As in most news or innovation, it doesn't matter if you're the best. It matters if you're the first. Well, Chris Hadfield's rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" has the liberty of both being the best and the first music video ever shot in outer space, even though it's currently the only music video that has been shot in outer space.

International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut currently en route back to Earth, recorded what is believed to be the first music video from space. The commander does his very own acoustic version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." Fitting, right? The funny part? He's not half bad. He can hold a tune and actually emulates some of the signature Bowie-isms in his performance.

The video was uploaded to YouTube in early May, and (like most of Hadfield's videos) it already has more than a million views. People are impressed with the astronaut's performance, with one person writing, "David Bowie must be very proud." Another person wrote, "BRAVO Commander! Welcome home :-)."

If that wasn't enough, the video got the attention of David Bowie himself. When Hadfield tweeted the video, Bowie tweeted back, "Hallo Spaceboy..." Never before has an astronaut been so embraced by the British music community.

Hadfield may be the star of the video, he definitely didn't create it on his own. Emm Gryner, a fellow Canadian, blogged that she came up with the piano part. Gryner was also a part of Bowie's band in 1999 and 2000, adding an extra level of authenticity. Joe Corcoran also produced and mixed the song for the final product.

Hadfield is already well-known to space and science enthusiasts. He regularly tweets pictures from his space travels and shares his thoughts on what he'll do once he returns to Earth. He has amassed more than 825,000 followers on Twitter so far.