"Walls" | ||||
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Single by Flowers | ||||
from the album Icehouse | ||||
B-side | "All the Way" | |||
Released | January 26, 1981 | |||
Genre | Rock, synthpop, new wave | |||
Length | 4:22 | |||
Label | Regular Chrysalis | |||
Songwriter(s) | Iva Davies | |||
Producer(s) | Cameron Allan, Iva Davies | |||
Flowers singles chronology | ||||
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"Walls" Alternative Cover | ||||
"Walls" is the third single released by the Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse.[1][2] It was released in January 1981, on independent label Regular Records from their debut album, Icehouse, it peaked at #20 on the Australian Kent Music Reoport Singles Charts.[3] It was also released in New Zealand, with a different cover, which was the last release before the band was renamed as Icehouse.
Iva Davies has said that Walls was autobiographical for a period of his life.[4]
The music video was directed by Trevor Hawkins.[5]
In a single review Cash Box magazine said "Icehouse's Iva Davies entreats the listener to once again enter the Australian band's world of densely textured synth-rock... The title is appropriate enough, as the quartet bursts from a heartbeat rhythm in to wall-like keyboard and guitar hook."[6]
All tracks written by Iva Davies.[7]
Chart (1981) | Peak Position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[8] | 20 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] | 43 |
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