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Element Eighty
Band Tyler United States Formed 1998
Element Eighty formed in 1998 in Tyler, United States. Element Eighty has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2004. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Broken Promises”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #90. The station that charted Element Eighty most often is WCCC The Rock (Hartford, CT), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Element Eighty came out of Tyler, Texas, a nu metal outfit fronted by singer David Galloway, and the name tells you exactly how the band thought about heaviness. As Galloway tells it, he was a ninth grader doodling lyrics in physics class, remembered the story that Metallica had pulled their name from the periodic table, and went hunting for the heaviest metal on the chart himself. He landed on mercury, element number 80, and the band had its name.
The self-titled album arrived in 2003 on Universal, all serrated riffs, lurching grooves and Galloway swinging between melody and a full-throated roar. "Broken Promises" and "Scars (The Echo Song)" were the tracks that carried it onto the countdowns. The band called it quits in 2006, but the break barely stuck: they were back together a few months later, in 2007.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Element Eighty on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken Promises | 1 | #90 | – | 2003 | |
| 2 | Scars (The Echo Song) | 1 | #107 | – | 2004 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 107 | Scars (The Echo Song) | WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2003 | 90 | Broken Promises | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 |
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