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Post by johnnywest on Nov 3, 2023 18:01:45 GMT -5
I noticed that there have been a few whistling hits in the last few years:
Better Place - NSync
Hell N Back - Bakar
Sail Away - lovelytheband (HAC)
Numb - Marshmello & Khalid
A-O-K - Tai Verdes
Roxanne - Arizona Zervas
Sucker - Jonas Brothers
And before that:
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera
Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
Every Morning - Sugar Ray
Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
Patience - Guns N Roses
Joyride - Roxette
Winds of Change - Scorpions
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Any others?
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Post by mkarns on Nov 3, 2023 18:07:41 GMT -5
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
Whistle - Flo Rida (duh)
I Wanna Go - Britney Spears
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Post by mga707 on Nov 3, 2023 18:14:20 GMT -5
For those of us old enough to recall it, "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" by 'Whistling' Jack Smith, from 1967.
Another 'iconic' whistling song, from the '50s, was the 'Colonel Bogey' theme song from the film "The Bridge On the River Kwai". In 1958 Mitch Miller had a top 40 hit with a version of it.
Both of these two reached #20.
But the most memorable 'whistling song' has to be Otis Redding's posthumous #1 smash "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of the Bay" from 1968.
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Post by Hervard on Nov 3, 2023 18:31:48 GMT -5
Possibly THE biggest such hit on the Billboard chart (before November, 1991, anyway) would be a song that ends on a whistling note - "Centerfold" by the J. Geils Band, which, of course, was #1 for six weeks in early 1982.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 3, 2023 19:07:35 GMT -5
Not a top 40 hit and not released as a single. But my fave whistling song is the title track to Billy Joel's The Stranger Lp. Starts and ends with whistling (and piano).
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Post by chrislc on Nov 3, 2023 19:33:13 GMT -5
Surprised I am the first to mention -
Can't Smile Without You
What a year it was for Top 40!
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Post by 80sat40fan on Nov 3, 2023 19:40:25 GMT -5
Two more…
“Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard” by Paul Simon
“Golden Years” by David Bowie
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Post by LC on Nov 3, 2023 19:46:53 GMT -5
Wind of Change by the Scorpions
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 3, 2023 21:06:59 GMT -5
"Clair" by Gilbert 'O Sullivan
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 4, 2023 6:19:39 GMT -5
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?," Rod Stewart
"Love Will Keep Us Together," Captain & Tennille (cheering)
"Brick House," Commodores (catcall)
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 4, 2023 8:08:20 GMT -5
And Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" from the AT40/AT20/AT10 Holiday specials has a whistling part!
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Post by djjoe1960 on Nov 4, 2023 8:08:44 GMT -5
Back in 1957, Pat Boone had a #1 hit with Love Letters in the Sand , which featured Pat whistling during a musical break.
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Nov 4, 2023 12:43:31 GMT -5
On the June 1, 1991 AT40 episode, Shadoe played a medley of song with whistling in them: "Don't Worry Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin, "Can't Smile without You " - Barry Manilow, "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" - Whistling Jack Smith, "Walk Like an Egyptian" - Bangles, "Winchester Cathedral " - New Vaudville Band, "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding, "Patience" - Guns N' Roses, "Clare " - Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Centerfold" – J. Geils Band
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 4, 2023 14:04:55 GMT -5
On the June 1, 1991 AT40 episode, Shadoe played a medley of song with whistling in them: "Don't Worry Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin, "Can't Smile without You " - Barry Manilow, "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" - Whistling Jack Smith, "Walk Like an Egyptian" - Bangles, "Winchester Cathedral " - New Vaudville Band, "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding, "Patience" - Guns N' Roses, "Clare " - Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Centerfold" – J. Geils Band The November 22, 1986 AT40 show had a medley of songs with whistling as well. |
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Post by mrjukebox on Nov 4, 2023 14:49:50 GMT -5
Here's a # 1 song from 1963 that featured whistling:"Sukiyaki"-Kyu Sakamoto.
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