| extra6 = {{flatlist|

• Shanks
• Blackwell
• Dalton

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| length6 = 3:38

| title7 = Make It Happen

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Ashurst

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| extra7 = Shanks

| length7 = 3:46

| title8 = Learn to Love Again

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Rami
• Carl Falk
• Michel Zitron
• Brown
• Eric Turner
• Joakim Berg

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| extra8 = {{flatlist|

• Falk
• Rami

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| length8 = 3:25

| title9 = Stolen

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Dalton
• Blackwell

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| extra9 = Shanks

| length9 = 3:55

| title10 = You'll Never Know

| writer10 = Brown

| extra10 = Shanks

| length10 = 3:37

| title11 = You Didn't Tell Me

| writer11 = Brown

| extra11 = Shanks

| length11 = 3:26

| title12 = The Girl I Knew

| writer12 = Brown

| extra12 = Shanks

| length12 = 3:59

| total_length = 43:03

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks

| title13 = Anybody Out There?

| writer13 = Brown

| extra13 = Shanks

| length13 = 2:44

| title14 = Who You Gonna Call

| writer14 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Ashurst
• Jon McLaughlin

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| extra14 = Shanks

| length14 = 3:20

| title15 = Red Sky

| writer15 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Anna Krantz
• Dalton
• Blackwell

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| extra15 = Shanks

| length15 = 3:16

| title16 = Touch

| writer16 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Shanks

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| extra16 = Shanks

| length16 = 3:37

| title17 = Taking Over Me

| note17 = Acoustic version

| writer17 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Shanks

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| extra17 = Shanks

| length17 = 3:18

| title18 = When She Was Mine

| note18 = Acoustic version

| writer18 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Dalton
• Blackwell

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| extra18 = Shanks

| length18 = 3:49

| total_length = 63:07

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{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Super deluxe edition bonus DVD{{cite web|url=http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/invt/0602537164059|title=Great Offer Store|work=universal-music.co.uk}}

| title1 = Video Message from Lawson

| length1 = 0:13

| title2 = LA Studio Footage

| length2 = 5:32

| title3 = When She Was Mine

| length3 = 3:47

| title4 = When She Was Mine (Behind the Scenes)

| length4 = 4:12

| title5 = Taking Over Me

| length5 = 3:16

| title6 = Taking Over Me (Behind the Scenes)

| length6 = 6:19

| title7 = Taking Over Me (Acoustic)

| length7 = 3:22

| title8 = Standing in the Dark

| length8 = 3:48

| title9 = Standing in the Dark (Behind the Scenes)

| length9 = 5:25

| title10 = Standing in the Dark (Acoustic)

| length10 = 2:50

| title11 = Make It Happen (Live at V Festival, 2012)

| length11 = 4:06

| title12 = Moves Like Jagger (Live at V Festival, 2012)

| length12 = 4:04

| title13 = Taking Over Me (Live at V Festival, 2012)

| length13 = 3:23

| title14 = When She Was Mine (Live at V Festival, 2012)

| length14 = 5:02

| total_length = 55:19

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| headline = Standard edition[https://itunes.apple.com/album/chapman-square-chapter-ii/id699090361 iTunes]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Standing in the Dark

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Andy Brown
• Ryan Fletcher
• Ki Fitzgerald
• Dave Morgan

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| extra1 = {{flatlist|

• John Shanks
• Jeremy Wheatley{{ref|a|[a]}}
• Fitzgerald{{ref|b|[b]}}

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| length1 = 3:23

| title2 = Gone

| writer2 = Brown

| extra2 = Shanks

| length2 = 4:10

| title3 = Taking Over Me

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Shanks

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| extra3 = Shanks

| length3 = 3:10

| title4 = Everywhere You Go

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Talay Riley
• Chris Young

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| extra4 = {{flatlist|

• Shanks
• Fitzgerald{{ref|a|[a]}}
• Young{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length4 = 3:14

| title5 = Waterfall

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Jez Ashurst
• Emma Rohan

}}

| extra5 = Shanks

| length5 = 3:20

| title6 = When She Was Mine

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Paddy Dalton
• Duck Blackwell

}}

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

• Shanks
• Blackwell
• Dalton

}}

| length6 = 3:38

| title7 = Make It Happen

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Ashurst

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| extra7 = Shanks

| length7 = 3:46

| title8 = Learn to Love Again

| note8 = Radio edit

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Rami
• Carl Falk
• Michel Zitron
• Brown
• Eric Turner
• Joakim Berg

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| extra8 = {{flatlist|

• Falk
• Rami

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| length8 = 3:25

| title9 = Stolen

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Dalton
• Blackwell

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| extra9 = Shanks

| length9 = 3:55

| title10 = You'll Never Know

| writer10 = Brown

| extra10 = Shanks

| length10 = 3:37

| title11 = You Didn't Tell Me

| writer11 = Brown

| extra11 = Shanks

| length11 = 3:26

| title12 = The Girl I Knew

| writer12 = Brown

| extra12 = Shanks

| length12 = 3:59

| title13 = Brokenhearted

| note13 = featuring B.o.B

| writer13 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Dalton
• Blackwell
• Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr.

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| extra13 = Harry Sommerdahl

| length13 = 3:31

| title14 = Juliet

| writer14 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Falk
• Turner
• Zitron

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| extra14 = Falk

| length14 = 3:15

| title15 = Love Locked Out

| writer15 = {{flatlist|

• Matt Schwartz
• Brown

}}

| extra15 = Schwartz

| length15 = 3:37

| title16 = Are You Ready?

| writer16 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Blackwell
• Dalton
• Ed Drewett

}}

| extra16 = Blackwell

| length16 = 3:34

| title17 = Back To Life

| writer17 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Gary Clark
• Sommerdahl

}}

| extra17 = Sommerdahl

| length17 = 3:15

| title18 = Parachute

| writer18 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Falk
• Andreas Carlsson
• Turner

| total_length = 62:20

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| extra18 = Falk

| length18 = 3:05

| total_length = 62:20

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{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus CD{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/album/chapman-square-chapter-ii/id699115623 |title=Archived copy |website=iTunes |access-date=2013-09-10 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021183828/https://itunes.apple.com/album/chapman-square-chapter-ii/id699115623 |archive-date=21 October 2013 |df=dmy }}

| title1 = Standing in the Dark

| note1 = Acoustic

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fletcher
• Fitzgerald
• Morgan

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| extra1 = {{flatlist|

• Fitzgerald
• Young

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| length1 = 2:24

| title2 = When She Was Mine

| note2 = Acoustic

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Dalton
• Blackwell}}

| extra2 = Shanks

| length2 = 3:49

| title3 = Brokenhearted

| note3 = Acoustic

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Dalton
• Blackwell
• Simmons, Jr.

}}

| extra3 = Blackwell

| length3 = 3:31

| title4 = Taking Over Me

| note4 = Acoustic

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Shanks

}}

| extra4 = Shanks

| length4 = 3:18

| title5 = Learn to Love Again

| note5 = Acoustic

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Rami
• Falk
• Zitron
• Turner
• Berg

}}

| extra5 = Blackwell

| length5 = 3:37

| title6 = Juliet

| note6 = Acoustic

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Falk
• Turner
• Zitron

}}

| extra6 = Blackwell

| length6 = 3:51

| title7 = Stolen

| note7 = Acoustic

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Brown
• Fitzgerald
• Dalton
• Blackwell

}}

| extra7 = Blackwell

| length7 = 4:02

| title8 = Everywhere We Go

| note8 = The Chapman Square Tour Film

| writer8 =

| extra8 =

| length8 = 13:17

| total_length = 37:49

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