Today marks two years since the death of Michael Jackson. Throughout my research, I could only find one song with whistlings. It is in the last studio album released while MJ was alive, his tenth album called Invincible.
This one is Whatever Happens, a song written by Geoffrey Williams, Gil Cang and J. Quay, arranged by the conductor Jeremy Lubbock,¹ and played by the distinguished guest Carlos Santana, who added a guitar and whistle solo to the latin-tinged "Whatever Happens". Discogs.com also states that Stuart Brawley whistles in the song too.
"This music video is a not-for-profit, low-budget independent production. The Magic of Michael Jackson was the first fan club to produce a tribute cover video of The King of Pop". Copy-and-paste from Youtube's description. The fake Santana is very funny!
P.S.: A curiosity: A BBC article states that policemen recorded Michael Jackson singing and whistling after his arrest back in 2003 when he faced the charge of child molestation. Does anyone know if this recording is public now? It would be a great thing to have Michael's whistling posted in the blog.
He gives another smile, tries to understand her sideThis one is Whatever Happens, a song written by Geoffrey Williams, Gil Cang and J. Quay, arranged by the conductor Jeremy Lubbock,¹ and played by the distinguished guest Carlos Santana, who added a guitar and whistle solo to the latin-tinged "Whatever Happens". Discogs.com also states that Stuart Brawley whistles in the song too.
"This music video is a not-for-profit, low-budget independent production. The Magic of Michael Jackson was the first fan club to produce a tribute cover video of The King of Pop". Copy-and-paste from Youtube's description. The fake Santana is very funny!
P.S.: A curiosity: A BBC article states that policemen recorded Michael Jackson singing and whistling after his arrest back in 2003 when he faced the charge of child molestation. Does anyone know if this recording is public now? It would be a great thing to have Michael's whistling posted in the blog.
To show that he cares
She can't stay in the room
She's consumed with everything that's been goin' on
She says
Whatever happens, don't let go of my hand
Everything will be alright, he assures her
But she doesn't hear a word that he says
Preoccupied, she's afraid
Afraid that what they're doing is not right
He doesn't know what to say, so he prays
Whatever, whatever, whatever
Whatever happens, don't let go of my hand
Don't let go of my hand
Whatever happens, don't let go of my hand
Don't let go of my hand
He's working day and night, thinks he'll make her happy
Forgetting all the dreams that he had
He doesn't realize it's not the end of the world
It doesn't have to be that bad
She tries to explain, "It's you that makes me happy,"
Whatever, whatever, whatever
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He also whistles at the end of 'Smile', which is the last track on his 1995 HIStory album. Written by Charlie Chaplin, prior to Michael recording it, many artists have covered the song, perhaps most famously Nat King Cole. Michael Jackson was the first person I'm aware of to add whistling to it.
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