This Morning fans couldn't believe it when the catchy pop song All About The Bass was played over a tribute to Professor Stephen Hawking.

The use of the upbeat track, which contains the lyrics "I got all the right junk in all the right places", was declared an "epic fail" when it was accidentally played out yesterday.

The song started to play and then was abruptly cut during the tribute video for the celebrated theoretical physicist, regarded as one of the most intelligent people the world has ever known.

Professor Hawking died at the age of 76 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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Louise tweeted: "All About The Bass lol!...epic fail RIP Stephen Hawking."

And Michelle asked: "How did someone actually play 'all about that bass’ on This Morning during the tribute to Stephen Hawking...how???"

Viewers were aghast again when American singer-songwriter Trainor then appeared on the ITV1 daytime show the day after the blip.

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One viewer asked: "Did This Morning really have Meghan Trainor on the day after they put her music behind clips of Stephan Hawking? Could have rearranged her appearance."

A show insider described the use of the music as a "technical blip" reports the Mirror .

"It was really unfortunate that there was a technical blip. It was corrected as soon as humanly possible. Sadly things like that can happen on live TV."

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Paying tribute to Professor Hawking Holly said: "Just before we leave you today we want to pay tribute to the world renowned physicist and genuine genius Stephen Hawking who has sadly died at the age of 76."

And co-host Phillip Schofield , from Oldham, added: "He left a huge legacy not just as a mathematician, an astrophysicist, but as an inspiration to millions."

This Morning is screened on ITV1 weekdays at 10.30am.