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“Hello Walls”: Throwback to Faron Young’s Tragicomedy Classic

“Hello Walls”: Throwback to Faron Young’s Tragicomedy Classic
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  • Riley is a Senior Country Music Journalist for Country Thang Daily, known for her engaging storytelling and insightful coverage of the genre.
  • Before joining Country Thang Daily, Riley developed her expertise at Billboard and People magazine, focusing on feature stories and music reviews.
  • Riley has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Belmont University, with a minor in Cultural Studies.

If you’ve got no one to talk to about your pain, where do you go? If there is nothing but walls around while in remorse, you can have some company while playing Faron Young’s 1961 single “Hello Walls.” His smooth, clean, tenor voice will take you to a comforting place where you can find solace in what surrounds you. With Willie Nelson’s writing craftsmanship, the single became popular in the United States during the early 60s. 

Faron Young’s greatest songs can be traced back from the 1950s to 60s. One of which is “Hello Walls,” a definitive hit that charted at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot C&W Sides, No. 12 on the Hot 100, and No. 13 on Billboard Easy Listening. It even reached the Australian Kent Music Charts at No. 69 and was recognized at the 2021 Grammy Hall of Fame. The song was also featured in the 2004 biographical drama 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story. 

The Hillbilly heartthrob was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame after his career took off as a significant honky-tonk singer. In 1996, Young died at 64 due to suicide. 

Hello Walls by Faron Young

“Hello Walls” is the result of Willie Nelson’s pen game. After offering the song to Faron Young for $500, his name in country music began to arise. Nelson owned the publishing rights of the song and received a $20,000 royalty check when it stayed at the top of the Billboard charts in nine weeks. Living as a broke artist at the time, he was extremely elated that he expressed his thanks to Young with a kiss. 

“I was sitting at Tootsie’s,” Young shared in his biography Live Fast Love Hard: The Faron Young Story, “and this big hairy arm came around my neck, and Willie french-kissed me. It’s probably the best kiss I ever had.”

Nelson released a rock version of the song for the 1996 album Twisted Willie with the band The Reverend Horton Heat. Johnny Paycheck also recorded his version sometime between the late 1950s and early 1960s.

When it comes to the lyrics, the song touches on the story of someone who was jilted by a loved one. 

Sometimes, making sense of our predicament may seem unnatural, but grief takes different forms for every person. 

Now, make peace with yourself while listening to Faron Young’s “Hello Walls.”

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