It serves as a symbol of their defiance and optimism in the face of adversity. This is the tune whistled by British POWs in the 1957 film about life in a Japanese prison camp. Image Credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ Soundtrack – ‘Colonel Bogey March’ (1957).Orbison’s song features a virtuosic, clear whistle toward the end of the song – practically making it an instrument in itself. Roy Orbison – ‘Here Comes The Rain, Baby’ (1967).He describes the whistle as the song's "second chorus" and it took "20 takes and loads of Chapstick to get it just right." Lead singer Ryan Tedder said the whistle came to him first and the song was built around it. The catchy, whistled tune is a marked contrast to the song’s otherwise electronic, post-punk sound.Īt once haunting and jaunty, the whistled tune is the hook for this current hit song. Peter Bjorn and John – ‘Young Folks’ (2006).A breathy, imperfect whistle ends the song and sounds casual and unselfconscious, as if blown to while away the time. Recorded just days before Redding’s death in an airplane crash in 1967, this song topped the R&B chart when released the following year. Otis Redding – ‘Dock of the Bay’ (1968).This song – which topped both the alternative and rock charts last year – opens with a seven drawfs hi-ho type of whistling that contrasts sharply to the ensuing electric guitar and rumbling bluesy vocals. Whistling also is a refrain and underlies spoken word portions of the song. “Home” opens with a chorus of whistling that serves to bring the song to its happy and campy affirmation of love that feels like home. Image Credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes – ‘Home’ (2010).It features McFerrin's voice and intonations as well as his whistling, sometimes in different octaves layered on top of each other. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was the first a cappella song to reach Number One on Billboard's charts. Bobby McFerrin – ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ (1988).A whistled melody is the song's introduction as well as its finale and indeed, evokes the wind. This anthem to the end of the Cold War quickly became an international hit, eventually selling more than 14 million copies. 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." Whistling opens this soulful, acoustic single released in 1989 by Guns N' Roses.
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