Life Is A Song - Patrick Park
All Good Things - Nelly Furtado

Brian Eno ‘Back in Judy’s Jungle’

“Ram On”, “Uncle Albert”/”Admiral Halsey”, “You Gave Me the Answer”, “Singing the Blues”, “C’mon People”, “Vanilla Sky”, “English Tea”, “Dance Tonight”, and “The End of the End” by Paul McCartney.

Melissa.

I forgot this one:

The theme tune to the mid-90s BBC TV comedy series starring Rowan Atkinson, The Thin Blue Line, was also a daft whistled tune!

Over My Shoulder - Mike and the Mechanics

Whistle Bump - Joao Donato

Syncopated Clock - Tomita (on Geand Canyon LP - OK, it’s probably synthesised whistling, but synthesisers are people too…)

Disney Girls (1957) - The Beach Boys (on Sunflower LP)

The Mexican Whistler - Roger Whittaker (which is ALL whistling!)

Georgy Girl - The Seekers

Save Your Heart For Me - Gary Lewis and the Playboys

Some serious omissions:

The British Grin And Bear (the B-side of I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman, which was NOT a minor hit - it was almost a #1!! If you can, listen to the B-side, it’s just as great, and nowhere available on CD)

omg Meagan thank you for posting the song “love generation” by Bob Sinclar! life saver you is, cos this song be in my head but only the whistling part, i don’t remember where i first heard it but its so infectious! muaaaaahs!

Elton John
Bennie and the Jets

SNOW WHITE….WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK LOL LOL LOL

boyscout’n - menomena

Can’t believe no one mentioned it - Lovely Head, Goldfrapp.

Flip a Lid - Nightmares on Wax give it ya try

Flip a Lid - Nightmares on Wax give it a try

“What Can I Tell You?” by Local H

“Maiden’s Milk” - Meat Puppets, for sure

Any one remember this one!

Cat Stevens - Portobello Road

The new song “Young Folks” by Peter Bjorn and John is super infectous.

Sissyneck by Beck……….hands down

The best whistling in the BEST rock song ever: “Engel” by Rammstein!!!!!

The best whistling in the BEST rock song ever: “Engel” by Rammstein!!!!!

Mr Bojangles!

I agree with ’sureenough’
Dock of the bay
Two of Us
and Jealous Guy

Live- Waitress

Dock of the Bay is easily the best song -though ruined by overplay on classic rock/oldie radio. I’d have to go with Two of Us, The Beatles, as #2 - I like Jealous Guy, but not nearly as much.

Patience-Guns and Roses

phish- guyute

ME and Julio undoubtedly…. patience, walk like an egyptian.. guyote by phish, wind of change, don’t worry be happy

Winds Of Change-Scorpions

“ENGEL” by Rammstein.

Wet Sand- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Patience - Guns ‘N’ Roses
You be my Wife- Borat Sagdiev

“Love Generation”~Bob Sinclar

GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS
JOYRIDE
WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
GOLDEN YEARS

Wow, One in a million is really a crappy song. Please guys stop acting like G & R is still a cool band.

“The Fishing Hole” the theme song for the Andy Griffith Show. It’s not a rock song but it’s all whistling, no singing, it’s catchy, and I think almost everybody can whistle that song. The whistling carries the whole song. How many songs can boast that.

Glad to see Harry Irene by Captain Beefheart make it……How about Big Chief by Professor Longhair….me got fire me can’t put out…….

“The Ruling Class” by Loose Fur.

“I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman” by “Whistling” Jack Smith - a minor hit for about fifteen minutes back in 1967.

Any song of Guns n Roses

Dave Mathews is a fucking pussy.

You can’t have this conversation without ANDREW BIRD

not even that into Phish, but “Reba” has some sensational whistle-action.

“It Beats 4 U” - MMJ

“Let You Down” - DMB

It has to be Whislte for the Choir by Scottish band The Fratellis.

Dogs - Pink Floyd

Guns N’ Roses has always been my favorite band. I was disappointed when this song came out because it does not have the sound of Guns N’ Roses. It is terrible that Axl Rose makes a new band but keeps the same name. Thats fine Axl can keep his name but the band is terrible now. Velvet Revolver is the band that took the other members of Guns N’ Roses always had Duff McKagan, Slash, Axl Rose, Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin but now they are terrible since they are missing most of that.

