#ChemSummer Carnival: Single-Substance Summer Song Playlist
Ahhh, summer. Sunshine, grilling outdoors, beach trips, and the ever-present summer music playlist.
You're no doubt familiar with the genre:
Top 100 Smooth Jazz Elevator Classics!
Top 50 Classic Rock Beach Anthems!
Top 20 Best-of-the-Moment Blink-and-You'll-Miss-'Em Hits!
Well, with C&EN Benevolent Online Overlord Rachel calling a #ChemSummer blog carnival, how could I resist? Let's work together to build a chemistry-themed summer playlist!
Here are the rules for this one:
- To keep it interesting, nominate only single-word, single-substance song titles (Abbreviations are OK).
- No generic descriptors like "elements," "chemistry," "stuff," or "drugs."
- Commonly-used names, like "aspirin" in place of "acetylsalicylic acid" acceptable.
- Since I'm running this show, I have final judgment over all entries. No whining.
I'll update the list as entries come in, assigning credit where due. Please check the (ever-growing) list to limit duplicate entries!
The 2013 Single-Word Single-Substance Summer Playlist
1. "Glycerine" - Bush
2. "Cocaine" - JJ Cale / Eric Clapton / The Cruel Sea
3. "Lithium" - Nirvana / Evanescence / The Hit House
4. "TNT" - AC/DC / Tortoise
5. "Heroin" - Lou Reed / Velvet Underground / Bongripper
6. "Boron" - The Cow Exchange / Ole Mathisen
7. "Alcohol" - Brad Paisley / Barenaked Ladies / Gogol Bordello (thanks, Matt!)
8. "Nicotine" - Anet / Trai'D
9. "Acetone" - Mudhoney
10. "Gold" - Prince / Spandau Ballet / Owl City / Emmylou Harris / Interference on the Once / Genius / GZA (thanks, Anon and multiple others!)
11. "Formaldehyde" - Editors / Dr. Atomik / Six Feet Under (thanks, David Bradley!)
12. "Sulfur" - Slipknot (thanks, David Bradley!)
13. "Diamonds" - Rihanna / L'il Jon (thanks, David Bradley, CMO!)
14. "Titanium" - David Guetta (thanks, Lisa Jarvis!)
15. "Arsenic" - The Loved Ones / The Hit House (thanks, David Bradley!)
16. "Carbon" - Tori Amos / The Hit House / VNV Nation
17. "Water" - The Who / Brad Paisley / Breaking Benjamin / The Roots /ohGr
(thanks, Sam Lemonick and Anon x 2!)
18. "Oxygen" - New Found Glory / Willy Mason / Michael Gira / Jean Michel Jarre / Bjork / Colbie Caillat (thanks, MB, Nessa, Anon, Glen, and many more!)
19. "Salt" - Lori McKenna
20. "Kerosene" - Miranda Lambert / David Bridie (thanks, David Bradley and Renee!)
21. "Buckminsterfullerene" - Radiation City (thanks, David Bradley!)
22. "Cholesterol" - Adam McNaughtan
23. "Silver" - The Pixies (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion!)
24. "Melatonin" - Silver Sun Pickups / Radiohead (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion and Anon!)
25. "Strychnine" - The Sonics (thanks, Rik!)
26. "Mica" - Mission to Burma (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion!)
27. "Gasoline" - Audioslave / The Dead Weather (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion and Piotr!)
28. "Ecstasy" - ATB / PJ Harvey
29. "Melanin" - David Hause (thanks, David Bradley!)
30. "NaCl" - The McGarrigles (thanks, C&EN staff!)
31. "Ethanol" - Windy City Gentleman (thanks, Agilent staff!)
32. "Nacre" - Annemarie Borg
33. "Nitrous" - Twisted Insane
34. "Toluene" - Megurine Luka
35. "Phosphorus" - Eufonius / Soil & Eclipse (thanks, MB!)
36. "Nitroglycerin" - Movits!
37. "Tylenol" - Ben Kweller
38. "Oxycontin" - L'il Wyte / Esham (thanks, S.O. and Glen!)
