Whalesong

League 9 (Apr 2026) · Songs about our fluked friends

Song	Artist	Submitted by	Votes
Free In The Harbour	Stan Rogers	SamRobertsND	14 Peter Seeley +3 — A true classic. Stan Rogers has a beautiful voice and his lyrics are unique. Who else could make such a bittersweet song about economic decline (which does benefit the whales)? For that matter who else sings about economic decline and whales in the same song? fionmul +2 — Stan is my one that got away 🫰 Flukes mentioned!!? ared56 +1 judd.baker +1 — Beautiful. Tremendous pull Edward James +1 — No notes. It's just too perfect. Claire +1 — This is sweet and he has a lovely voice shea nowicki +1 Joseph Harvey +1 — Gorgeous. Even though this has been submitted before (by yours truly), cannot resist Sam Ary +1 Regina Scime +1 — Ok there’s something about Stan Rogers that just soothes my soul Brad Stalcup +1
The Mariner's Revenge Song	The Decemberists	judd.baker	8 Spicey Riche +4 SamRobertsND +1 — Finally a song actually about whales, the ostensible theme of the round. Misadventures of Flapjack-esque 1870s nautical scurvy-ridden diseased sailor energy. Masterpiece of a story. ared56 +1 shea nowicki +1 Sam Ary +1 fionmul 0 — The voice sounded like a joke but there was potential here overall fs Edward James 0 — This reminds me of No Country For Old Men. The whale representing chance - you can do everything you think you should and pursue it with singlemindedness, but chance might have other things in mind. And I don't mean the coin flip thing Judd, I mean the car accident at the end. Peter Seeley 0 — 3 minute of this would be great. 5 minutes tolerable. 8 minutes is cruel and unusual Claire 0 — This one is only incidentally about whales Joseph Harvey 0 — Stereotypical and harmful depiction of whales. Educate yourself
Greenland Whale Fisheries	The Pogues	shea nowicki	6 SamRobertsND +1 — Good ared56 +1 judd.baker +1 — Also excellent. I am really impressed with the extremely apt submissions this round, I thought it would be harder than this but apparently songs about whaling is a plentiful genre fionmul +1 — Love the Pogues Peter Seeley +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — Somehow this song captures both the depression and freneticism of irish music in a song about whales. Way to go, good pull. Edward James 0 — This one is fun but just not as good as the others imo Joseph Harvey 0 — This has not the gravitas with which whales must be treated
The Last Leviathan	The Fisherman’s Friends	fionmul	5 SamRobertsND +1 — A whale with a crying Judd face for a face, being stripped of blubber by a team of Joseph and Peter clone fishermen Edward James +1 — I like how this one is written from the perceptive of the whale. The only one that is truly “whalesong” shea nowicki +1 Joseph Harvey +1 — Was not expecting to cry over my chickpeas today. Makes me want to throw soup on a classic work of art Regina Scime +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — Man, this was great. judd.baker 0 — Pretty apt but this was my least favorite of the whaling folk song submissions fionmul 0 — 🥀🪦🐋🥺 Peter Seeley 0 — Beautifully sung, but has about as much subtlety as a dynamited whale. I get that it's trying to make a point (and for what it's worth, I agree with it), but it feels like they thought the listener was dumb and or heartless and incapable of inference. Sam Ary -1
Baby Beluga	Raffi	Peter Seeley	4 SamRobertsND +1 — My favorite fionmul +1 — This one is cute and my niece and nephew know it so positive connotations for me (it might get hate so I have to show it some love) Joseph Harvey +1 — I vaguely remember this from early childhood. Nostalgia upvote. Conjures adorable images Regina Scime +1 — Ok for a children’s song, this was actually enjoyable. Can we please bring back quality music for children?😩 Edward James 0 — I respect the choice but I don’t enjoy it. Brad Stalcup 0 — Ok, This was a really good. Sorry, this was 5th for me.
