Members of the Barenaked Ladies performed their song 'I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)' over a video-link with Chris Hadfield, who is on the International Space Station:

Watch the video above as astronaut Chris Hadfield, from aboard the International Space Station, performs "I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)" with Ed Robertson, the rest of the Barenaked Ladies and the Wexford Gleeks from Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts, who were all at the CBC studios in Toronto.
The song, which was written by Hadfield and Robertson in partnership with Music Monday, CBC Music and the Canadian Space Agency, explores what it's like to look down on the Earth from outer space. It will also be the official song for the 2013 edition of Music Monday, which takes place on May 6.

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franko

seriously, if you don’t follow hadfield on twitter (@Cmdr_Hadfield), do. i can’t believe how busy he must be in general with all his ISS duties, but then he keeps posting amazing photos and doing things like chatting with WFS and doing things like this. AND he seems like just a really cool, down-to-earth (heh) guy.
http://twitter.com/VagabondAstro Robert Little

Hadfield is awesome. Truly, truly awesome.
crummett

Speechless, with tears running down my face. The best.
http://about.me/neillk Neill Kramer

The sweetest thing on BoingBoing ever!
elix

Commander Hadfield, you are doing us all fucking proud. If anyone has any Jubilee Medals left, yours is well beyond a worthy neck to bear one.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2X6OHAN7GLVLAIP4QLECKD3NY4 morgane

Chris Hadfield is fast becoming one of the coolest astronaut ever
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XDXCHOC3MSV5MBEOPV76POG7EE Jonathan

I’d vote for a Hadfield-Pettit ticket for president of the Universe. Those guys are national treasures for both their respective countries
Paul Renault

Just to show how well-connected the Ladies are, Ed Robertson penned a letter which started with “Hello Jesus”, and Jesus admitted that he’s a big fan.

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1020138934 Kay Shapiro

This brought tears to my eyes and made me laugh right out loud! How wonderful it is to be living in the future!
Clay Graham

Super super cool.
http://twitter.com/dpecs Daniel Pecoraro

Now I know what should win all of the Grammys tomorrow. So awesome.
http://www.falconlara.net oscarfalcon

That is Awesome!
http://twitter.com/teejayeff terry f

Stellar collaboration! :-0 Kudos to all involved. Very inspiring.
http://twitter.com/pixelpump Pixelpump

Wow, everything about this is awesome. Not to dork out too much but I wonder how they dealt with latency issues.

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