39. "Polyethylene" - Radiohead (thanks, Rob Westervelt!)
40. "Soma" - The Smashing Pumpkins / The Strokes (thanks, Glen!)
41. "LSD" - Hawkwind / Funeral Dress / Tiger5hark / Hallucinogen
42. "Morphine" - Michael Jackson (thanks, Anon!)
43. "Cyanide" - Deathstars / Metallica (thanks, Helen and Brian!)
44. "Chloroform" - Spoon (thanks, Glen!)
45. "L-Dopa" - Big Black (thanks, Piotr!)
46. "Emerald" - Thin Lizzy (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion!)
47. "Caffeine" - Faith No More (thanks, Piotr!)
48. "NO2" - Phish (thanks, Anon!)
49. "D.M.S.O." - Dead Kennedys (thanks, Anon!)
50. "Silver" - Juno Reactor (thanks, Piotr!)
51. "Nitrogen" - Juno Reactor / Zero Cult (thanks, Piotr + MB!)
52. "Palladium" - Weather Report (thanks, Piotr!)
53. "Quartz" - Marillion / Hit House (thanks, Piotr and Anon!)
54. "Ruby" - Silver Apples (thanks, Piotr!)
55. "Coal" - Michael Penn (thanks, Glen!)
56. "Alcool" - Ufomammut (thanks, Piotr!)
57. "Alkohol" - Impaled Nazarene (thanks, Piotr!)
58. "Methamphetamine" - Eyehategod / Old Crow Medicine Show (thanks, Piotr and Casey!)
59. "Copper" - Shellac / Tones on Tail / The Pass (thanks, Barney, Darrell, MB!)
60. "Dramamine" - Modest Mouse (thanks, Renee!)
61. "Haemoglobin" - Placebo (thanks, Renee!)
62. "Aluminum" - The White Stripes / Barenaked Ladies (thanks, Renee and Andrew!)
63. "EtOH" - The Avalanches (thanks, Renee!)
64. "Topaz" - The B-52s (thanks, Renee!)
65. "Iodine" - Dallas Crane / Icon for Hire (thanks, Renee and Anon!)
66. "Nylon" - Grinspoon (thanks, Renee!)
67. "Aspirin" - Seka Aleksic
68. "Penicillin" - Jim Jones / ENDO
69. "Mercury" - Counting Crows / Throwing Muses / Bloc Party / The Hit House
70. "Iron" - Woodkid / Calvin Harris / Ensiferum
71. "Tritium" - Andres Fresko and Andrei K
72. "Adrenochrome" - The Sisters of Mercy / Emeralds (thanks, Darrell!)
73. "Chromium" - The Church (thanks, Darrell!)
74. "Novacane" - Frank Ocean / Beck (thanks, Teri!)
75. "Novocaine" - Alice Cooper (thanks, Teri!)
75. "Adrenaline" - Bush / Shinedown / Cam'ron / The Roots
76. "Testosterone" - Bush
77. "Cellulose" - Stegosaurus Rex (thanks, Bruce Turnbull!)
78. "Sucrose" - The Delgados (thanks, Bruce Turnbull!)
79. "AZT" - The Kinsey Sicks / Cephalic Carnage
80. "Memantine" - Vegas Martyrs
81. "Levothroid" - Vegas Martyrs
82. "Barium" - Made by Robot (thanks, Seb Spain!)
83. "Sand" - Einstürzende Neubauten / Horse the Band (thanks, Seb and Piotr!)
84. "Escitolopram" - Vegas Martyrs
85. "Ritalin" - Forever the Sickest Kids / Paolo Nutini / The Simpsons
86. "Bromine" - Rushmore
87. "Tungsten" - Malvina Reynolds
88. "Ether" - Gang of Four / Nas (thanks, Seb Spain!)
89. "Styrofoam" - Fugazi (thanks, Seb Spain!)
90. "Graphene" - Midwives of Discord
91. "Indigo" - Moloko (thanks, Martyn!)
92. "Tetrahydrocannabinol" - Esham
93. "Argon" - Ole Mathisen (thanks, Seb Spain!)