I think Breakdown is the best of them all, but I wouldn’t mind any other GN’R song to win…

I prefer the Jealous Guy version by Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music. Much better whistling solo.

jealous guy-john lennon
you’ve made a collective fool of yourselves here

“Always Look On the Bright Side of Life”, from Monty Python’s Life of Brian

No contest. hehehe.

A couple of Taj Mahal songs that I can’t look up right now have good whistling.

Good call on “Dock of the Bay,” pretty much my favorite song ever.

“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”

-Burt Bacharach

um…..am i the only one who thinks that whistling in songs kind of sucks?

The Twilight Singers ‘Bonnie Brea’

Patience is a far better tune than Civil War.

apptarheal got Peter Gabriel yesterday…

guns n roses civil war

guns n roses patience

both are great songs

“Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left” - Andrew Bird

Like several other readers, I think that Jealous Guy by John Lennon should be top o’ the list. Surprised Rolling Stone didn’t think of it first. Seemed obvious to me.

You geniuses have all forgotten about Peter Gabriel’s greatest song, GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS!

You picked the wrong GNR song: Civil War is much better than Patience.

i don’t really care for the song but what about Winds of Change by the Scorpions. Another whistle song is Bony Maroni by Larry Williams. Also Only Love Can Break a Heart by Gene Pitney.

I agree…”Jealous Guy” is the greatest of all time. Your editing staff should take a good look in the mirror and think about what kind of publication you’re TRYING to run there. Also, stop putting horrible, unproven rappers on the front cover of your once great magazine.

“Reba” - Phish

yes, AJ… i can’t BELIEVE “jealous guy” is not on this list!!!! Greatest whistling in a song… ever…

“Masterfade” or almost any song off of Andrew Bird’s The Mysterious Production of Eggs. He’s the best whistler ever. A more recent entry would be “Whistle for the Choir” by the Fratellis.

Dom Andra-Kent

“Maiden’s Milk” - Meat Puppets

Ruling Class- Loose Fur

Phish - Reba

One in a Million and Breakdown, both by Guns N’ Roses.

“Atlanta” - Stone Temple Pilots

Patience

Of course, Rolling Stone would ignore anything slightly outre: what about Captain Beefheart in “Harry Irene” - one of the best whistling solos I’ve ever heard, and a great song in its own right. The only good song they picked was Otis Redding.

Bob Sinclair - Love generation

Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp

Love walk in — VAN HALEN

“Intruder” — Peter Gabriel

It’s been said but I’ll reiterate: Meat Puppets - Whistling Song

engel- Rammstein

most def
sissyneck by beck
patience by gnr
ya that otis redding song is pretty good
i dont know about gnr as one of the best bands ever maybe one of the best whistling bands ever

Easy… “Jealous Guy” by Lennon. Yet the robin’s whistling solo in “Just a Spoon Full of Sugar” from Mary Poppins is definitly the bomdiggidy

tyra b- “country boy”

the end, by the doors

Patience-Guns N’ Roses
Breakdown-Guns N’ Roses
Civil War-Guns N’ Roses
One in a Million-Guns N’ Roses

oh god come on like jealous guy is the best one eeever!

The Ruling Class by Loose Fur

LIFTING THE VEIL FROM THE BRAILLE - THE DISSOCIATIVES is awesome

“walk like an egyption” –the bangles

“golden years” –david bowie

“two fo us” –the beatles

and of course…

“Theme from the Andy Griffith Show” now THAT’s rock and roll

add john lennon “jealous guy”

John Lennon-Jelous Guy and Slayer-Bloodbath in Paradise

Taj Mahal “Ain’t Gwine to Whistle Dixe Anymo’”

two of us the beatles

Whistle when you’re low
by
Cancer boy

The andy griffith theme.

GNR sucks and always has.

How is is that more people aren’t saying “Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard”? Come on peoples!

