Kevin Ahern's Wildly Popular Metabolic
Melodies
I wrote the Metabolic Melodies below for the BB 350, BB 450/550 and BB 451/551 classes I teach at Oregon State University. Songs were also contributed, as noted by Tony Rianprakaisang (4), Taralyn Tan (3), and Indira Rajagopal (4). (The songs I wrote by myself are the uncredited ones below). At the end of the quarter, I sing the songs to the class as a study aid. Try them out on your classes and let me know how they work for you. All of the MP3 recordings are full versions. Please help support the Metabolic Melodies by purchasing the Metabolic Melodies Songbook (HERE) or Metabolic Melodies Calendar (HERE). You can download a PDF containing all of the lyrics HERE.
6/4//10 - New Song - "I Studied So Hard Last Night" (to the tune of "I Saw Her Again Last Night")
8/20/10 - New Song - "The Muscle Energy Song" (to the tune of "I Will" - MP3 HERE)
(Rankings below in order of download popularity July 1- August 15)
1. The Sound of Glucose (to the tune of "A Few of My Favorite Things") - MP3 HERE
2. Gluconeogenesis (to the tune of to the tune of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious") - MP3 HERE / YouTube video HERE
3. Test Gently on Glycolysis (by Taralyn Tan - to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") - MP3 HERE
4. We All Need Just a Little ATP (to the tune of "Yellow Submarine")- MP3 HERE
5. Biochemistry Pie (to the tune of "American Pie") - MP3 HERE
6. En-er-gy (to the tune of "Let It Be") - MP3 HERE
7. B-DNA (to the tune of "YMCA") - MP3 HERE
8. I'm a Little Mitochondrion (to the tune of "I'm A Lumberjack") - MP3 HERE
9. Enzymes (to the tune of "Downtown") - MP3 HERE
10. N-A-D (to the tune of "Penny Lane") - MP3 HERE
11. Central Dogma Zen (by Indira Rajagopal and Kevin Ahern- to the tune of "Those Were the Days, My Friend") - MP3 HERE
12. Histones (to the tune of "The Flintstones") - MP3 HERE)
13. The Citrate Sonata (by Taralyn Tan - to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") - MP3 HERE
14. Translation (to the tune of "Maria" from West Side Story) - MP3 HERE
15. Your Poor Veins (by Kevin Ahern and Indira Rajagopal - to the tune of "You're So Vain") - MP3 HERE
16. Fermentation!(by Tony Rianprakaisang - to the tune of "Oh Susannah!") - MP3 HERE
17. To Make a Cholesterol (to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home") -MP3 HERE
18. The Codon Song (to the tune of "When I'm 64") - MP3 HERE
19. The Cell's Lament(to the tune of "Yesterday") - MP3 HERE
20. The E. coli Song (to the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") - MP3 HERE
21. Oh Little Protein Molecule (to the tune of "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem") - MP3 HERE
22. The Alcohol Song (by Tony Rianprakaisang - to the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) - MP3 HERE)
23. Hemoglobin's Movin' Around (to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town") - MP3 HERE / YouTube video HERE
24. The Ribosome (to the tune of "America the Beautiful") - MP3 HERE / YouTube video HERE
25. Catalyze (to the tune of "Close to You") -MP3 HERE
26. Biochemistry, Biochemistry (to the tune of "Oh Christmas Tree") - MP3 HERE
27. The Tao of Hormones (to the tune of "The Sound of Silence") - MP3 HERE
28. The Immune Tune (by Tony Rianprakaisang - to the tune of "Yankee Doodle") - MP3 HERE
29. Fatty Acids in Our Cells (to the tune of "Halls of Montezuma") - MP3 HERE
30. Prostaglandins!(to the tune of "Oklahoma!") - MP3 HERE
31. Glucagon is Coming Around (to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town") - MP3 HERE
32. When Acids Get Oxidized (to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home") - MP3 HERE / YouTube video HERE
33. The Vegetarian Song (to the tune of "Blowin' in the Wind") - MP3 HERE
34. Oh Delta Gee (to the tune of "Oh Danny Boy") - MP3 HERE
35. This Song's For BB Three Five Oh (to the tune of "This Land is Your Land") - MP3 HERE
36. Photosynthesis is Divine (to the tune of "Scarborough Fair") - MP3 HERE
37. When Acids are Synthesized (to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home") - MP3 HERE
38. PCR Woes (by Tony Rianprakaisang - to the tune of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes") - MP3 HERE
39. Brain Farts Just Happen In My Head (to the tune of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head") - MP3 HERE
40. God Rest Ye Merry Dieters (to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") - MP3 HERE
41. My 'A' (to the tune of "My Way") - MP3 HERE- 42. Hark the Sucrose (to the tune of "Hark the Herald") - MP3 HERE / YouTube video HERE
43. If You're Molecular and Know It, Clap Your Hands (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands") - MP3 HERE
44. Major Groovy (to the tune of "Feelin' Groovy") - MP3 HERE
45. They Call the Stuff Urea (to the tune of "They Call the Wind Mariah") - MP3 HERE
46. March of the Proteins (by Taralyn Tan - to the tune of "The Ants Go Marching One by One") - MP3 HERE
47. The Mellow Woes of Testing(to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas") - MP3 HERE
48. Thank God There's a Video (to the tune of "Thank God I'm a Country Boy") - MP3 HERE
49. (Give Us) Real Things (to the tune of "(Coke) It's the Real Thing") - MP3 HERE
The Songs Below Have Not Yet Been Recorded
Students Rejoice (to the tune of "Joy to the World")
Oh Daddy Dear (for Dad's Weekend - to the tune of "Oh Danny Boy")
This Biochemistry (to the tune of "My Country 'Tis of Thee")
The Battle Hymn of Biochemistry (to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic")
By the way, if you enjoy the songs, you might also be interested in my book HERE