94. "Chlorine" - Ole Mathisen / The Hit House / Jeans Wilder (thanks, Seb Spain, MB!)
95. "Fluorine" - Ole Mathisen (thanks, Seb Spain!)
96. "Radon" - Ole Mathisen (thanks, Seb Spain!)
97. "Uranium" - Ole Mathisen / Kraftwerk (thanks, Seb Spain and ACS UGrad Office!)
98. "Bismuth" - Ole Mathisen (thanks, Seb Spain!)
99. "Sodium" - Ole Mathisen / Alex Dimou (thanks, Seb Spain, MB!)
100. "Codeine" - Trampled by Turtles / Jason Isbell / Barracudas
101. "Neon" - John Mayer (thanks, James Banal!)
102. "Thebaine" - Rachael Sage
103. "Ephedrine" - Quincy Punx / No Knife / Factory 81
104. "Sugar" - FloRida / System of a Down / Tori Amos (thanks, Agilent Staff, Robin!)
105. "Telluride" - Laura Stevenson (thanks, Paco!)
106. "Osmium" - Marshall Law (thanks, DHChemist!)
107. "Cadmium" - Henry Kaiser (thanks, DHChemist!)
108. "Granite" - Pendulum (thanks, DHChemist!)
109. "Magnesium" - Johnny Action Figure (thanks, Anon!)
110. "Mescaline" - Robert Francis (thanks, Glen!)
111. "Lysine" - Max Tundra (thanks, Glen!)
112. "Clonazepam" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
113. "Psilocybin" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
114. "Phencyclidine" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
115. "A-Thujone" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
116. "Methylenedioxymethamphetamine" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
117. "Dimethyltryptamine" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
118. "THC" - Jhameel (thanks, Nessa!)
119. "Uranium" - Commodores (thanks, Anon!)
120. "Platinum" - Mike Oldfield (thanks, Anon!)
121. "Helium" - Skyclad / Plain White T's (thanks, Anon, MB!)
122. "Argon" - The Hit House / Owen (thanks, Anon!)
123. "Iridium" - The Hit House / Dark Tranquility (thanks, Anon and Baltic!)
124. "Beryllium" - The Hit House / Computer Music All-Stars (thanks, Anon!)
125. "Krypton" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
126. "Plutonium" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
127. "Basalt" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
128. "Radium" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
129. "Zirconium" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
130. "Obsidian" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
131. "Anthracite" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
132. "Hydrogen" - Thea Gilmore / MIOOIN (thanks, Anon, MB!)
133. "PEG" - Steely Dan (thanks, Robert!)
134. "Zinc" - Aydio (thanks, MB!)
135. "Cobalt" - Pyxidis (thanks, MB!)
136. "Manganese" - Thelonius Monk (thanks, MB!)
137. "Vanadium" - Rustless (thanks, MB!)
138. "Scandium" - Solxis (thanks, MB!)
139. "Calcium" - The Future Sound of London (thanks, MB!)
140. "Potassium" - Autophase (thanks, MB!)
141. "Silicon" - The Sound of Guns (thanks, MB!)
142. "Benzin" - Rammstein (thanks, Free Radical!)
143. "Tryptophan" - Neva Dinova (thanks, Glen!)
144. "Dopamine" - Front Line Assembly (thanks, Glen!)
145. "Serotonin" - Simple Kid (thanks, Glen!)
146. "Bakelite" - Pollyanna / Leatherface / Black Light Burns
147. "CO2" - Jim and the Povolos / XXL
148. "Propane" - The Wrens
149. "Vaseline" - Stone Temple Pilots (thanks, Krom!)
150. "Endorphin" - Burial (thanks, Glen!)
151. "Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs (thanks, Anon!)
152. "DNA" - Little Mix (thanks, Mark!)
153. "Ice" - Sarah McLachlan (thanks, Robin!)
154. "Petrol" - Ash (thanks, Andre!)
155. "Amphetamine" - Everclear (thanks, CMOGuy!)
156. "Methanol" - Izzy Stradlin (thanks, lastpook!)
157. "DEAD!" - My Chemical Romance / The Pixies (thanks, lastpook!)
