Kevin Ahern's Wildly Popular Metabolic Melodies, Verses and Mildly Popular Limericks

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"Biochemistry Free and Easy"is a textbook for the iPad co-written with my wife, Indira Rajagopal. It is a free download HERE.A free PDF version for other systems is available there too. An ecampus course for credit I teach that uses the book can be seen HERE and registered for HERE.The book is also used by two FREE iTunes U courses I've created HERE and HERE

"Kevin and Indira's Guide to Getting Into Medical School" is a book I co-wrote with Indira. Free electronic versions (iPAD and PDF) are available HERE or in print HERE. A free iTunes U course based on it is available HERE.

"A Limerick a Day For a Year" is a collection of limericks I wrote in 2012 (samples HERE). Complete collections are available HERE/ HERE / HERE / HERE.

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Latest / Greatest Metabolic Melodies

If You Drive a Monster Car ("When You Wish Upon a Star") - Lyrics
What'll I Chew? (The Puppy Song) ("What'll I Do?") - Lyrics
VooDoo ("My Guy") - Lyrics
The High Cost of Loving ("And I Love Her") - Lyrics
Hyundai, Hyundai ("Monday, Monday") - Lyrics
The Colonoscopy Song ("Oh Christmas Tree") - Lyrics
Fairway Eleven ("Stairway to Heaven") - Lyrics
An Inequality ("My Very Good Friend") - Lyrics
The Bad Instructor Anthem ("Star Spangled Banner") - Lyrics
National Merit Scholars ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") - Lyrics
White Christmas ("White Christmas") - Lyrics
Health Care Is Coming ("Morning Has Broken") - Lyrics
The Crappiest Weather ("Happy Together") - Lyrics
Tweet ("Smile") - Lyrics / MP3
The Sad Story of Thad ("Theme Song from The Beverly Hillbillies") - Lyrics
A Course With No Aim ("A Horse With No Name") - Lyrics

Kevin's Sweet Sixteen
My own favorite lyrics are ranked below. Notably, three are about Oregon.

Under the Rainbow ("Over the Rainbow") - Lyrics / MP3
Central Dogma Zen ("Those Were the Days, My Friend") - co-written with Indira Rajagopal) - Lyrics / MP3
I Lost a Lung ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
Gluconeogenesis ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
Enzymes ("Downtown") - Lyrics / MP3
At the Coast, Oregon's Fine All the Year ("It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year") - Lyrics / MP3
Let It Rain ("Let It Snow") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
The Sad Story of Thad ("Theme Song from The Beverly Hillbillies") - Lyrics
A Gay is No Danger ("Away in a Manger") - Lyrics / MP3
Biochemistry Pie ("American Pie") - Lyrics / MP3
Elemental Learning ("Sentimental Journey") - Lyrics / MP3
Around the Nucleus ("Across the Universe") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
What'll I Chew? (The Puppy Song) ("What'll I Chew?") - Lyrics
Sheik to Sheik ("Cheek to Cheek") - Lyrics / MP3
At Dairy Queen ("At Seventeen") - Lyrics
Tweet ("Smile") - Lyrics / MP3

Biochemistry-Related Songs

Metabolism

Gluconeogenesis ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
Photosynthesis is Divine ("Scarborough Fair") - Lyrics / MP3
The Citric Acid Cycle ("When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") - Lyrics / MP3
To Make a Cholesterol ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home") - Lyrics / MP3
They Call the Stuff Urea ("They Call the Wind Mariah") - Lyrics / MP3
The Sound of Glucose ("A Few of My Favorite Things") - Lyrics / MP3

