Song by the Statler Brothers Oh Baby Mine
| "Flowers on the Wall" | ||||
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| Unmarried by The Statler Brothers | ||||
| from the album Flowers on the Wall | ||||
| B-side | "Billy Christian" | |||
| Released | June 14, 1965 | |||
| Recorded | March 13, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:19 | |||
| Label | Columbia 43315 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lew DeWitt | |||
| Producer(southward) | Don Law and Frank Jones | |||
| The Statler Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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"Flowers on the Wall" is a song made famous past American country music group The Statler Brothers. Written and composed by Lew DeWitt, the grouping's original tenor vocaliser, the song peaked in popularity in January 1966, spending four weeks at number two on the Billboard magazine Hot Land Singles chart, and reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The vocal won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance - Group (Song or Instrumental).[i]
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 vocal is also featured on Nancy Sinatra's anthology Boots (1966).
Chart performance [edit]
| Chart (1965–66) | Acme position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles[2] | one |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[3] | two |
| South Africa (Springbok)[4] | 7 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[half dozen] | 4 |
| United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles Chart | 38 |
Eric Heatherly version [edit]
| "Flowers on the Wall" | ||||
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| Single by Eric Heatherly | ||||
| from the album Swimming in Champagne | ||||
| B-side | "Someone Else's Cadillac" | |||
| Released | February 26, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lew DeWitt | |||
| Producer(south) | Keith Stegall | |||
| Eric Heatherly singles chronology | ||||
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Eric Heatherly recorded the song in 2000 on his debut album, Swimming In Champagne. Also released equally his debut single, Heatherly's rendition reached number six on the Hot State Songs charts and number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chart history [edit]
| Chart (2000) | Top position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | iii |
| Us Billboard Hot 100[8] | 50 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[nine] | half-dozen |
Year-end charts [edit]
| Chart (2000) | Position |
|---|---|
| Usa Land Songs (Billboard)[10] | 30 |
In pop culture [edit]
- The vocal (its 1975 version) is used in the soundtrack to the 1994 flick Pulp Fiction.[11] In the motion-picture show, Bruce Willis's character sings along to the line, "smoking cigarettes and watching Helm Kangaroo" as he is driving. In the 1995 picture Dice Hard with a Vengeance, when Willis' character John McClane is describing his suspension from the police force force, he says he was "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo."
- The song was oft employed as bumper music on the syndicated radio talk show Coast to Coast AM, particularly in the earlier days when Art Bell was the host.
- Kurt Vonnegut quotes the vocal's consummate lyrics in his 1981 book Palm Sunday, calling the vocal "yet another great contemporary poem by the Statler Brothers" and using it to describe "the nowadays status" of an American man who had recently departed his family. "It is not a verse form of escape or rebirth. It is a poem about the end of a man'due south usefulness", he adds.
- In a video past The Muppets, a band of rats, The Ratler Brothers, sing the song while Beaker struggles with insomnia after being the subject of an experiment that involved consuming a big amount of java. The line in the chorus "smoking cigarettes and watching Helm Kangaroo" is changed to be well-nigh other activities.[12]
- Nancy Sinatra covered the song for her album Boots.[thirteen]
- Jean Shepard covered the song for her 1975 anthology Jean Shepard and the Second Fiddles
- An instrumental version of the vocal was used in the New Zealand Goggle box programme A Canis familiaris'southward Show.[14]
- It is the theme song of the radio series Linda Smith'south A Cursory History of Timewasting.[15]
- Home Gratuitous covered the song in May 2020 to pay tribute to Harold Reid, who had passed away earlier that year in April.[16]
References [edit]
- ^ "eighth Annual GRAMMY Awards|1965 GRAMMYs|GRAMMY.com". Archived from the original on 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2021-03-thirty .
- ^ RPM Elevation Singles, March 1, 1966
- ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 24 February 1966
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "The Statler Brothers Chart History (Hot Land Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "The Statler Brothers Nautical chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Elevation RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7185." RPM. Library and Athenaeum Canada. July 10, 2000. Retrieved July eight, 2013.
- ^ "Eric Heatherly Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Eric Heatherly Chart History (Hot State Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Best of 2000: State Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ "Surf Music and Seventies Soul: The Songs of 'Pulp Fiction'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved viii October 2019.
- ^ Flowers On The Wall | with Bunsen and Beaker | Muppets Music Video | The Muppets
- ^ Flowers On The Wall by Nancy Sinatra-Topic on YouTube
- ^ NZ On Screen: A Dog's Bear witness - 1981 final
- ^ Country Classics Revisted: The Statler Brothers Make Boredom Fun in 'Flowers on the Wall'
- ^ Home Free - Flowers On the Wall
Further reading [edit]
- Whitburn, Joel, Top State Songs: 1944-2005 (2006)
External links [edit]
- Both the 1966 and 1975 versions on YouTube
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_on_the_Wall
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