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When I lived in Austin I was friends with and a big fan of the Wannabes. They were good fun sloppy smart drunk rock. But one of their songs that remains a favorite to this day is “Subatomic Girl”. It is a brilliant masterpiece of atomic physics puns. Please listen, enjoy, and tell your subatomic friends.

Subatomic Girl by The Wannabes

Subatomic Girl is from the album “Decade of Moral Fumbles: 1990-1999“

This is positively the best Physics rock song I have ever experienced. It’s byt the Austin Band The Wannabes and is featured on their record “Decade of Moral Fumbles”

Lyrics

Caught a glimpse of a girl that was so small
positively was she there at all
a smile that’s so disarming
up, down, and strangely charming

Halos dangled in her hair
tiny charges floating in the air
The space that she’s a part of
wish I was so much smarter

If she could, still exist if I weren’t here to see
Then I would, find a way to make her matter

Though she’s only seconds from the void
Laughing knows she’d never be destroyed
Jet planes and lightning flashing
outside an atom smashing

Lost in her velocity
Can I hold her just by pedigree
With power fields sustaining
What thought of hopes containing

If she could, still exist if I weren’t here to see
Then I would, find a way to make her matter

Staring at the screen
Pondering attraction
She can’t be accountable for her lack of reaction

Has crushed stronger than her size
Awesome power, She’s deatomized
a smile that’s so disarming
up, down, and strangely charming

If she could, still exist if I weren’t here to see
Then I think she’d remain here subatomically
And the world wouldn’t miss her much except for me
Wish I could, find a way to make her matter