Structure/Function

Enzymes ("Downtown") - Lyrics / MP3
Hemoglobin's Movin' Around ("Santa Claus is Coming to Town") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
The Three R's of DNA ("Dream a Little Dream of Me") - Lyrics / MP3
(The) Bloody Things ("Coke® It's the Real Thing") - Lyrics / MP3
The Way They Work ("The Way We Were") - Lyrics / MP3
Ode to Bicarbonate ("Song Sung Blue") - Lyrics / MP3
The Amino Alphabet Song ("Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star") - Lyrics / MP3
Chromatin ("Sunshine on My Shoulders") - Lyrics / MP3
God Bless These Complexes("God Bless America") - Lyrics / MP3
Deoxynucleotides ("Ticket to Ride") - Lyrics
B-DNA ("YMCA") - Lyrics / MP3
Hark the Sucrose ("Hark the Herald") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
The Codon Song ("When I'm 64") - Lyrics / MP3
Histones ("The Flintstones") - Lyrics / MP3
Hyaluronic Acid ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") - Lyrics / MP3
N-A-D ("Penny Lane") - Lyrics / MP3
The Ribosome ("America the Beautiful") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
Structural Lullaby ("Brahms Lullaby") - Lyrics / MP3
Prostaglandins! ("Oklahoma!") - Lyrics / MP3
Major Groovy ("Feelin' Groovy") - Lyrics / MP3
Oh Little Protein Molecule ("Oh Little Town of Bethlehem") - Lyrics / MP3

Processes

Central Dogma Zen ("Those Were the Days, My Friend" - co-written with Indira Rajagopal) - Lyrics / MP3
Catalyze ("Close to You") - Lyrics / MP3
Thank Goodness My Blood is Clotting ("Don't Sleep in the Subway Darling") - Lyrics / MP3
Translation ("Maria" from West Side Story) - Lyrics / MP3
The Vision Thing ("The Star Spangled Banner") - Lyrics / MP3
Transcription ("Frosty the Snowman") - Lyrics / MP3
The Restriction Enzyme Song ("Chim Chim Cher-ee") - Lyrics
My Old Enzymes ("Auld Lang Syne") - Lyrics / MP3
I've Just Run a Gel ("I've Just Seen a Face") - Lyrics
The Tao of Hormones ("The Sound of Silence") - Lyrics / MP3
The New Serine Protease Song ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") - Lyrics / MP3
The Book of Life ("The Look of Love") - Lyrics / MP3
I Wanna Hold Your Strands ("I Wanna Hold Your Hand") - Lyrics
Good Protein Synthesis ("Good King Wenceslaus") - Lyrics / MP3
Serine Protease Song ("Blackbird") - Lyrics / MP3
When Acids Are Synthesized ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home") - Lyrics / MP3
When Acids Get Oxidized ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
Glucagon is Coming Around ("Santa Claus is Coming to Town") - Lyrics / MP3
Fatty Acids in Our Cells ("Halls of Montezuma") - Lyrics / MP3
God Rest Ye Merry Dieters ("God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") - Lyrics / MP3

Energy

In My Liver ("And I Love Her") - Lyrics / MP3
Oh Delta Gee ("Oh Danny Boy") - Lyrics / MP3
En-er-gy ("Let It Be") - Lyrics / MP3
The Muscle Energy Song ("I Will") - Lyrics / MP3
The Cell's Lament ("Yesterday") - Lyrics / MP3
We All Need Just a Little ATP ("Yellow Submarine") - Lyrics / MP3
I'm a Little Mitochondrion ("I'm A Lumberjack") - Lyrics / MP3

Metabolic Verses

Credit Where Credit's Due HERE
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes HERE
The Citric Acid Cycle HERE
The Glyoxylate Cycle HERE
The Pentose Phosphate Pathway HERE
Enzyme Inhibitors HERE
Fatty Acid Oxidation HERE
Fatty Acid Synthesis HERE

Student Experiences

Biochemistry Pie ("American Pie") - Lyrics / MP3
My 'A' ("My Way") - Lyrics / MP3
Distance Ed ("Mister Ed") - Lyrics / MP3
Evolution ("Revolution") - Lyrics
BB Wonderland ("Winter Wonderland") - Lyrics / MP3
Student Nightmares ("Norwegian Wood") - Lyrics / MP3
Mellow Woes of Testing ("Yellow Rose of Texas") - Lyrics / MP3
This Song's For BB Three Five Oh ("This Land is Your Land") - Lyrics / MP3
Anthem for BB 350 ("She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain") - Lyrics / MP3
Thank God There's a Video ("Thank God I'm a Country Boy") - Lyrics / MP3
Biochem is Beautiful ("Everything is Beautiful") - Lyrics / MP3
BB You're the Sh*ts ("Green Acres") - Lyrics / MP3
I Studied So Hard Last Night ("I Saw Her Again Last Night") - Lyrics
I Should Have Studied Harder ("I Should Have Known Better") - Lyrics
Oh Daddy Dear ("Danny Boy") - Lyrics / MP3
Things You Should Remember ("In My Life") - Lyrics / MP3
National Merit Scholars ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") - Lyrics
A Course With No Aim ("A Horse With No Name") - Lyrics
The Bad Instructor Anthem ("Star Spangled Banner") - Lyrics
Just Go Do It ("I Am Woman") - Lyrics
Biochemistry, Biochemistry ("Oh Christmas Tree") - Lyrics / MP3
The End of the Term ("The End of the World") - Lyrics
Online Movie ("Feelin' Groovy") - Lyrics / MP3
Students Rejoice ("Joy to the World") - Lyrics

