"Broken Halos" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton. It was released on April 14, 2017 as a promotional single from his second studio album From A Room: Volume 1. Written by Stapleton and Mike Henderson, it is the lead track on the album.

Musically, it was defined by critics as a multi-genre song. Written by Stapleton and Mike Henderson, "Broken Halos" is a mid-tempo country rock number in which Stapleton "meditates on the wounds people suffer and the road toward healing that they travel." according to a Los Angeles Times' reviewer. An NPR editor described it as Southern gospel, and a Rolling Stone reviewer, as folk rock. Another Rolling Stone writer, Chris Parton, named it country gospel after listenting to a live performance of the song, and interpreted it as:

...[The track] offers a tender, lump-in-your-throat reminder to keep the faith, even in the midst of tragedy. Angels appear to help us on our way, Stapleton sings, but when their job is done they leave. . . and we're not meant to understand why.

Writing for Billboard, Spotify editors opined the song "helps build a strong argument that [Stapleton] is one of the most refreshing and consistent country artists to emerge in recent memory." Laura McClellan of Taste of Country wrote "the stripped-down tune is a commentary on, essentially, stumbling along this life together as human beings, and its lyrics are poignant enough to affect even the most cynical of us." She commented its mid-tempo, "laid-back" feel with only guitar and vocals featuring prominently "makes it easy listening, but its core is significant." In Paste, Ben Salmon described it a "a perfectly paced song that lyrically spans the spiritual and the earthbound."

In Rolling Stone, Robert Crawford commented, "Equal parts folk-rock anthem and Sunday-morning spiritual, [the song] begins with five seconds of Stapleton in solo mode, howling over an acoustic guitar. When the band joins him halfway through the first verse, it's an understated entrance, stripped free of radio-friendly gloss... [The song] is a straightforward, uncluttered opener, designed to welcome – not overwhelm – the listener."

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