Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto

“Happy sad song with some awesome whistling skills.”

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Happy sad song with some awesome whistling skills.

ben.squire1 20 Mar 2013

Just been to see Richard Ayoade's film 'The Double' which was excellent - wanted to post something from the soundtrack. The song apparently tells the story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is walking so that his tears will not fall. It is one of the best selling singles of all time (but I had never heard it!); Kyu Sakamoto sadly died in a plane crash in 1985 along with 519 others...   5

melissapulo 6 Apr 2014

Was just reminded of this song. I used to listen to my mother's 45 of it when I was younger.

NTSIB 20 Jul 2012

Terrible title. Great tune.

jim 1 Mar 2015

Heard this walking by a record store in Cambridge, MA a couple of weeks ago. Hadn't heard it in ages!

lavoie 13 Jan 2013

An old #1 hit 60's gem by the Sinatra of Japan.   7

nicolauacornpro 25 Sep 2012