Yes – Don’t Kill The Whale

Description

“Don’t Kill the Whale” is a single by the band Yes, released from their 1978 album Tormato. It reached number 36 on the UK Singles Chart.

Content

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. Its style and lyrics make it “an unusually direct song for the group with its topical message”, according to the band’s website. However, that shift in style only helped make it a minor hit.

Personnel

• Jon Anderson – lead vocals
• Steve Howe – guitar
• Rick Wakeman – polymoog, birotron
• Chris Squire – piano, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Alan White – drums