| Don't Kill the Whale | |
| Cover: | Don't-Kill-the-Whale-(single).jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Yes |
| Album: | Tormato |
| B-Side: | Abilene |
| Released: | 25 August 1978[1] |
| Genre: | Progressive rock |
| Length: | 3:55 (album version) 3:23 (single version) |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Yes |
| Prev Title: | Going for the One |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Into the Lens |
| Next Year: | 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]
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.