158. "DEA" - The American Dollar (thanks, lastpook!)
159. "TFA" - Catch 22 (thanks, lastpook!)
160. "Amitriptyline": - John Vanderslice (thanks, Anon!)
161. "Ativan" - Atlas Sound (thanks, Anon!)
162. "O2" - Sleater-Kinney (thanks, Anon!)
163. "Chrome" - VNV Nation (thanks, H!)
164. "Paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde" - North Sea Gas (thanks, AlphaGamma!)
165. "XTC" - Die Toten Hosen (thanks, AlphaGamma!)
166. "Cs137" - Ludwig von 88 (thanks, Anon!)
167. "Benzene" - Kagamine Len (thanks, Anon!)
168. "Nitrobenzene" - Kagamine Len (thanks, Anon!)
169. "Para-dichlorobenzene" - Kagamine Len (thanks, Anon!)
170. "Chlorpromazine" - The Agonist (thanks, Baltic!)
171.
13. "Diamonds" - Rihanna / L'il Jon (thanks, David Bradley, CMO!)
14. "Titanium" - David Guetta (thanks, Lisa Jarvis!)
15. "Arsenic" - The Loved Ones / The Hit House (thanks, David Bradley!)
16. "Carbon" - Tori Amos / The Hit House / VNV Nation
17. "Water" - The Who / Brad Paisley / Breaking Benjamin / The Roots /ohGr
(thanks, Sam Lemonick and Anon x 2!)
18. "Oxygen" - New Found Glory / Willy Mason / Michael Gira / Jean Michel Jarre / Bjork / Colbie Caillat (thanks, MB, Nessa, Anon, Glen, and many more!)
19. "Salt" - Lori McKenna
20. "Kerosene" - Miranda Lambert / David Bridie (thanks, David Bradley and Renee!)
21. "Buckminsterfullerene" - Radiation City (thanks, David Bradley!)
22. "Cholesterol" - Adam McNaughtan
23. "Silver" - The Pixies (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion!)
24. "Melatonin" - Silver Sun Pickups / Radiohead (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion and Anon!)
25. "Strychnine" - The Sonics (thanks, Rik!)
26. "Mica" - Mission to Burma (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion!)
27. "Gasoline" - Audioslave / The Dead Weather (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion and Piotr!)
28. "Ecstasy" - ATB / PJ Harvey
29. "Melanin" - David Hause (thanks, David Bradley!)
30. "NaCl" - The McGarrigles (thanks, C&EN staff!)
31. "Ethanol" - Windy City Gentleman (thanks, Agilent staff!)
32. "Nacre" - Annemarie Borg
33. "Nitrous" - Twisted Insane
34. "Toluene" - Megurine Luka
35. "Phosphorus" - Eufonius / Soil & Eclipse (thanks, MB!)
36. "Nitroglycerin" - Movits!
37. "Tylenol" - Ben Kweller
38. "Oxycontin" - L'il Wyte / Esham (thanks, S.O. and Glen!)
39. "Polyethylene" - Radiohead (thanks, Rob Westervelt!)
40. "Soma" - The Smashing Pumpkins / The Strokes (thanks, Glen!)
41. "LSD" - Hawkwind / Funeral Dress / Tiger5hark / Hallucinogen
42. "Morphine" - Michael Jackson (thanks, Anon!)
43. "Cyanide" - Deathstars / Metallica (thanks, Helen and Brian!)
44. "Chloroform" - Spoon (thanks, Glen!)
45. "L-Dopa" - Big Black (thanks, Piotr!)
46. "Emerald" - Thin Lizzy (thanks, ColoumbicExplosion!)
47. "Caffeine" - Faith No More (thanks, Piotr!)
48. "NO2" - Phish (thanks, Anon!)
49. "D.M.S.O." - Dead Kennedys (thanks, Anon!)
50. "Silver" - Juno Reactor (thanks, Piotr!)
51. "Nitrogen" - Juno Reactor / Zero Cult (thanks, Piotr + MB!)
52. "Palladium" - Weather Report (thanks, Piotr!)
