The Week contest: Elephant bands

What song should these musical giants play?

Thai Elephant Orchestra
(Image credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Last week's contest: The members of the biggest band in the world, the Thai Elephant Orchestra, have been trained to hold mallets in their trunks and strike oversized xylophones, marimbas, and drums. What would be the ideal song for the band to play?

THE WINNER: "I Feel the Earth Move"

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SECOND PLACE: "Do Your Ears Hang Low?"

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

"Reinforced Bridge Over Troubled Water"

Ivan Kershner, Salem, S.C.

"Send in the Clowns"

Jeffrey Smithson, Rexford, N.Y.

"Fat-Bottomed Girls" by Queen

Jeffrey Markowski, Round Lake, N.Y.

"I Will Remember You" by Sarah McLachlan

Joanne Sullivan, Maspeth, N.Y.

"In My Trunk" by Dev

Ujjal Kohli, Saratoga, Calif.

"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

Preston Gilroy, White Plains, N.Y.

"Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Trunk"

Charles & Mary Parry, Catonsville, Md.

"Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, Va.

Pachyderm's Canon in D Major

Paul Binder, Bellevue, Wash.

"Hit the Road, Pach"

Angela James, Westminster, Md.

"Welcome to the Jungle"

Fiona Neary, Fredericksburg, Va.

"Sixteen Tons"

Dick Adler, Franklin, N.C.

"Not-So-Little Drummer Boy"

Jeffry O'Connor, Palm Springs, Calif.

"The Weight" by The Band

James T. Smith, Jacksonville, Fla.

"Pink Elephants on Parade" from Dumbo

Richard Lee, San Francisco

Ravel's Dumbolero

Michael J. Kramer, Plano, Texas

"Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney

Kc. Boren, Victoria, Texas

"Run Through the Jungle" by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Jim Donoghue, Des Moines

"A Whole Lot of Shaking Goin' On"

Dave Ray, Moline, Ill.

"The Leader of the Pachyderm"

Vincent D'Amico, The Villages, Fla.

"Baby Elephant Walk" from Hatari

Harold Warren, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

"I've Got A Crush On You"

Tom Woodard, Nashville

The Tuskegee Fight Song

Bob Stokes, Portland, Ore.

"Stompin' at the Savoy"

Jeanne Pacheco, Tucson

"Bang the Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren

Jordan Clarke, San Diego

"Jumbo-laya"

Jack Miller, Venice, Fla.

John Cage's "4:33"

Patrick Allen, Delaware, Ohio

"Pachy Breaky Heart"

Paul Raff, Santa Monica, Calif.

"Memory" by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Randy LePage, Cambridge, Ohio

Babar-Ann

Richard Molloy, East Walpole, Mass.