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"Flowers on the Wall" is a song made famous by Country Music group The Statler Brothers . Written 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. In the years since its release, "Flowers on the Wall" became one of the trademark songs of the Statler Brothers' 40-year career. SONG STORY The song is a blackly humorous account of a strange man's isolated lifestyle and how he passes the time alone - including counting the number of flower patterns on the wallpaper. Other activities include "playing Solitaire 'til dawn" (with "a deck of fifty-one" – one card short), " Smoking Cigarette s and watching '' Captain Kangaroo ''." The song gained exposure amongst a new generation after it was used by Quentin Tarantino in '' Pulp Fiction '' (starring Bruce Willis , who would later quote the song in '' Die Hard With A Vengeance ''). The lyrics of this song were broken down and analyzed in Kurt Vonnegut 's '' Palm Sunday ''. COVER VERSIONS "Flowers on the Wall" was covered by several singers in all genres, ranging from Jim Ed Brown and Johnny Cash (country) to Pat Boone (pop), Herb Alpert (easy listening) and Chet Baker (jazz). {Link without Title} The most successful remake was released in 2000 by up-and-coming country singer Eric Heatherly , who reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart that summer. ALBUM "Flowers on the wall" is a track on the album Flowers On The Wall Sources
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