“Jealous Guy” John Lennon

One In a Million- Guns N Roses
Civil War- Guns N Roses
Patience- Guns N Roses

“Maiden’s Milk” by The Meat Puppets

“If I could Talk I’d Tell You” by The Lemonheads

“Two of us” The Beatles

Daydrem - Lovin’ Spoonful
White Christmas - Bing Crosby

motorcycle, iggy, out of the very underated “avenue b”.

Does “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly,” have whistling in it? I can’t remember if it’s that one or some other Ennio Morricone score. I know the Cheyenne theme from Once Upon a Time in the West has whistling.

No Complaints, by: Beck

A Method, by: TV on the Radio

Bobby McFerrin ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’

civil war and one in a million - Guns N’ Roses

The Whistling Song - Meat Puppets

Almost every song Andrew Bird has ever done

“Games Without Frontiers”

Peter Gabriel

“Hocus Pocus” - Focus

Jealous Guy - John Lennon

My Morning Jacket - It Beats 4 U. A kick ass song featuring kick ass whistling in the end.

“How Soon Is Now?” by The Smiths

It’s hard to make out, but it’s there.

and

“Alpha Beta Gaga” by Air.

Has anybody heard of Pink Floyd? I think they had some good whistling songs…

Golden years by Bowie is the best!

wind of change - the scorpions

“Singing the Blues” Guy Mitchell

guns n roses civil war
guns n roses breakdown

NIGHTRAIN-GUNS & ROSES

“Joyride” Roxette hahaha

Here’s another vote for One in a Million.

East, Jealous Guy

“guns n roses is the greatest band ever”…?????

I literally could not believe my eyes when I read that.

Anyway, good songs to feature whitstling:

“The Stranger” - Billy Joel
“God Damn” - Chucklehead
“Lay down the Law” - G. Love
“Reba” - Phish

What about the whistle solo in “Walk Like An Egyptian”? Everybody has to join in. Even people who are whistling-impaired.

FYI I just heard some rough demos of Chinese Deomcracy songs
Better is awesome
Madagascar is awesome
IRS awesome

ANOTHER VOTE FOR USE YOUR ILLUSION AS AN AWESOME DOUBLE ALBUM

Jungle Love–Steve Miller

guns n roses is the greatest band ever and to finally see them starting to get some praise in this era its a breathe of fresh air

nervous tic motion of the head to the
left-andrew bird
whiskey clone hotel-beck
whistle in-beach boys

Jealous Guy- John Lennon

goodness… Guns-N-Roses… the only reason that Axl was able to whistle so cleanly was because his mouth is permanantly moistened by alcohol. I have no idea how Jealous Guy is not on this list. Oh and if you want world class whistling, go listen to an Andrew Bird album, he practicly uses it as his second voice.

One in a Million - Guns n Roses

Pretty much every Steve Miller Band song..

seriously! jealous guy. come on…

wet sand…red hot chili peppers

“Sissyneck” by Beck.

Reba

Another vote for “Civil War” just because I’m tired of people calling the Use Your Illusions a bad/sub-par album.

I noticed no one is naming “One In A Million” though…

Daydream…Lovin’ Spoonful

‘wind of change’ by the Scorps? maybe? Not sure but they played the shit out of that song on the radio in the early 90’s and it rocked.

Guns N’ Roses - “Civil War”

does ‘highway 61 revisited’ count? (i think it’s an actual cop whistle, not a hand-whistle).

Patience - Guns ‘N’ Roses
Elenaor - JET
Helpless - Faith No More

“Mockingbird” by Tom Waits

Whistle When You’re Low - Cancer Boy

Me and Julio Down by The Schoolyard - Paul Simon

I agree, “Jealous Guy” by Lennon is a fantastic choice. But you’re all missing, “Spoon Full of Sugar” from Mary Poppins! Remember the robin outside whistling up that tune? Fuckin’ classic haha.

“Reba” - Phish

“Don’t Worry Be Happy” - Bobby Mc Ferrin

Terrence Trent D’Arby-”Wishing Well”

Jay Z feat. Beanie Sigel & Scarface-”Some How,Some Way”

Jesus Christ, easy as hell

“Jealous Guy” John Lennon