"Afraid of Heights" is the first single by Billy Talent from their fifth studio album of the same name.

The song was released first for radio play on 102.1 The Edge,[1] followed by an exclusive stream through Alternative Press,[2] followed by a wide release on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify and other digital retailers, a day later, on May 13, at midnight.

[3] The lyric video was designed and animated by Peter J. Arvidsson.

During the same performance, the band debuted two other new songs: "Louder Than the DJ" and "Big Red Gun", which were not officially released at that point.

[4] In 2016, "Afraid of Heights" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Canada Rock chart.