The Elements - the complete table: a song with a tip of the hat to Tom Lehrer

I've known Tom Lehrer's classic Elements song since I was a kid. I've occasionally toyed with the idea of adapting it so that the elements were actually in order by their atomic number. After seeing a number of new element songs on YouTube, I decided to go back to the original to see what could be done. My new version uses the repeating lines from Gilbert and Sullivan's "I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" to fit all 118 current elements into a new song which I hope could become a classic for the next generation.

Created with Blender, Photoshop, iMovie, and Adobe After Effects.

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Note: it's been called to my attention that I've misattributed the music in the credits at the end -- it should be Sir Arthur Sullivan, not William S. Gilbert!!

[matty]

I'm sure that Tom Lehrer is in a nice retirement house and knowing that people still care about his works and do their own based on that will put a tear on his eye
Amazing song! I really liked it, the visuals are quite nice too

[slametdinatadinata]

Thanks for uploading this a day before my birthday, i means a lot to me.

[JWentu]

This is the best one because it's both concise and in order

[tdunc]

I love this video! I’m surprised no one has thought of doing his song in chronological order yet! I just want to say that you also did a really good job with the singing and the 3-D modeling! Keep up the good work!

[nathanstoysandmore]

for a second i thought those elements were the real ones!


also this video takes me back to 2014-2017... those times...

[retnoartanti]

The way that Praseodymium is said sounds so weird because i am so used to the ASAPscience version

[kjlzxwp]

I just realized that the name of the elements is how they look(look at copper)

[LiamIsJustAKid]

8 new elements!

1. Unbinilium Ubn
2. Unbiunium Ubu
3. Unbibium Ubb
4. Unbitrium Ubt
5. Unbiquadium Ubq
6. Unbipentium Ubp
7. Unbihexium Ubh
8. Unbiseptium Ubs

[Mathsymbolsigma]

Ninovium is fake element or real element?

[loonable]

The line "hydrogen and helium then lithium beryllium" goes so hard

[MarcoZrHatty]

Ⲃⲣⲙⲏ, Ⲩⲟⲙ Ⲋⲁⲩ "DarmShatium", "Roentjenium" And "Cropernicium" 💀 1:14

[brinleyhamer]

1st, 2nd and 3rd periods captions are thin 4th and 5th periods captions are normal 6th and 7th periods captions are bold
lanthinides and actindes captions are italic

[mahaboobbasha]

You can play with the 31st element of the periodic table

[QuirkyUncleDave]

Nice job! I've just started singing the original (just posted a short of it yesterday, in fact) and was wondering if anyone had updated it.

[mollymarble]

Give thos one credit for speed running the elements saying all of them in just like 1.4 minutes

[risvegliato]

That was great! one small error - music is by Sullivan. Gilbert was the lyricist.

[shreeenterprises]

Dear recoding apps I recoding songs on my Alexa all the time.Dear recoding apps

[UnnamedUnkown]

Why was the lyrics arranged by their atomic numbers?

[cienciadeum]

She put a mid-way accent on her English at 1:19

[danielyoutubechannel]

Way better than asap science's verson