<P> "Famous in a Small Town" is a mid-tempo song in the key of B major backed with acoustic guitar . The narrator describes the simplicities of living in a small town, where everyone knows each other and no one needs to have their face in a magazine to be famous . Thus, everybody dies "famous in a small town ." </P> <P> A music video was released for the song, directed by Trey Fanjoy . The video features Lambert singing in a town square in Lebanon, Tennessee mixed with scenes from Shelbyville, Tennessee . The video's depicts people's everyday lives in a small town, including a diner and high school; all of these scenes are shot in black and white . Lambert is also seen playing her guitar and singing on a red carpet with camera flashes, neon signs, and her band, to contrast with the small town image, and is shot in color rather than black and white . This is her second video to be shot in both black and white and in color, after "New Strings" in 2006 . In Lambert's own words, "Famous in a Small Town is really, (really) how it was growing up in Lindale ." </P> <P> The music video reached the top spot of CMT's Top Twenty Countdown for the week of August 16, 2007 . </P> <P> "Famous in a Small Town" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 7, 2007 . After 33 weeks on the chart, it peaked at number 14 on November 17, 2007 . </P>

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