# What was the last tune you whistled or hummed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103 "2019-09-12T14:50:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/41 "2019-09-15T00:13:53Z")
I found myself whistling [“Razzle Dazzle”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByeXMGqapnU) from the musical Chicago earlier today out of nowhere ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/42 "2019-09-15T00:22:59Z")
Oh, crap. I can’t get ‘On the Road Again’ out of my head. It’s not easy for me to whistle that, for some reason and now my face is hurting. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/43 "2019-09-15T00:29:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, crap. I can’t get ‘On the Road Again’ out of my head. It’s not easy for me to whistle that, for some reason and now my face is hurting. [Willie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBN86y30Ufc)or [Canned Heat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKNw477onU)? They’re both hard to whistle. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/44 "2019-09-15T00:33:39Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > [Willie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBN86y30Ufc)or [Canned Heat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKNw477onU)? They’re both hard to whistle. Willie. Well, now I’ll whistle Canned Heat til I die of sprained dimples.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/45 "2019-09-15T00:44:58Z")
I realized that almost everything I’ve been whistling/humming/singing lately have been songs that have been mentioned here. Like “Possession” from this thread. Someone mentioned Ozzy not having stage presence… so that was 24 hours of “Paranoid” in my brain. Then someone linked to live Van Morrison… cue “Caravan” in my head; it was from “The Last Waltz”, so that started me humming “Stage Fright”, the first in a long string of Rick Danko songs… I spend waaay too much time on The Dope. Is there a 12-step program? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/46 "2019-09-15T17:19:02Z")
I was riffing along with the popcorn in the microwave last night. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/47 "2019-09-16T03:42:17Z")
A guilty pleasure of mine, “Yes or Yes” by the K-Pop group _Twice_. I was partially singing, but mostly humming because I don’t speak Korean. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mAKsZ26SabQ/maxresdefault.jpg "TWICE "YES or YES" M/V") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAKsZ26SabQ) ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/48 "2019-09-16T05:12:00Z")
Does vocalizing _à la_ whatever Roger Miller song was turned into the Hampster Dance count? (After googling, it’s a sped up version of “Whistle Stop” from Disney’s _Robin Hood_.) If so, it’s “Yakety Sax” while watching some football highlight on Twitter – I don’t remember which one, but I’m sure there are plenty that would fit. [Edit on preview: it’s now the Hampster Dance song.] If only actual whistling (which I can’t do) or humming counts, I might have to go back to the last time I played Cranium, maybe 8 years ago. The song I remember drawing in the Humdinger round was “Billie Jean.” I ended up humming the chorus, the next verse, the bridge, and another chorus while everyone on my team said, “Oh! I know that!” Finally, someone got it right before time ran out. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/49 "2019-09-16T05:22:47Z")
Bach’s “Air on the G String.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E2j-frfK-yg/hqdefault.jpg "Bach, Air ("on the G string", string orchestra)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2j-frfK-yg) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/50 "2019-09-16T05:25:31Z")
I was watching Ken Burns documentary on Country Music tonight. I’ve been whistling ‘I’ll fly away’ since. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/51 "2019-09-16T13:15:12Z")
Me and Julio, thanks to the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/52 "2019-09-16T13:23:10Z")
“The Ride”, by David Allan Coe. [The Ride (David Allan Coe song) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ride_(David_Allan_Coe_song)) ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/53 "2019-09-16T15:25:58Z")
Bicycling in to work this morning - Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/54 "2019-09-16T15:29:21Z")
The theme music to “Kolchak: The Night Stalker”. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/55 "2019-09-16T15:32:46Z")
“Fun” by Fromis\_9, as it was playing during my workout this morning and is ridiculously catchy. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/56 "2019-09-16T17:25:02Z")
Currently “Don’t Stop Believin’”, because it was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning. > [@Fish\_Cheer](#): > > I randomly start whistling “Hail to the Chief” several times per week, for no discernible reason. I just really like it. That reminds me of a funny story. For some reason I had “Hail to the Chief” stuck in my head one day. Going for a pee break at work, I walked up to the urinal, and without thinking about what I was doing until after I had done it, I hummed the first few bars of “Hail to the Chief” right before I, uhhh, took it out. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/57 "2019-09-16T20:34:59Z")
Elmer Bernstein’s score to “Sweet Smell of Success” over the opening credits. “Duh DAH DAH. Du da-da-da DAH DAH…” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/58 "2019-09-16T21:52:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I was watching Ken Burns documentary on Country Music tonight. I’ve been whistling ‘I’ll fly away’ since. “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” was playing in the background while I set my Tivo. That took over from J.S. Bach for me. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/59 "2019-09-16T21:55:55Z")
The Andy Griffith Show theme. My pet cockatiel, Luc, passed away last week after a long (25-year) life, and he’d whistle that. I miss my birdy buddy. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103/60 "2019-09-17T04:52:50Z")
Parts of Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in Dm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-tune-you-whistled-or-hummed/840103.md?page=4)