The Week contest: Whale Song - May 13, 2011

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

Click here for results of last week's contest: Bible Update

Results: After scientists discovered that humpback whales’ songs become undersea "hits," copied by other humpbacks, we asked you to name the #1 tune on the cetacean top 20.

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THE WINNER: Papa Don't Breach

Mike Zeaman, Reno, NV

SECOND PLACE: I Heard it Through the Food Chain

Paul Kroner, Palo Alto, CA

THIRD PLACE: He Ain’t Heavy, He's My Blubber

Philip White, Fresh Meadows, NY

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Born This Weight

Angela James, Westminster, MD

I'm Dreaming of a Wide Isthmus

Janine Witte, New Hope, PA

Orca-Homa!

Dave Rapp, New York City

Kriller

Ashley Ryan, Catonsville, MD

Moby I'm Amazed

Doug Molitor, South Pasadena, CA

A Whiter Shade of Whale

Miles Klein, Frisco, TX

Humpin' Jack Splash

Harry Whiteside, Knoxville, TN

Born in the S.E.A.

Thomas Wilsey, Urbana, IL

I Kissed a Krill And I Liked It

Judith Cottrill, Bronx, NY

I've Got You Under My Fin

Rohn K. Robbins, Vail, CO

I'm Feeding Japanese

Bill Gripman, Plymouth, MI

Where Have All The Icebergs Gone?

Cindy Kalinoski, York, PA

A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean

Anthony Vinson, Williamson, GA

You'll Never Swim Alone

Heath Foxlee, Sequim, WA

Nobody Knows the Bubbles I've Seen

Jack Mendelsohn, Palm Springs, CA

Begin the Baleen

Jeffrey Chamberlain, Nassau, NY

Beyond the Land (by Bobby Darin)

Mike Boettcher, Scottsdale, AZ

On the Reef Where You Live

Laura Kudron, Hernando, FL

The Tides They Are A-Changin'

Robert Cooper, Barrington, RI

Don’t it Make My Blow Hole Blue

Mark Gibson, San Antonio, TX

The First Time Ever I Scrimshawed Your Face

Bob Eldridge, Old Tappan, NJ

Please (Catch and) Release Me

Kathleen Turbenson, Dallas

Whale Meat Again

David Messenger, Normal, IL

Twist and Spout

Amy Torchinsky, Greensboro, NC

We All Live Near a Yellow Submarine

Helen Cohen, Baltimore

I Wanna Hold Your Fin

Rick Kramer, Annandale, VA

Daydream Beluga

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

You Ain’t Nothin' But a Humpback!

Charles A. Frean, Bedford, MA

Oh, My Baleen: Why Can’t You Be True?

Christina Heinsman, Whitestone, NY

What a Blubber-ful World

Mike Paul, Carrboro, NC