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== Music == During his free time on [[Expedition 35]], Hadfield recorded music for an album, using the [[Larrivée (guitar company)|Larrivée Parlor guitar]] previously brought to the ISS.<ref>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris|date = February 8, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Cmdr. Chris Hadfield on pickin' Larrivée Parlor in Space|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoMCrkdee8s|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref> The first song recorded in space, "Jewel in the Night", was released via YouTube on Christmas Eve 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine|last = Pearlman|first = Shaina|date = December 28, 2012|df = mdy-all|title=Listen to the First Song Recorded in Space|url = https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/awesome_of_the_day/2012/12/listen-to-the-first-song-recorded-in-space.html|magazine = [[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date = February 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 8">Hadfield 2013, p. 224.</ref> His collaboration with [[Ed Robertson]] of [[Barenaked Ladies]] and the Wexford Gleeks, ''Is Somebody Singing?''—sometimes shortened ''I.S.S.''—was aired on the [[CBC Radio]] program [[Q (radio show)|Q]] and released by [[CBC Music]] online on February 8, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last = Howell|first = Elizabeth|date = February 8, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Astronaut and Musician Perform 1st Original Duet from Space and Earth|url = https://www.space.com/19694-hadfield-song-duet-space.html|agency = [[Space.com]]|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref> Hadfield sang ''Is Somebody Singing'' along with singers across Canada for the national Music Monday program.<ref>{{cite news|last = Bowman|first = John|date = May 6, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Chris Hadfield leads nationwide singalong on Music Monday|url = https://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/05/chris-hadfield-leads-nationwide-singalong-on-music-monday.html|agency = [[CBC.ca]]|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 9">Hadfield 2013, p. 228.</ref> Hadfield has been credited musically on his brother [[Dave Hadfield]]'s albums. He also the "Canada Song" with his brother, released on YouTube on [[Canada Day]], 2014.<ref>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris; Hadfield, Dave|date = July 1, 2014|df = mdy-all|title = Canada Song|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVsHt3rBnc|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = July 1, 2014}}</ref> On May 12, 2013, after handing over command of the ISS, but before returning home, Hadfield released a music video recorded on the ISS of a modified rendition of "[[Space Oddity]]" by [[David Bowie]].<ref name=utube-odd>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris|date = May 12, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Space Oddity|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = April 10, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 10">Hadfield 2013, pp. 251–252.</ref> {{as of|2025|02}}, the video has over 55 million views on YouTube.<ref name=utube-odd /> The performance was the subject of a piece by Glenn Fleishman in ''[[The Economist]]'' on May 22, 2013, analysing the legal implications of publicly performing a copyrighted work of music while in [[Geocentric orbit|Earth orbit]].<ref>{{cite news|last = Fleishman|first = Glenn|date = May 22, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = How does copyright work in space?|url = https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-12|newspaper = [[The Economist]]|access-date = May 29, 2013}}</ref> In October 2015, Hadfield released ''Space Sessions: Songs From a Tin Can'', an album of songs that he had recorded on the International Space Station.<ref>{{cite web|title = I am Chris Hadfield. AMA.|url = https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3pxrfr|publisher = [[Reddit]]|series = IAmA| date=October 23, 2015 |access-date = October 24, 2015|df = mdy-all}}</ref>
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