“Hometown Glory” is Adele’s debut single, released on October 22, 2007. It is also the final track on her first album, 19. An understated love song to her hometown of West Norwood, South London, the singer wrote it in just 10 minutes at age 15 after having an argument wherein her mother tried to convince Adele to leave home to go to university in Liverpool. The song was rereleased as a single on July 22, 2008 with this alternate cover. In a 2008 interview with Blues & Soul, Adele explained the song’s origins:

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