Hello Walls

{{About|the song|the album|Hello Walls (album)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Hello Walls

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Faron Young

| album = Hello Walls

| B-side = Congratulations

| released = March 1961 (U.S.)

| recorded = January 7, 1961

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:26

| label = Capitol

| writer = Willie Nelson

| producer = Ken Nelson
Marvin Hughes

| prev_title = Forget the Past

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Backtrack

| next_year = 1961

}}

"Hello Walls" is an American country music song written by Willie Nelson and first recorded by Faron Young. It was number one on Billboard's country chart for nine weeks in 1961 and spent 23 weeks on the chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=405}} It peaked at number 12 on the pop chart and was Young's only top-40 pop hit in the United States. Young's recording featured Floyd "Lightnin’" Chance on double bass and The Wilburn Brothers on background vocals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1500104/session-legend-floyd-lightnin-chance-dies-at-age-79/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316221223/http://www.cmt.com/news/1500104/session-legend-floyd-lightnin-chance-dies-at-age-79/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2016|title=Session Legend Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance Dies at Age 79}}

"Hello Walls" introduced Nelson to a national audience.Malone, Bill, "Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection" ((booklet included with Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection 4-disc set). Smithsonian Institution, 1990), p.57. In 1996, Nelson recorded a rock version of the song with the band The Reverend Horton Heat for the album Twisted Willie.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-27-ca-29172-story.html |title=ALBUM REVIEWS / POP : 'Twisted Willie' Gives Nelson Grunge Honors Treatment |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=January 27, 1996 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=August 1, 2019}}