Uploaded January 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
I created this video as a means to memorize the order of the elements in the periodic table. The song is inspired by Tom Lehrer's famous rendition in 'The Elements', but the trouble with his song is the element's aren't in order, so its not much use for memorisation. Be sure to check out periodictable.com for more great images of all the elements. Find the original instrumental music at youtube.com/watch?v=YnhmOvXxUYU.
An mp3 version of the song is avaliable here: archive.org/details/ThePeriodicTableSong
If you are interested in science check out my podcast:
The Science of Everything podcast, fods12.podbean.com
Lyrics:
Hydrogen and Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen
Oxygen, Fluorine, Ne.on, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminium
Half Chorus
Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Titanium
Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, zinc and gallium
Chorus
The periodic table
Mendeleev took the atoms and he looked for patterns
The periodic table
In 1869, he published his design
Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Bromine, Krypton, Rubidium, Strontium
Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, Indium, Tin, Antimony, Tellurium
Iodine, Xenon, Caesium, Barium, Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium
Chorus
Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium
Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Hafnium, and Tantalum
Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold then, Mercury and Thallium
Lead, Bismuth, Polonium, Astatine, Radon, Francium, Radium, Actinium and Thorium
Chorus
Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium
Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium
Nobelium, Lawrencium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium and Hassium
Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium
Chorus
I created this video as a means to memorize the order of the elements in the periodic table. The song is inspired by Tom Lehrer's famous rendition in 'The Elements', but the trouble with his song is the element's aren't in order, so its not much use for memorisation. Be sure to check out periodictable.com for more great images of all the elements. Find the original instrumental music at youtube.com/watch?v=YnhmOvXxUYU.
An mp3 version of the song is avaliable here: archive.org/details/ThePeriodicTableSong
If you are interested in science check out my podcast:
The Science of Everything podcast, fods12.podbean.com
Lyrics:
Hydrogen and Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen
Oxygen, Fluorine, Ne.on, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminium
Half Chorus
Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Titanium
Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, zinc and gallium
Chorus
The periodic table
Mendeleev took the atoms and he looked for patterns
The periodic table
In 1869, he published his design
Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Bromine, Krypton, Rubidium, Strontium
Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, Indium, Tin, Antimony, Tellurium
Iodine, Xenon, Caesium, Barium, Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium
Chorus
Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium
Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Hafnium, and Tantalum
Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold then, Mercury and Thallium
Lead, Bismuth, Polonium, Astatine, Radon, Francium, Radium, Actinium and Thorium
Chorus
Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium
Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium
Nobelium, Lawrencium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium and Hassium
Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium
Chorus
