Los Angeles Times

NOW, IF HE COULD ONLY THINK OF SOMETHING THAT RHYMES WITH E. COLI...
Steve Harvey
May 29, 2003

If the song "I Sprayed It on the Grapevine" sounds vaguely familiar, it's because the recording by UC Davis toxicologist Carl Winter is a takeoff on Marvin Gaye's hit. Winter warbles about food safety around the nation (he appears before the Special Librarians Assn. in L.A. next month) using parodies of pop hits.

Reader Jeff Bliss tipped me to his song menu at foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/music.html

Some of the moldy oldies (the adjective is appropriate here) include:

- "You Better Wash Your Hands" (to the tune of the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand").

- "Food Irradiation" (as in Little Eva's "Locomotion").

- "Stomache Tonight" ( as in the Eagles' "Heartache Tonight").

- "Veggie Believer" (as in the Monkees' "I'm a Believer"). And finally: "Clonin' DNA" (as in the Beach Boys' "Surfin' U.S.A.").