I should have posted this when I first saw it a few weeks ago, but every one of my Canadian friends on Facebook beat me to it. Only last night did I realize that it’s unlikely that all of my readers around the world has seen it, so here it is.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield teamed up with the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies to record a truly special new song – I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing). The simple fact that this song was recorded while Chris was in space, elevates its coolness factor into the stratospheric range (and beyond).

As a side note, Chris was born in Sarnia, Ontario, which is actually where I was born. Back then, there were only two hospitals in Sarnia, so there’s a 50-50 chance we were born in the same one, though he is 11 years 360 days older than me.

Also, Chris is friends with singer Emm Gryner, who I went to grade school with.

And… back when I was in college at York University back in 1993-94, we had a guest lecture from a Canadian astronaut. I can’t say for sure, but I think it was Chris (there aren’t a lot of Canadian astronauts so the odds are pretty good it was him), and I’m pretty sure I shook his hand.

So as you can see, we are very tight—almost brothers… okay, maybe not. But anyway…

Listen, enjoy the song, and marvel at what technology can really do when put to good use.