Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of 46 educational shorts featuring rock songs about schoolroom topics, including grammar, science, economics and American history and politics. Originally conceived by Thomas G. Yohe in 1972, the shorts were broadcast on ABC television affiliates until 1986.

Often viewed with nostalgia by members of Generation X, Schoolhouse Rock! has become part of American popular culture. It has been parodied in Family Guy ("Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington" & "Running Mates") and The Simpsons ("An Amendment to Be"), and in 1996 Atlantic Records released the album Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks, a collection of popular artists covering Schoolhouse Rock! tunes. Some of the more notable artists included Better Than Ezra (Conjunction Junction), Goodness (Electricity, Electricity), Blind Melon (Three Is A Magic Number), the Lemonheads (My Hero, Zero), Ween (The Shot Heard 'Round the World) and Moby (Verb: That's What's Happening).

An additional short, I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College, was created for the 30th anniversary video release.

Titles

Grammar Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

• Unpack Your Adjectives (adjective) - music & lyrics by George R. Newall ; performed by Blossom Dearie. lyrics
• Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here (adverb) - music, lyrics, and performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
• Conjunction Junction (conjunction) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Jack Sheldon . lyrics
• Interjections! (interjection) - music & lyrics by Lynne Ahrens ; performed by Essra Mohawk . lyrics
• Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (pronoun) - music by Bob Dorough; lyrics by Kathy Mandary ; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics
• Verb: That's What's Happening (verb) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Zachary Sanders . lyrics
• A Noun Is A Person, Place Or Thing (noun) - music, lyrics, & performance by Lynne Ahrens. lyrics
• Busy Prepositions (preposition) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Jack Sheldon and Bob Dorough. lyrics
• The Tale of Mr. Morton (subject and predicate) - music & lyrics by Lynne Ahrens; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics

Science Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

• The Body Machine (nutrition) - lyrics
• Do The Circulation (cardiovascular system) - lyrics
• Electricity, Electricity (electricity) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Zachary Sanders. lyrics
• The Energy Blues (energy conservation) - lyrics
• Interplanet Janet (solar system) - music, lyrics, & performance by Lynne Ahrens. lyrics
• Telegraph Line (nervous system) - lyrics
• Them Not-So-Dry Bones (skeletal system) - lyrics
• A Victim Of Gravity (gravity) - lyrics - performed by The Tokens.
• The Weather Show (weather) - lyrics -

Music & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Performed by Bob Kalban. Never aired.

Money Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

• Dollars and Sense (interest and loans) - lyrics
• Making $7.50 Once a Week (budget) - lyrics
• Where The Money Goes (paying bills) - lyrics
• Tax Man Max (taxes) - lyrics
• Walkin' On Wall Street (stock exchange) - lyrics
• This For That (barter) - lyrics
• Tyrannosaurus Debt (budget deficit) - lyrics
• The Check's In The Mail (checks) - lyrics

Multiplication Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

• My Hero, Zero (Zero as a numeral) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
• Elementary, My Dear (2) - lyrics
• Three Is a Magic Number (3) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
• The Four-Legged Zoo (4) - lyrics
• Ready or Not, Here I Come (5) - lyrics
• I Got Six (6) - lyrics
• Lucky Seven Sampson (7) - lyrics
• Figure Eight (8) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Blossom Dearie. lyrics
• Naughty Number Nine (9) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Grady Tate. lyrics
• The Good Eleven (11) - lyrics
• Little Twelvetoes (12) - lyrics

America Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

• No More Kings (independence) - lyrics
• Fireworks (Declaration of Independence) - lyrics
• The Shot Heard 'Round The World (American Revolutionary War) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
• The Preamble (United States Constitution) - music, lyrics, & performance by Lynne Ahrens. lyrics
• Elbow Room (U.S. territorial expansion, see Manifest Destiny) - lyrics
• The Great American Melting Pot (immigration/melting pot) - lyrics
• Mother Necessity (American inventions) - lyrics
• Sufferin' Till Suffrage (women's suffrage) - lyrics
• I'm Just A Bill (legislation) - music & lyrics by Dave Frishberg ; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics
• Three Ring Government (separation of powers) - lyrics

Computer Rock (Scooter Computer & Mr. Chips) titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

• Introduction (computers) - lyrics
• Hardware (computer hardware) - lyrics
• Software (computer software) - lyrics
• Number Cruncher (computerized statistics) - lyrics

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