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"Walls"
1981 Australian release (Regular Records)
Single by Flowers
from the album Icehouse
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
"We Can Get Together" (1980) "Walls" (1981) "Icehouse" (1981)
"Walls" Alternative Cover
Regular Records (1981 NZ release)

"Walls" is the third single released by the Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. 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. 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.

The music video was directed by Trevor Hawkins.

Reception

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."

Track listing

All tracks written by Iva Davies.

1. "Walls" - 4:22
2. "All the Way" - 3:50

Charts

References

1. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Icehouse'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on May 17, 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
2. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
4. "Flowers bloom again for Icehouse". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
5. "We Help Get Films Made". Screen Queensland. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
6. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 26 September 1981. p. 9. Retrieved 1 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
7. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2008-06-30. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. WALLS
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 147. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
9. "Flowers – Walls". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

• 1981 singles
• Icehouse (band) songs
• 1980 songs
• Songs written by Iva Davies
• Chrysalis Records singles
• Regular Records singles