Galaxy Song
| "Galaxy Song" | |
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| Single by Monty Python | |
| from the album Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | |
| Released | 1983 |
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| Label | CBS / MCA |
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"Galaxy Song" is a Monty Python song written by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.
The song first appeared in the 1983 film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and was later released on the album Monty Python Sings. In 2014 the song was featured in the live stage show Monty Python Live (mostly).
The song originally debuted during the comedy sketch "Live Organ Transplants". The paramedic (John Cleese), upon failing to persuade Mrs. Brown (Terry Jones) to donate her liver, opens the refrigerator doors to reveal a man wearing a pink morning suit (Eric Idle). The man accompanies Mrs. Brown through outer space singing various statistics about the galaxy. The upshot of the song (which follows a synthesized instrumental montage that, in the movie, is accompanied by a computer-animated picture of a woman being impregnated) is that in the grand scheme of the universe, the likelihood of Mrs. Brown's existence was almost zero, but that she should "pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'cause there's bugger all down here on Earth." The singer returns to the refrigerator, at which point Mrs. Brown admits that the singer convinced her to hand over her liver.
The lyrics include a number of astronomical facts and figures, which may have accurately reflected the known values at the time the song was written. Some of these have changed as improved technology has allowed scientists to make more accurate measurements.
Released in 1984, Jim Post's album Crooner From Outer Space features a remake called "Galaxy/Lighten Up".
In 1999, Clint Black recorded a remake of "The Galaxy Song" on his album D'lectrified, as well as the "Outside Intro (To Galaxy Song)", which he co-wrote and sang with Idle.
In late 2012, an updated version of "The Galaxy Song" aired on BBC Two in a trailer for Wonders of Life, hosted by physicist Brian Cox. It was called "The Galaxy DNA Song" by Idle.
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