Whistling

Something about songs that use whistling fascinates me. Whistling is generally seen as an expression of joy, calm, or confidence. However, when it appears in music, it usually feels surreal, sometimes sinister. I'm looking for music tracks that use whistling as an effect. I'm not as interested in songs that weren't written for the whistle later being whistled, otherwise I'd talk about M.

Whistling doesn't seem to be used as often as you would think. Maybe because it's hard to use right or record.

Here are some songs that I can think of off the top of my head:

Billy Joel - ''The Stranger''

Peter, Bjorn and John - ''Young Folks''

The Chemical Brothers - ''The Devil is in the Beats''

Foster the People - ''Pumped up Kicks

Does anyone know of any others.

edited 2nd Aug '11 10:05:59 PM by arks

Off the top of my head:

The W's, "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts". Whistling in the bridge, starting at 1:12.

Orbital, "The Box (Vocal Reprise)". The end of the song, starting at 6:41.

Otis Redding, "(Sitting on) The Dock of the Bay". The end, starting at 2:21.

edited 2nd Aug '11 10:34:57 PM by MetaFour

Check out Andrew Bird. He whistles in the same manner as an individual holding a great amount of authority.

• Whistling Jack Smith: “I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman” (The whole damn song!)
• Supertramp: “Easy Does It” (intro)
• Caravan: “All the Way (With John Wayne’s Single-Handed Liberation of Paris)” (“Night-Shift Whistle” on the fade-out by viola player Geoff Richardson)
• Stackridge: “Slark” (again, whistling of the main theme at the end)

edited 2nd Aug '11 11:15:22 PM by Bananaquit

Newsboys, "Breakfast". The bridge, starting at 2:14.

Meat Puppets - The Whistling Song (naturally enough) and "Maiden's Milk"
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
Terrence Trent D'arby - Wishing Well

Edited by MikeK on Jan 22nd 2022 at 10:26:44 AM

Like [[Felix the Cat]] and [[Bart Simpson]] , they are whistling

BLACKPINK - "Whistle"

What's fun is ironic whistling.