The Periodic Playlist

It’s that time of year where we start looking for a bit of fun. With that in mind, we present our first crack at a Periodic Playlist: songs that feature the elements in their titles. There are indeed a lot of gaps to fill in – unless you are a fan of EDM music where you can just about fill everything. It indeed seems that EDM producers have a penchant for naming dance tracks after things like Polonium.

But in the interest of keeping it a little more diverse, we tried to stick to songs with lyrics (with a couple of exceptions). And we wanted to try and keep them listenable – Frank Zappa’s The Girl In The Magnesium Dress is hard work!

So here are a couple of videos to get you in the mood, but head to our Spotify Playlist to hear this full list.

Atomic Number	Element	Song/Artist
2	He	Helium, Sia
3	Li	Lithium, Nirvana
4	Be	Beryllium, The Jellybricks
6	C	Carbon, Tori Amos
8	O	Love Is Like Oxygen, Sweet
10	Ne	Neon, John Mayer
11	Na	Sodium Light Baby, The The
13	Al	Aluminium, Bare Naked Ladies
14	Si	Silicon, Prince
17	Cl	Petrol & Chlorine, Silverchair
19	K	Potassium, Nancy Boy
22	Ti	Titanium, David Guetta feat Sia
24	Cr	Chromium, The Church
25	Mn	Manganese, Thelonius Monk
26	Fe	Iron Man, Black Sabbath
28	Ni	On The Nickel, Tom Waits
29	Cu	Copperhead Road, Steve Earle
30	Zn	Zinc, New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
36	Kr	Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down
46	Pd	Play Palladium, Weather Report
47	Ag	Silver Coin, Angus & Julia Stone
50	Sn	Tin Soldier, Small Faces
53	I	Iodine, Leonard Choen
78	Pt	Platinum, Miranda Lambert
79	Au	Fools Gold, Stone Roses
80	Hg	Mercury Blues, Steve Miller Band
86	Rn	Radon Balloon, Oysterhead
94	Pu	Plutonium, The Arcs