Back on the Wall

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"Back on the Wall"
Single by Greyson Chance
from the album Somewhere Over My Head
ReleasedApril 29, 2016
Genre Electropop
Length3:25
Label Greyson Chance Music
Songwriter(s) Greyson Chance
Greyson Chance singles chronology
"Hit & Run"
(2016)
"Back on the Wall"
(2016)
"Low"
(2017)

"Back on the Wall" is a song by American singer-songwriter and pianist Greyson Chance and is the second song from his second extended play Somewhere Over My Head . . [1]

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Back on the Wall"3:25

Music video

The music video was directed by Rage. [2] It was uploaded on YouTube on April 28, 2016.

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