--- title: Watch Stephen Hawking Cover Monty Python's 'Galaxy Song' description: His rendition is truly out of this world canonical: https://time.com/3820684/stephen-hawking-monty-python-galaxy-song/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-14T05:51:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:41.944Z og:title: Watch Stephen Hawking Cover Monty Python's 'Galaxy Song' og:description: This is everything. og:url: https://time.com/3820684/stephen-hawking-monty-python-galaxy-song/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Stephen Hawking Cover Monty Python's 'Galaxy Song' twitter:description: This is everything. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Hawking Singing Monty Python's 'Galaxy Song' Is Everything by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Apr 14, 2015 5:51 AM UTC by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Apr 14, 2015 5:51 AM UTC This was a mash-up waiting to happen. When you have an awesome song about our galaxy, who better to sing it than the world’s most famous physicist and cosmologist? Stephen Hawking’s characteristic computer-voice rendition of “Galaxy Song” from the 1983 classic _Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life_ is everything you need to hear today. And in case you still need convincing, it also features an appearance from noted British physicist Brian Cox, who Hawking runs over with his wheelchair before jetting off into the sunset. Hawking has already proved his singing chops with [an appearance on Pink Floyd’s latest album](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/08/stephen-hawking-sampled-pink-floyd-the-endless-river) and his sense of humor with [cameos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrOKpQ6UBI) on popular sitcom _The Big Bang Theory,_ but this is something else. And if you haven’t already seen it, here’s the original song. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3820684/stephen-hawking-monty-python-galaxy-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3820684/stephen-hawking-monty-python-galaxy-song/"},"headline":"Stephen Hawking Singing Monty Python's 'Galaxy Song' Is Everything","datePublished":"2015-04-14T05:51:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:41.944Z","description":"His rendition is truly out of this world","url":"https://time.com/3820684/stephen-hawking-monty-python-galaxy-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Comedy","viral","Stephen Hawking","Cover"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3820684/stephen-hawking-monty-python-galaxy-song/","name":"Stephen Hawking Singing Monty Python's 'Galaxy Song' Is Everything"}}]}] ```