The Elements

song by Tom Lehrer
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2862702
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The Elements

Summary

The Elements is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Elements's image is recorded as Periodic table in short form (1962).png[3].
  • The Elements's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • The Elements's audio is recorded as 1-16 The Elements.mp3[5].
  • The Elements's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Elements's publication date is recorded as +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • The Elements's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/039d0d[8].
  • The Elements's lyricist is recorded as Tom Lehrer[9].
  • The Elements's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Elements'}[10].
  • The Elements's YouTube video ID is recorded as zGM-wSKFBpo[11].
  • The Elements's sheet music is recorded as The Elements music.pdf[12].
  • The Elements's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

Why It Matters

The Elements ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Elements. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-elements
MLA “The Elements.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-elements.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-elements_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Elements}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-elements}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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