Whirlpool (song)

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“Whirlpool”
Single by Meat Puppets from the album Forbidden Places
Released	1991
Format	promo single
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3 at 12:02
Label	London Records
Writer(s)	Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets singles chronology
"Sam" (1991) "Whirlpool" (1991) "Backwater" (1994)

"Whirlpool" is a song by the Meat Puppets. It was the second promotional single released from their album Forbidden Places. The single includes two previously unreleased cover songs: the Wanda Jackson cover "Funnel of Love" and the Led Zeppelin cover "Rock & Roll".

They Might Be Giants did a cover of this song on their EP Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas).

[edit] Track listing

(All songs by Curt Kirkwood unless otherwise noted)

1. "Whirlpool" - 3:31
2. "Funnel of Love" (C. McCoy/K. Westberry) - 3:41
3. "Rock & Roll" (J.P. Jones/J. Bonham/J. Page/R. Plant) - 4:43

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