Health

I Lost a Lung ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
At Dairy Queen ("At Seventeen") - Lyrics
Dieter's Song ("Story of Love") - Lyrics / MP3
It's a Toothache Baby ("It's Too Late") Lyrics / MP3
Your Poor Veins ("You're So Vain") - Lyrics / MP3
Health Care Is Coming ("Morning Has Broken") - Lyrics
I'm Heavin' on a Jet Plane ("I'm Leavin' On a Jet Plane") - Lyrics
New Pain Reliever ("Daydream Believer") - Lyrics
I'll Be Thin at Christmas ("I'll Be Home For Christmas") - Lyrics / MP3
The Ointment Song ("My Valentine") - Lyrics / MP3
Kidney Stone ("Take Me Home, Country Roads") - Lyrics
Don't Get the Bends ("You've Got a Friend") - Lyrics / MP3
Prostate ("YMCA") - Lyrics
(Give Us) Real Things ("(Coke) It's the Real Thing") - Lyrics/ MP3
I Caught Your Cold ("I Got You Babe") - Lyrics
The Weight I Gained Last Week ("The Way You Look Tonight") - Lyrics / MP3
You've Gotta Lose That Gut ("You're Gonna Lose That Girl") - Lyrics
I'm Ill ("I Will") - Lyrics / MP3
Viagra ("Maria") - Lyrics / MP3
The Vegetarian Song ("Blowin' in the Wind") - Lyrics / MP3

General Science

Elemental Learning ("Sentimental Journey") - Lyrics / MP3
Around the Nucleus ("Across the Universe") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
Under the Ocean ("Over the Rainbow") - Lyrics / MP3
Transposon ("Delta Dawn") - Lyrics
Avogadro's Number is a Huge One ("Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime") - Lyrics / MP3
Complementary Bases ("California Dreamin'") - Lyrics
Tidal Pool Song ("Jingle Bells" by Indira Rajagopal) - Lyrics / MP3
Fishy Tales ("If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands" by Indira Rajagopal) - Lyrics
Henderson Hasselbalch ("My Country 'Tis of Thee") - Lyrics / MP3
Swimmin' Round in Puget Sound ("Yellow Submarine") - Lyrics / MP3
His Hair is Everywhere ("Here, There, and Everywhere") - Lyrics
The E. coli Song ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") - Lyrics / MP3
Brain Farts Just Happen In My Head ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head") - Lyrics / MP3
If You're Molecular and Know It, Clap Your Hands ("If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands") - Lyrics / MP3
The Battle Hymn of Biochemistry ("The Battle Hymn of the Republic") - Lyrics
This Biochemistry ("My Country 'Tis of Thee") - Lyrics

