"Walking On a Thin Line" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1984 as the fifth and final single from their 1983 album, Sports.

Considered one of the band's more "serious" songs, "Walking on a Thin Line" was written by Andre Pessis and Kevin Wells (of Clover, then 5000 Volts).

[2][4] In live performances, Lewis would often dedicate the song to the casualties of the war in Vietnam,[5] as well as the veterans.

[7][8] Berman, who met the band at an ESPN tenth anniversary party,[8] when describing football highlights on NFL Live, would sometimes reference the chorus to the song.

Christopher Connelly of Rolling Stone said that the song was "annoying", and added that, "wherein Lewis even sings 'desperation' just like Men at Work's Colin Hay.