53. "Quartz" - Marillion / Hit House (thanks, Piotr and Anon!)
54. "Ruby" - Silver Apples (thanks, Piotr!)
55. "Coal" - Michael Penn (thanks, Glen!)
56. "Alcool" - Ufomammut (thanks, Piotr!)
57. "Alkohol" - Impaled Nazarene (thanks, Piotr!)
58. "Methamphetamine" - Eyehategod / Old Crow Medicine Show (thanks, Piotr and Casey!)
59. "Copper" - Shellac / Tones on Tail / The Pass (thanks, Barney, Darrell, MB!)
60. "Dramamine" - Modest Mouse (thanks, Renee!)
61. "Haemoglobin" - Placebo (thanks, Renee!)
62. "Aluminum" - The White Stripes / Barenaked Ladies (thanks, Renee and Andrew!)
63. "EtOH" - The Avalanches (thanks, Renee!)
64. "Topaz" - The B-52s (thanks, Renee!)
65. "Iodine" - Dallas Crane / Icon for Hire (thanks, Renee and Anon!)
66. "Nylon" - Grinspoon (thanks, Renee!)
67. "Aspirin" - Seka Aleksic
68. "Penicillin" - Jim Jones / ENDO
69. "Mercury" - Counting Crows / Throwing Muses / Bloc Party / The Hit House
70. "Iron" - Woodkid / Calvin Harris / Ensiferum
71. "Tritium" - Andres Fresko and Andrei K
72. "Adrenochrome" - The Sisters of Mercy / Emeralds (thanks, Darrell!)
73. "Chromium" - The Church (thanks, Darrell!)
74. "Novacane" - Frank Ocean / Beck (thanks, Teri!)
75. "Novocaine" - Alice Cooper (thanks, Teri!)
75. "Adrenaline" - Bush / Shinedown / Cam'ron / The Roots
76. "Testosterone" - Bush
77. "Cellulose" - Stegosaurus Rex (thanks, Bruce Turnbull!)
78. "Sucrose" - The Delgados (thanks, Bruce Turnbull!)
79. "AZT" - The Kinsey Sicks / Cephalic Carnage
80. "Memantine" - Vegas Martyrs
81. "Levothroid" - Vegas Martyrs
82. "Barium" - Made by Robot (thanks, Seb Spain!)
83. "Sand" - Einstürzende Neubauten / Horse the Band (thanks, Seb and Piotr!)
84. "Escitolopram" - Vegas Martyrs
85. "Ritalin" - Forever the Sickest Kids / Paolo Nutini / The Simpsons
86. "Bromine" - Rushmore
87. "Tungsten" - Malvina Reynolds
88. "Ether" - Gang of Four / Nas (thanks, Seb Spain!)
89. "Styrofoam" - Fugazi (thanks, Seb Spain!)
90. "Graphene" - Midwives of Discord
91. "Indigo" - Moloko (thanks, Martyn!)
92. "Tetrahydrocannabinol" - Esham
93. "Argon" - Ole Mathisen (thanks, Seb Spain!)
94. "Chlorine" - Ole Mathisen / The Hit House / Jeans Wilder (thanks, Seb Spain, MB!)
95. "Fluorine" - Ole Mathisen (thanks, Seb Spain!)
96. "Radon" - Ole Mathisen (thanks, Seb Spain!)
97. "Uranium" - Ole Mathisen / Kraftwerk (thanks, Seb Spain and ACS UGrad Office!)
98. "Bismuth" - Ole Mathisen (thanks, Seb Spain!)
99. "Sodium" - Ole Mathisen / Alex Dimou (thanks, Seb Spain, MB!)
100. "Codeine" - Trampled by Turtles / Jason Isbell / Barracudas
101. "Neon" - John Mayer (thanks, James Banal!)
102. "Thebaine" - Rachael Sage
103. "Ephedrine" - Quincy Punx / No Knife / Factory 81
104. "Sugar" - FloRida / System of a Down / Tori Amos (thanks, Agilent Staff, Robin!)
105. "Telluride" - Laura Stevenson (thanks, Paco!)
