blog post Space jam: watch the premiere of ‘I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)’

Melting with Canadian pride right now. What a great song and performance! Hats off to the recording engineers for the technical achievement as well :)

This song has generated so many emotions in me - pride, happiness, awe, passion, envy ... Apart from being great music, it is so inspirational. Amazing! Thanks, Chris and Ed. At the same time, it also caused me great sadness. Why can't our political and social leaders be as equally inspired as these two gentlemen? What happened to the grand visions upon which our country was built? Where are the soaring ideas for the future? Chris Hatfield sings to us from space, while the Canadian Space Agency has its budget cut and remains leaderless. How ironic!

Oops...Chris Hadfield. That's who I ♥. And, the CBC, still....

Amazing.

Chris Hadfield has singlehandedly done more to make space cool again than anyone in recent memory. He's such an inspiration. Between his photographs, his tweets and now this song, he's inspiring millions of people and most importantly, inspiring a new generation of children to want to reach for the stars. Just amazing. Thanks to everyone who made this song possible. 

Yet *another* reason of why I want to move to Canada and never return. I'm currently a Pennsylvania, US resident. In PA, we don't have affordable health care, marriage or civil partner rights for those of us that aren't straight, decent public music education that's not in danger of being cut, Enter the Haggis, or Ed Robertson (and excellent music in general, supported by the public). We do have the Flyers, who I would continue being a fan of, even if I ex-pat to Canada... but, sadly, hockey isn't as big a deal as it should be in the Philadelphia area.In short... this is incredible. Such an unique collaboration with so many talented musicians and voices on one galactic stage. This further proves the power of music to transcend all boundaries, even those not on Earth. How music is an essential part of the human experience. Thanks, BNL, Commander, and Wexford School Gleeks! Incredible!ps: Will Canada accept me as a new citizen with open arms when I finally cross the boarder (legally, of course)? 

This is wonderful, inspired, inspiring, and should be a worldwide hit.  Let the voices sing!  

Thank you!!!

WOW! WOW! WOW! is about all I can say. Can a Canadian astronaut rock or what! Way to go Chris and Ed. Thank you for this.

Chris Hadfield is both an amazing astronaut and now musician!

Well done CBC.      I had a chit chat with Chris Hadfield at the Abbotsford Airshow a few years back.  What a nice guy. Totally unpretentious and humble!   What a role model for young people....!!  I hope this song wins tons of awards and money!!  The money should go to support the CBC and the Canadian Space Ageny who both have reduced budgets.       I heard this song on "Q" and my eyes welled with tears.  Very emotional in a good way.       Another first for CBC !   And, thanks to Ed from the BNL and the Gleeks!! 

Spectacular performance!  Never in a million years would I have thought that one day this type of recording from space & earth would be possible...technology sure has evolved.

This brought tears to my eyes! I can't get it out of my head! A beautiful song & I'm very proud that it's Canadian. Can we download it? I definitely want to keep this one to listen to! Way to go, guys! Just awesome!!

Amazing! The technology, and the genius Canadian talent. I've listened to this several times tonight and it's brought tears. Chris Hadfield is doing such a wonderful job of combining his technical skills with personal "down to earth" passion. 

What a giant step for human culture and a huge leap for social media :-) anyone else think that this accomplishment is on par with Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon? I was moved in unexpected ways. A really great song performed with so much talent by all involved. There are so many great lines......' ball of shining blue houses everybody everyone ever knew'  We only have one planet and one species of human, people! It's way past time to get over ourselves and move forward to save it, and us at the same time. Thanks so much CBC Music and CSA. May you have more cash coming your way, and soon.

I nominate Is Somebody Singing to be Humanity's National Anthem!  "From up here, you can't see any borders."

Such a fantastic song! Thanks for sharing it with us, Chris and Ed :)

Beautiful :)

@ocean magic

I fully agree with you. This project is so unifying, so uplifting. I felt transported out there looked like une imbécile heureuse smiling and crying in the same time.  A strange and beautifull moment! I love Chris Hadfield.

Thank you Commander Hadfield & Bare Naked Ladies for bringing innovation into the lives of Canadians! The world of science & music have collided.

I find it amazing that Chris and CBC and the Barenaked

Ladies have done this.  Thanks.

Astronauts used to be just pilots, men, scientists and American.  Now they're much more than that, including women, musicians and Canadians.  As an American, I think that this is wonderful.  I'm 67 years old, have followed the space program since I was 10, and this is the best broadcast from space I've seen to date. If I get to come back I want to be like Chris Hadfield.

Supposed to be doing science stuff up there--get serious!  Good thing he's not a drummer or they'd have to fly the whole kit up.  Chris has a good voice and fits in perfectly with Robertson and BNL.  Great song!

Am I going to be able to buy this song somewhere? 

I watched this video seven times in the twenty-four hours after I discovered it, and I wanted to say that I'm finally at the point where I can sing along without choking up - but no. I put it on again today with my little boy and the only reason I didn't break down halfway through is that I had to take a break to stop the dog eating my power cord. Absolutely beautiful.