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# Stephen Hawking Singing Monty Python's 'Galaxy Song' Is Everything

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## 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.

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