| Whaling | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | DD Smash |
| Album: | The Optimist |
| B-Side: | I Met a Loser |
| Released: | 28 September 1984 (New Zealand) |
| Recorded: | 1983 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 3:06 |
| Label: | Mushroom |
| Chronology: | DD Smash |
| Prev Title: | Actor |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Magic (What She Do) |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
Whaling is a single by New Zealand band DD Smash. It was released in 1984 as the second single from The Optimist. The single charted at No. 8 in New Zealand[1] and number 70 in Australia.[2]
It was voted the 12th-best New Zealand song of the 20th century by members of APRA in 2001.
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 84.