"Walls Come Down" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country artist Meghan Patrick. The song was co-written with Kelly Archer and Justin Weaver. It was the third single from Patrick's second studio album '' Country Music Made Me Do It'', and her first #1 hit on the ''

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'' Canada Country chart.

Commercial performance

"Walls Come Down" reached a peak of #1 on the ''

'' Canada Country chart for the week of December 22, 2018, marking her first number one hit. Prior to the song hitting Number One, Patrick received an outpouring of support from artists in the Canadian country music community including Brett Kissel,

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, and the Washboard Union, as they were eager to see Patrick claim her first chart-topper, and see the song join

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" as the first pair of songs from Canadian female artists to hit number one in the same year since 1999. Patrick was also the seventh different Canadian artist to hit number one on Canadian country radio in 2018, an all-time record since Nielsen began tracking in 1995.

Music video

The official music video for "Walls Come Down" stars Meghan Patrick and actress Tracy Déchaux. It was directed by

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and premiered on September 9, 2018.

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2018 songs 2018 singles Meghan Patrick songs Warner Music Group singles Songs written by Meghan Patrick Songs written by Kelly Archer Songs written by Justin Weaver Song recordings produced by Jeremy Stover Music videos directed by Stephano Barberis