Kevin Ahern's Wildly Popular Metabolic
Melodies
I wrote songs 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 (3), Tari 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.
3/12/10 - Three new songs - "To Make a Cholesterol" (Lyrics HERE), "The Histones" (Lyrics HERE), and "Crappy Days are Here Again" (Lyrics HERE)
3/8/10 - The Metabolic Melodies Songbook has been released HERE
2/17/10 - New Recording - (Give Us) Real Things (Download HERE)
1/14/10 - Two new recordings - Catalyze (Download HERE) / The Alcohol Song (Download HERE)
12/4/09 - Three New Songs - Catalyze Lyrics HERE / The Alcohol Song (by Tony Rianprakaisang) Lyrics HERE / Real Things Lyrics HERE /
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- All of the song recordings below are full versions and available for free downloads. If you wish to support the Metabolic Melodies, you can do so by purchasing the CDs, songbook, or calendar at the URLs below.
Volume 1 - HERE / Volume 2 - HERE / Volume 3 - HERE / Greatest Hits - HERE / Songbook - HERE / Calendar for 2010 - HERE
All of the Lyrics HERE
(Rankings below in order of download popularity November 15, 2009- January 14, 2010)
1. Enzymes (to the tune of "Downtown") Download HERE
2. Test Gently on Glycolysis (by Tari Tan - to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") Download HERE
3. We All Need Just a Little ATP (to the tune of "Yellow Submarine") Download HERE
4. Gluconeogenesis (to the tune of to the tune of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious") Download HERE / See YouTube video HERE
5. The Sound of Glucose (to the tune of "A Few of My Favorite Things") Download HERE
6. Biochemistry Pie (to the tune of "American Pie") Download HERE
7. Hemoglobin's Movin' Around (to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town") Download HERE / See YouTube video HERE
8. Hark the Sucrose (to the tune of "Hark the Herald") Download HERE / See YouTube video HERE
9. The E. coli Song (to the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") Download HERE
10. En-er-gy (to the tune of "Let It Be") Download HERE
11. I'm a Little Mitochondrion (to the tune of "I'm A Lumberjack") Download HERE
12. The Citrate Sonata (by Tari Tan - to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") Download HERE
13. Biochemistry, Biochemistry (to the tune of "Oh Christmas Tree") Download HERE
14. B-DNA (to the tune of "YMCA") - Download HERE
15. N-A-D (to the tune of "Penny Lane") Download HERE
16. Oh Delta Gee (to the tune of "Oh Danny Boy") Download HERE
17. Your Poor Veins (by Kevin Ahern and Indira Rajagopal - to the tune of "You're So Vain") Download HERE
18. Fermentation! (by Tony Rianprakaisang - to the tune of "Oh Susannah!") Download HERE
19. Glucagon is Coming Around (to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town") Download HERE
20. Brain Farts Just Happen In My Head (to the tune of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head") Download HERE
21. Fatty Acids in Our Cells (to the tune of "Halls of Montezuma") Download HERE
22. The Tao of Hormones (to the tune of "The Sound of Silence") Download HERE
23. The Cell's Lament (to the tune of "Yesterday") Download HERE
24. Prostaglandins! (to the tune of "Oklahoma!") Download HERE
25. Translation (to the tune of "Maria" from West Side Story) Download HERE
26. PCR Woes (by Tony Rianprakaisang - to the tune of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes") Download HERE
27. The Codon Song (to the tune of "When I'm 64") Download HERE
28. The Mellow Woes of Testing (to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas") Download HERE
29. Oh Little Protein Molecule (to the tune of "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem") Download HERE
30. Central Dogma Zen (by Indira Rajagopal and Kevin Ahern- to the tune of "Those Were the Days, My Friend") Download HERE
31. The Vegetarian Song (to the tune of "Blowin' in the Wind") Download HERE
32. God Rest Ye Merry Dieters (to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") Download HERE
33. When Acids Get Oxidized (to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home") Download HERE / See YouTube video HERE
34. When Acids are Synthesized (to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home") Download HERE
35. The Immune Tune (by Tony Rianprakaisang - to the tune of "Yankee Doodle") Download HERE
36. 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") Download HERE
37. The Ribosome (to the tune of "America the Beautiful") Download HERE See YouTube video HERE
38. Major Groovy (to the tune of "Feelin' Groovy") Download HERE
39. Photosynthesis is Divine (to the tune of "Scarborough Fair") Download HERE
40. My 'A' (to the tune of "My Way") Download HERE
41. March of the Proteins (by Tari Tan - to the tune of "The Ants Go Marching One by One") Download HERE
42. This Song's For BB Three Five Oh (to the tune of "This Land is Your Land") Download HERE
43. Thank God There's a Video (to the tune of "Thank God I'm a Country Boy") Download 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