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Don't Kill the Whale

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"Don't Kill the Whale"
Single by Yes
from the album Tormato
B-side"Abilene"
Released25 August 1978[1]
GenreProgressive rock
Length3:55 (album version)
3:23 (single version)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)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

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

References

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  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. ^ a b 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.