"New in Town" is the debut single by English recording artist Little Boots from her debut studio album, Hands (2009). Written by Little Boots and Greg Kurstin and produced by Kurstin, the track was released as the album's lead single on 25 May 2009 in the United Kingdom. The song was inspired by the nights Little Boots spent in Los Angeles recording the album. "New in Town" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number thirteen. Background and writing "New in Town" was the first song composed by Little Boots and Greg Kustin in Los Angeles while recording songs for her debut album. According to Little Boots, the song is about "being a stranger in a strange place which is fun but also has a dark side, and someone showing you around and in the end just kind of letting go." While in Los Angeles, Little Boots felt isolated and lonely. She primarily drew inspiration for the track's lyrics from several strange individuals she met and the "seedy side of life" in the city. She chose to release the track as the album's lead single because "it's very bold and colourful and doesn't really sound like anything else out there." Release In the United Kingdom, "New in Town" was added to the BBC Radio 1 C List on 23 April 2009. In May 2009, the song was added to the BBC Radio 1 A List. The song appears on the official soundtrack to the 2009 American comedy horror film Jennifer's Body, as well as on the second episode of the second season of 90210 (which used the Fred Falke remix), the first episode of the fourth season of Friday Night Lights, the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of Ugly Betty and the twenty-second episode of Mercy. The song was also featured in the promo for the final season of The Hills. Critical reception "New in Town" received generally positive reviews from music critics. In a review for Digital Spy, Nick Levine called the song an "electropop nugget" that "is sure to get us all stomping." Fraser McAlpine of the BBC Chart Blog opined that the song is "a little bit 'Take Me Out' by Franz Ferdinand and it's a little bit 'The World Should Revolve Around Me' by Little Jackie, only refracted through Booty's bassquake synthpop prism and suitably kaleidoscopic as a result." Michael Cragg of musicOMH deemed the