Whale Song	Pearl Jam	Claire	3 judd.baker +1 — I actually really dig this and I am sort of shocked it exists, it’s perfect shea nowicki +1 Joseph Harvey +1 — This is a truly awful, terrible song. However, it respects whales. Upvote SamRobertsND 0 — Almost as bad as Gojira and twice as annoying fionmul 0 — Ehh Edward James 0 — This is similar in theme to The Last Leviathan, but their Gen X smugness irks me Claire 0 — A rare Pearl Jam song in which Eddie vedder is not on lead vocals, meaning that the words are actually intelligible
In The Belly Of The Whale	Newsboys	Brad Stalcup	2 ared56 +1 judd.baker +1 — Listening to this song made me instantly think, oh shoot someone should have submitted a Veggietales song for this round. I had not yet seen the album cover Regina Scime +1 — This song gave me flashbacks, so thank you I guess? SamRobertsND 0 — Gods-Not-Dead-Core. Doesn't one of the Newsboys baptize the atheist professor at the end? fionmul 0 — Yep this is about a whale Edward James 0 — I know there's context here, but without it this song is super annoying Claire 0 — Takes me back to watching the veggie tales Jonah movie on the dvd player in our 2007 Honda odyssey Joseph Harvey 0 — Throwback! shea nowicki -1
Flying Whales	Gojira	Joseph Harvey	2 Joseph Harvey: If you don’t make it through the gnarly, disgusting riffage and sweet sweet vocals, at least read the lyrics Edward James +1 — I thought about submitting this but I didn't because you can't understand it. Would love to hear this as a Rush song. I do like it a lot tho. I love that somehow this is a common theme. Claire +1 — This song is super cool, I wondered if someone (presumably Joseph) would submit it Sam Ary +1 SamRobertsND 0 — This is a big poop platter with a glass of pee judd.baker 0 — No, Joseph, no I will not read the lyrics — this is music league and I have to actually listen to the music, and should feel at least slightly rewarded by the experience. This isn’t clever lyrical concept league fionmul 0 — You knew what we would think but thanks for always being true to yourself Peter Seeley 0 — Hilarious Joseph bait Regina Scime 0 — Mkay Joseph you were just waiting for this round weren’t you Brad Stalcup 0 — Why do you do this to us Joseph Spicey Riche -1
Dire, Dire Docks (From "Super Mario 64")	Qumu	Edward James	2 Claire +1 — I never played this game so I don’t think this song hits the same for me, but it’s pretty Brad Stalcup +1 — Amazing pull. Our whale friends would love this one. SamRobertsND 0 — Your fixation is strange, Eddie, and this was lazy. Now I play the schoolmarm and say, “do better.” judd.baker 0 — Really liked this, wanted to upvote, but my research tells me there is actually no whale in Dire, Dire Docks fionmul 0 — Sorry, not holding its own with the other competitors Edward James 0 — Spiritually this is what I imagine whales listen to Joseph Harvey 0 — This is not what whales sound like if that’s what you were going for Regina Scime 0 — Also didn’t see the connection, but I not familiar with Super Mario Bros so perhaps I’m just uneducated here
The Whiteness of the Whale	Caleb Hayashida	Regina Scime	1 Edward James +1 — I was hoping for one song that really captures the inexplicable hold the whale can have on the heart of man. There's a reason so many songs and concepts revolve around this idea, and I love using weird music notation to explore it. SamRobertsND 0 — Liked it until I didn’t judd.baker 0 — Impressive dredging this out of the <50 monthly listener Spotify mines, but it is nigh unlistenable and should probably remain there fionmul 0 — Ehhhhh Peter Seeley 0 — I like what this is going for. Here's the problem: "On the Whiteness of the Whale", specifically the footnote on the albatross, is some of the finest prose ever. Needless to say, the lyrics to this song pale by comparison. Claire 0 — I thought this was really cool at first but tbh it kind of lost me as the song went on. Maybe I just don’t have a good attention span Brad Stalcup 0 — A little too on the nose?
Only Wanna Be With You	Hootie & The Blowfish	ared56	0 Sam Ary +1 SamRobertsND 0 — Great song but pathetically lazy, Alex judd.baker 0 — Cute. I really did almost give it to you on this one, but this was a surprisingly stacked round and there were too many pitch-perfect submissions Edward James 0 — He's talking about the Miami Dolphins y'all Peter Seeley 0 — He does kind of sound like a shake I guess Claire 0 — I guess you could read this as being sung to a whale maybe? It talks about dolphins and blue…but it’s not a clear or fitting enough read to get my vote, especially for a repeat song Joseph Harvey 0 — Is the girl in the song a whale? No? Not a whale song. Regina Scime 0 — 🤔 fionmul -1 — What upsets me most is that you wasted such an awesome song on a round that it doesn’t belong in
L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah And The Whale	Spicey Riche	0 Claire +1 — Somehow this got me. Idk. Maybe the whales like millennial slop judd.baker 0 — Clever but also boo fionmul 0 — I like this enough but the whale theme is lacking Edward James 0 — Also no? Joseph Harvey 0 — Trying too hard to be clever this round. No whales Brad Stalcup 0 — Whalesong not whaleartist SamRobertsND -1 — Joining the dogpile for what I presume to be the Joseph downvote.
Earrings	Malcolm Todd	Sam Ary	-8 SamRobertsND 0 — Hipster reject slop pile fionmul 0 — Are the whales in the room with us? ared56 -1 judd.baker -1 — Awesome song. Perhaps the most inexplicable ML submission of all time. Whatever OP was going for has filtered me completely Edward James -1 — No? This gets my downvote because I can’t even place the basic idea of why this was chosen. At least for the “Noah and the whale” song I can tell it’s because of the band name even though that the bad reason Peter Seeley -1 Claire -1 — Maybe I’m totally missing something but I’m not seeing how this is whale related Joseph Harvey -1 — Sadly, there are no whales in this song Also, egregious bridge Regina Scime -1 — Didn’t see the connection Brad Stalcup -1 — No clue what this has to do with whales.