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Flowers on the Wall

"Flowers on the Wall"
Flowers on the Wall - The Statler Brothers.jpg
Single by The Statler Brothers
from the album Flowers on the Wall
B-side "Billy Christian"
Released September 1965 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded March 13, 1965
Genre Country
Length 2:19
Label Columbia 43315
Writer(s) Lew DeWitt
Producer(s) Don Law and Frank Jones
The Statler Brothers singles chronology
"Flowers on the Wall"
(1965)
"The Right One"
(1966)
"Flowers on the Wall"
Single by Eric Heatherly
from the album Swimming in Champagne
B-side "Someone Else's Cadillac"
Released February 26, 2000
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:29
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Lew DeWitt
Producer(s) Keith Stegall
Eric Heatherly singles chronology
"Flowers on the Wall"
(2000)
"Swimming in Champagne"
(2000)

"Flowers on The Wall" is a song made famous by the country music group The Statler Brothers. Written and composed by the group's original tenor, Lew DeWitt, the song peaked in popularity in January 1966, spending four weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart, and reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was used in the soundtrack to the 1994 film Pulp Fiction and as the title theme of the 2001-2002 BBC Radio 4 sitcom Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting.

The song won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance - Group (Vocal or Instrumental).

The Statler Brothers re-recorded the song in 1975 for their first greatest hits album for Mercury Records, The Best of The Statler Brothers. The song is also featured on Nancy Sinatra's album Boots (1967).

Eric Heatherly recorded the song in 2000 on his debut album, Swimming In Champagne. Also released as his debut single, Heatherly's rendition reached No. 6 on the Hot Country Songs charts and No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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