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English-born Canadian immunologist David Ng's 2009 song "Thermodynamics of Love".
2005 song "Entropy" by Bad Religion that mentions Boltzmann.
2007 video titled “Chem AP Project: Thermodynamics!” by students Ladam, Deepu, and Radhika is one example; a play on Canadian Pop Rock singer Avril Lavigne’s 2007 song “Girfriend”.
In human thermodynamics, music thermodynamics is the use of thermodynamic terminology or theory in song writing and singing.

Examples
A famous example is the 1964 song The First and Second Law by Flanders and Swann, originally performed and recorded at the Haymarket Theatre, London, in 1963. [1] Another very-humorous thermodynamics-themed song is the 1999 rap-parody song Entropy by MC Hawking. [2].

With the recent 2005 invention of YouTube, thermodynamics-themed physics-project videos can often be found where students sing or rap about energy, entropy, and the laws of thermodynamics.

Another good example is English-born Canadian immunologist David Ng's 2009 song the thermodynamics of love.

Entropy (Bad Religion)
In 2005, the punk rock group Bad Religion released a 2:24-min song entitled “Entropy” that mentions Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. [3] The lyrics are:
random blobs of power expressed as that which we all disregard,
ordered states of nature on a scale that no one thinks about,
don't speak to me of anarchy or peace or calm revolt,
man, we're in a play of slow decay orchestrated by Boltzmann,

it's entropy, it's not a human issue,
entropy, it's a matter of course,
entropy, energy at all levels,
entropy, from it you can not divorce
and your pathetic moans of suffrage tend to lose all significance,

extinction, degradation;
the natural outcomes of our ordered lives,
power, motivation; temporary fixtures for which we strive,
something in our synapses assures us we're ok
but in our disquilibrium we simply can not stay,
it's entropy......

a stolid proposition from a man unkempt as I,
my affectatious nature I can not rectify,
but we are out of equilibrium unnaturally,
a pang of consciousness of death
and then you will agree

See also
Music chemistry

References
1. "The First and Second Law" (song six) in the 1964 album At the Drop of Another Hat by Flanders and Swann.
2. "Entropy" (song five) in the 2004 album MC Hawking's Greatist Hits - a Brief History of Rhyme by MC Hawking.
3. (a) Bad Religion (2005). “Entropy”, Amazon.com.
(b) Entropy (lyrics) – Sing365.com.

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