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The 15 Best Whistling Songs of All Time

Our picks include 'Patience,' 'Dock of the Bay' and 'Young Folks'

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Guns N' Roses - 'Patience' (1989)

Whistling opens this soulful, acoustic single released in 1989 by Guns N' Roses. Frontman Axl Rose himself does the whistling, which is melodic and sad – what you'd expect someone separated from his lover would whistle "sitting on the stairs."

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