"Local Boy in the Photograph" is the first single by rock band Stereophonics.

The song is taken from their debut album, Word Gets Around and was released on 17 March 1997.

During an interview with Sky Arts HD after his performance at the Hay Festival in June 2010, Kelly Jones explained the meaning of a few of his songs and said that "Local Boy in the Photograph" was based on the true story of local boy Paul David Boggis, who was killed by a train travelling between Cwmbach and Aberdare.

All the songs on the album are about people and events in the Aberdare area.

[3] Following the death of former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable, a campaign was launched on Facebook to get the song to number one in the UK charts.