Boston by Stella Lefty: Hot 100 No. 3 — Credits and Metadata

By Byron Jupiter · Billboard Metadata · Hot 100 chart dated October 17, 2026 · checked October 15, 2026

Why this song today: Thursday’s report covers the No. 2 song on the Hot 100. That song, Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” already has a credits report here, and the No. 1, Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero,” has one too. So this report moves to the next-highest song not yet covered: “Boston” by Stella Lefty, at No. 3.

The chart line

Title: Boston
Artist: Stella Lefty (billed as STELLA LEFTY on Apple Music and Spotify); solo billing, no featured artist
Position: No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated October 17, 2026 (up from No. 6)
Weeks on chart: 27
Peak: No. 2
Sources: billboard.com Hot 100 · Billboard’s Hot 100 page for the week of October 17, 2026

The record

Release date: March 27, 2026, as a single (Apple Music single page)
Length: 2:50 on the single (Apple Music song page); Spotify’s album copy runs 2:51
Other releases: the opening track of a three-track Spotify release dated March 27, 2026, with “Slow Dancin’” and “Thinking ’bout You” (Spotify release page); also track 5 on the debut album Long Way Home, dated August 21, 2026 (Spotify track page)
Label line: Apple Music prints “An Atlantic Outpost Release.” Spotify’s release carries “℗ 2026 STELLA LEFTY” alongside the same Atlantic Outpost wording.
Distributor: unconfirmed. No official page checked names one.
ISRC: unconfirmed. The SoundExchange ISRC search did not return a readable result here, and no official page checked prints the code.
ISWC: unconfirmed.

Full credits

Role	Name	Status
Songwriters	Stella Lefty, Grace Enger, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Joe Reeves, Noah Kahan	Reported in trade and reference coverage and on the licensed sheet-music listing; not yet confirmed in a PRO database
Producer	Joe Reeves	Reported in trade coverage; Apple Music and Spotify pages checked show no credits panel
Recording engineer	Joe Reeves (also programming)	Reported in trade coverage of the song’s No. 1 party; unconfirmed on an official credits page
Mixing engineer	—	Unconfirmed
Mastering engineer	—	Unconfirmed
Session players and singers	—	Unconfirmed; none documented on any official page checked

Noah Kahan’s writing credit is reported to come from the chorus melody’s likeness to his 2022 song “Stick Season,” with the credit agreed before the official release. That account comes from press coverage, not from a repertoire entry, so the split itself is unconfirmed.

Publishing and PROs

Publishers: unconfirmed. Trade coverage of the No. 1 party lists speakers from Livelihood Music, Kobalt and Atlantic Outpost, and ASCAP and BMI both took part, but no source names which company holds which writer’s share.
PRO for each writer: unconfirmed. BMI Repertoire returned a human-check page and ASCAP ACE did not return a result here. Both should be checked by hand.
Mechanicals: The MLC public search loads only with a full browser; no entry confirmed.

What the credits show

This is a small-room record: one producer, Joe Reeves, who is also a co-writer and is reported to have engineered and programmed it. Five writers share the song, including one, Noah Kahan, who was added for a melody he wrote years earlier. Money flows two ways. The master (the recording) earns from streams and sales; the ℗ line names Stella Lefty, released through Atlantic Outpost, and how they split it is not public. The publishing (the song) earns performance royalties through the writers’ PROs and mechanical royalties through The MLC, divided among five writers and their publishers. On digital radio (SiriusXM, internet radio), SoundExchange pays 50% to the master owner, 45% to the featured artist, and 5% to non-featured players and singers through the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund. Because no session players are documented, nobody can yet say who shares that 5%.

Left unconfirmed

ISRC, ISWC, distributor, mixing and mastering engineers, session players, publishers, each writer’s PRO, the writer splits, and who owns the master behind the ℗ line.

Q&A

Q: Where is “Boston” on the Hot 100 this week?
A: No. 3 on the chart dated October 17, 2026, in its 27th week, with a peak of No. 2.

Q: Who wrote “Boston”?
A: Stella Lefty, Grace Enger, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Joe Reeves and Noah Kahan, as reported. Shares have not been confirmed in a PRO database.

Q: Who produced “Boston”?
A: Joe Reeves, as reported in trade coverage.

Q: What label released “Boston”?
A: Apple Music lists it as an Atlantic Outpost release, with the ℗ line in Stella Lefty’s name.

Q: Why is Noah Kahan credited?
A: Press reports say the chorus melody resembles his 2022 song “Stick Season,” and his credit was agreed before release.

Q: Who gets paid when “Boston” plays on digital radio?
A: SoundExchange splits it 50% to the master owner, 45% to the featured artist, and 5% to non-featured players and singers through the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund.

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