Help! The Halogen Song

A fun song to help you remember key facts about halogens. Happy Studying!

Help!
I need an electron
Help!
Just need one electron
Help!
You know I need just one
Help!

We're Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine,
And Iodine
We're hanging out by noble gases
All the time
We're pretty needy
And we're acting all unstable
Just wishing we were group 8
On the periodic table

Help us if you can, we're feeling down
We'd appreciate one more electron 'round
Eight valence electrons make us sound
Won't you please help me?

Hey , thank you Sodium
For coming by and caring
I grabbed your outer electron;
I'm no good at sharing
Still you can stand in front of me
In formulas
Admit it, you're more positive with me because

I have your electron; that is true
And my outer shell is filled because of you
But you look like a noble gas, too
You helped me and I helped you

We're Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine,
And Iodine
We're hanging out by noble
Gases all the time
We're pretty needy
And we're acting all unstable
Just wishing we were group 8
On the periodic table

Help us if you can, we're feeling down
We'd appreciate one more electron 'round
Eight valence electrons make us sound
Won't you please help me?
Help me
Help me ooooh

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[alphavideos125]

actually they can achieve a noble gas notation only by forming covalent bonds between them (they don't need the sodium girl).

[englishgalmd]

@alphavideos125 I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Are you disagreeing or adding something for completeness?

Chlorine has a high electronegativity compared to Sodium, so they will form an ionic bond. As a result, each will have a completed outer shell of electrons, thus resembling a noble gas.

For Chlorine to form a covalent bond, it needs to share an electron with an atom closer to itself in electronegativity. Cl2 gas is an example. It doesn't really fit the Help theme, though.

[alphavideos125]

@englishgalmd i am not disagreeing but just trying to say that chlorine can form a polar covalent bond with flourine.

[englishgalmd]

@alphavideos125 I see what you're saying. I concur. :-)  Thanks for adding that clarification. Have a great day!

[pooppeeyoupants]

WHERE IS ASTATINE???

[englishgalmd]

@pooppeeyoupants Read futher into the comments. This is for memorizing the most commonly used of the Halogens (though Astatine is pictured on the Halogen's house). If you write a song that has all of them, please share it with me. I'd love to hear it!

[Badlad2k7production]

God my teacher made us listen to this i felt suicidal afterwards :(

[MaciejLenn]

pure hardcore

[TheKevinmsc]

;)

[boomalooxxx]

what the foook?

[smeichel109]

hahaha finally revision that works! a bit ;)

[skatingninja4]

@alphavideos125 That's not true. There are multiple examples of halogens reaching noble gas configuration without each other. NaCl is a great example.

[lansingmanor]

@MaciejLenn 2:10 could be an awesome hardcore bridge.