| "Walls" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1981 Australian release (Regular Records) | ||||
| Single byFlowers | ||||
| from the albumIcehouse | ||||
| B-side | "All the Way" | |||
| Released | January 26, 1981 (1981-01-26) | |||
| 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 | ||||
 Regular Records (1981 NZ release) | ||||
"Walls" is the thirdsingle released by the Australianrock band Flowers, later known asIcehouse.[1][2] It was released in January 1981, on independent label Regular Records from their debut album,Icehouse, it peaked at #20 on theAustralian 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 reviewCash 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 byIva Davies.[7]
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report)[8] | 20 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] | 43 |