"Walking on the Chinese Wall" is a song written by Roxanne Seeman, Billie Hughes and Marcy Levy. It was recorded by Philip Bailey and became the title track of his album Chinese Wall. Phil Collins produced, played drums and sang, as part of the backgrounds, on the song, however the song was not credited as a Bailey and Collins duet. The Phenix Horns and additional overdub recording took place in Los Angeles, with George Massenburg engineering and mixing. Josie James also sang background vocals on the song. "Walking on the Chinese Wall" was the third single, released in 1985.