Stars (Duncan Laurence song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Stars
| cover =
| album = Small Town Boy (Deluxe)
| type = single
| artist = Duncan Laurence
| released = 21 May 2021
| genre =
| length = 2:52
| label = Spark
| writer = * Brett McLaughlin
- Jordan Garfield
- Wouter Hardy
- Duncan Laurence
| producer = * Wouter Hardy
| prev_title = Feel Something
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Heaven Is a Hand to Hold
| next_year = 2021
| misc =
}}
"Stars" is a song by Dutch singer Duncan Laurence. It was released for digital download on 21 May 2021 by Spark Records as the sixth single from his debut studio album Small Town Boy. The song was written by Brett McLaughlin, Jordan Garfield, Wouter Hardy and Duncan Laurence.
Live performance
On 21 May 2021, Laurence premiered a pre-recorded live performance of "Stars" as an interval act during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 22 May.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysnEhBNfzfo|title=Duncan Laurence - Arcade & Stars - Interval Act - Eurovision 2021|work=YouTube|accessdate=24 May 2021}} He was not able to perform live due to a positive COVID-19 test two days prior.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-duncan-laurence-tests-positive-for-covid-19|title=EBU Statement: Duncan Laurence tests positive for COVID-19 |work=EBU|date=20 May 2021|accessdate=24 May 2021}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.{{Cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/184104334/credits|title=Credits / Small Town Boy (Deluxe) / Duncan Laurence – TIDAL|website=Tidal|accessdate=24 May 2021}}
- Brett McLaughlin – Composer, lyricist
- Duncan Laurence – Composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist, vocals
- Jordan Garfield – Composer, lyricist, background vocalist
- Wouter Hardy – Composer, lyricist, engineer, guitar, mixer, piano, studio personnel, synthesizer programming
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Stars" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|86|artist=Duncan Laurence|song=Stars|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2021}} |
| {{single chart|UKdownload|89|date=20210528|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2021}} |