Non-Science Songs

Social Commentary

A Gay is No Danger ("Away in a Manger") - Lyrics/ MP3
Sheik to Sheik ("Cheek to Cheek") - Lyrics / MP3
Tweet ("Smile") - Lyrics / MP3
Trader Joe's Tonight ("Strangers in the Night") - Lyrics / MP3
With a Little Hemp From My Friends ("With a Little Help From My Friends") - Lyrics / MP3
An Inequality ("My Very Good Friend") - Lyrics
If You Drive a Monster Car ("When You Wish Upon a Star") - Lyrics
She's Staying Home ("She's Leaving Home") - Lyrics / MP3
I Gotta Go Without Facebook ("I Couldn't Live Without Your Love") - Lyrics
They Are Watching You ("Every Breath You Take") - Lyrics
White Christmas ("White Christmas") - Lyrics
Happy Days Are Here For All ("Happy Days Are Here Again") - Lyrics
We're Screwing the World ("Hello Little Girl") - Lyrics
Dumb Baby Names ("Sweet Baby James") - Lyrics
All My Junk Mail ("All My Loving") - Lyrics
Turn Off That Damn Cell Phone ("The Long and Winding Road") - Lyrics / MP3
I've Just Changed My Face ("I've Just Seen a Face") - Lyrics
Porn Free ("Born Free") - Lyrics
The Walgreens Song ("If I Fell") - Lyrics / MP3
Money Guy ("Honey Pie") - Lyrics
When Ole Mitt Was Running Bain ("If I Only Had a Brain") - Lyrics
The Second Romney Song ("Drive My Car") - Lyrics
Pay Per View ("Paper Moon") - Lyrics / MP3
All We Need Are Votes ("All You Need is Love") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
Paperless Writer ("Paperback Writer") - Lyrics
Mother Nature's Done ("Mother Nature's Son") - Lyrics
Gay Waiter ("Day Tripper") - Lyrics
Ring Tones ("Meet the Flintstones") - Lyrics
Wakin' Up is Hard to Do ("Breakin' Up is Hard to Do") - Lyrics / MP3
She Likes You ("She Loves You") - Lyrics
Can't Buy Enough ("Can't Buy Me Love") - Lyrics
They Pillaged the Financial Markets ("She Came in Through the Bathroom Window") - Lyrics
I'm at the Wal-Mart ("I Am the Walrus") - Lyrics
You Never Gave Me a Login ("You Never Give Me Your Money") - Lyrics
Maybe I'll Sue ("Baby It's You") - Lyrics

Life In Oregon

Under the Rainbow ("Over the Rainbow") - Lyrics / MP3
At the Coast, Oregon's Fine All the Year ("It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year") - Lyrics / MP3
VooDoo ("My Guy") - Lyrics
Let It Rain ("Let It Snow") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
Crappy Days Are Here Again ("Happy Days Are Here Again") - Lyrics / MP3
Make It Stop ("Let It Snow") - Lyrics / MP3
The Crappiest Weather ("Happy Together") - Lyrics
Getting Wetter Every Day ("Getting Better All the Time") - Lyrics
Month of Rain ("King of Pain") - Lyrics
Oregon City Song ("Desperado") - Lyrics / MP3

Miscellany

What'll I Chew? (The Puppy Song) ("What'll I Chew?") - Lyrics
Composting Song ("Dixie") - Lyrics/ MP3
The Ballad of Andy Karplus ("That's Amore") - Lyrics / MP3
OSU Alma Mater Song Revised ("Carry Me Back to OSU") - Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
BB Alma Mater ("Carry Me Back to OSU") - Lyrics / MP3 /
We've Got to Punt the Ball Away ("You've Got to Hide Your Love Away") - Lyrics
Fairway Eleven ("Stairway to Heaven") - Lyrics
The High Cost of Loving ("And I Love Her") - Lyrics
Hyundai, Hyundai ("Monday, Monday") - Lyrics
A Waste of Money ("A Taste of Honey") - Lyrics
The LPSC Song ("Wabash Cannonball") Lyrics / MP3 / YouTube
I Can't Charge My Cell ("I've Just Seen a Face") - Lyrics
They're Number One (Beaver Baseball Song) ("Here Comes the Sun") - Lyrics / MP3
Anthem of the Ginseng and Tonics ("My Way") - Lyrics
Yelp ("Help") - Lyrics
On Audrey ("On Broadway") - Lyrics
How Songs Stick in My Brain ("Gilligan's Island Theme") - Lyrics
Food Fight ("She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain") - Lyrics
Science Song Verse ("Gilligan's Island Theme") - Lyrics
Old Banana ("Oh Susannah") - Lyrics
Thank You, Mary Ann ("Those Were the Days, My Friend") - Lyrics
A Song for Barbara H ("She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain") - Lyrics
You're Turning 50 ("My Way") - Lyrics
New Teacher Song ("Battle Hymn of the Republic") - Lyrics
BB Office Battle Hymn ("Battle Hymn of the Republic") - Lyrics

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"Kevin and Indira's Guide to Getting Into Medical School" HERE
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"A Limerick a Day For a Year" HERE / HERE / HERE
Metabolic Melodies Calendar for 2014 HERE

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