Professor Stephen Hawking has covered Monty Python’s Galaxy Song ahead of Record Store Day 2015.

The annual event celebrates independently owned record stores, with a number of limited singles pressed and sold to mark the occasion.

This year the renowned physicist has decided to get involved, putting his stamp on the track from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life.


Hawking’s cover will be no surprise to Python fans, having featured in last year’s Monty Python Live (Mostly) tour.

In the video, Stephen Hawking runs over Brian Cox (Picture: Monty Python/YouTube)

In the show, the cast performed the track before cutting to a clip of Brian Cox discussing the scientific inaccuracies of the song. Cox is cut off by Hawking, who knocks him over in his chair before singing the song himself.



The clip features in the music video for the song, which was first shared by The Guardian.

Stephen Hawking’s cover of the track will be released as a limited-edition 7in single on 18 April.

Here’s a reminder of the original…