106. "Osmium" - Marshall Law (thanks, DHChemist!)
107. "Cadmium" - Henry Kaiser (thanks, DHChemist!)
108. "Granite" - Pendulum (thanks, DHChemist!)
109. "Magnesium" - Johnny Action Figure (thanks, Anon!)
110. "Mescaline" - Robert Francis (thanks, Glen!)
111. "Lysine" - Max Tundra (thanks, Glen!)
112. "Clonazepam" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
113. "Psilocybin" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
114. "Phencyclidine" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
115. "A-Thujone" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
116. "Methylenedioxymethamphetamine" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
117. "Dimethyltryptamine" - Esham (thanks, Glen!)
118. "THC" - Jhameel (thanks, Nessa!)
119. "Uranium" - Commodores (thanks, Anon!)
120. "Platinum" - Mike Oldfield (thanks, Anon!)
121. "Helium" - Skyclad / Plain White T's (thanks, Anon, MB!)
122. "Argon" - The Hit House / Owen (thanks, Anon!)
123. "Iridium" - The Hit House / Dark Tranquility (thanks, Anon and Baltic!)
124. "Beryllium" - The Hit House / Computer Music All-Stars (thanks, Anon!)
125. "Krypton" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
126. "Plutonium" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
127. "Basalt" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
128. "Radium" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
129. "Zirconium" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
130. "Obsidian" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
131. "Anthracite" - The Hit House (thanks, Anon!)
132. "Hydrogen" - Thea Gilmore / MIOOIN (thanks, Anon, MB!)
133. "PEG" - Steely Dan (thanks, Robert!)
134. "Zinc" - Aydio (thanks, MB!)
135. "Cobalt" - Pyxidis (thanks, MB!)
136. "Manganese" - Thelonius Monk (thanks, MB!)
137. "Vanadium" - Rustless (thanks, MB!)
138. "Scandium" - Solxis (thanks, MB!)
139. "Calcium" - The Future Sound of London (thanks, MB!)
140. "Potassium" - Autophase (thanks, MB!)
141. "Silicon" - The Sound of Guns (thanks, MB!)
142. "Benzin" - Rammstein (thanks, Free Radical!)
143. "Tryptophan" - Neva Dinova (thanks, Glen!)
144. "Dopamine" - Front Line Assembly (thanks, Glen!)
145. "Serotonin" - Simple Kid (thanks, Glen!)
146. "Bakelite" - Pollyanna / Leatherface / Black Light Burns
147. "CO2" - Jim and the Povolos / XXL
148. "Propane" - The Wrens
149. "Vaseline" - Stone Temple Pilots (thanks, Krom!)
150. "Endorphin" - Burial (thanks, Glen!)
151. "Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs (thanks, Anon!)
152. "DNA" - Little Mix (thanks, Mark!)
153. "Ice" - Sarah McLachlan (thanks, Robin!)
154. "Petrol" - Ash (thanks, Andre!)
155. "Amphetamine" - Everclear (thanks, CMOGuy!)
156. "Methanol" - Izzy Stradlin (thanks, lastpook!)
157. "DEAD!" - My Chemical Romance / The Pixies (thanks, lastpook!)
158. "DEA" - The American Dollar (thanks, lastpook!)
159. "TFA" - Catch 22 (thanks, lastpook!)
160. "Amitriptyline": - John Vanderslice (thanks, Anon!)
161. "Ativan" - Atlas Sound (thanks, Anon!)
162. "O2" - Sleater-Kinney (thanks, Anon!)
163. "Chrome" - VNV Nation (thanks, H!)
164. "Paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde" - North Sea Gas (thanks, AlphaGamma!)
165. "XTC" - Die Toten Hosen (thanks, AlphaGamma!)
166. "Cs137" - Ludwig von 88 (thanks, Anon!)
167. "Benzene" - Kagamine Len (thanks, Anon!)
168. "Nitrobenzene" - Kagamine Len (thanks, Anon!)
169. "Para-dichlorobenzene" - Kagamine Len (thanks, Anon!)
170. "Chlorpromazine" - The Agonist (thanks, Baltic!)
171.
