Don't Kill the Whale

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"Don't Kill the Whale"
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Single by Yes
from the album Tormato
B-side "Abilene"
Released25 August 1978 [1]
Genre Progressive rock
Length3:55 (album version)
3:23 (single version)
Label Atlantic
Songwriters
Producer Yes
Yes singles chronology
"Going for the One"
(1977)		"Don't Kill the Whale"
(1978)		"Into the Lens"
(1980)

"Don't Kill the Whale" is a song by the band Yes, released as a single from their 1978 album Tormato . It reached number 36 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

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The song, as with most of the album's tracks, was short compared to the songs on Yes's 1973 album Tales from Topographic Oceans . [3] Its style and lyrics make it "an unusually direct song for the group with its topical message", according to the band's website. [4] However, that shift in style only helped make it a minor hit. [3]

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Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [5] 36

References

  1. ↑ Welch, Chris (2003). Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes (2nd ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 294. ISBN   0-7119-9509-5.
  2. ↑ "Yes | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 Giles, Jeff (20 September 2015). "When Yes Reached a Crossroads With the Murky 'Tormato'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  4. ↑ yesadmin. "WE ARE YES - YES". Yesworld. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  5. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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