Have you ever listened to this song? IF NOT, LISTEN TO IT NOW!!! :)

Hoppipolla is a bloody amazing song. There's no two ways about it.

"Hoppípolla" was used in 2006 advertisements for the BBC's Planet Earth TV series, giving the band one of its rare exposures to a mainstream audience. When Sir David Attenborough received his National Television lifetime achievement award, the piece was used for the moving anthology of his work, made especially for the occasion. Following this, there has been a high demand for the single, which has led to a re-publishing of the commercial version in May 2006, distributed by EMI. The re-release of the single brought critical acclaim for the band in the mainstream music media, including being named Jungalist Single of the Week on 1 May 2006. The song was used in the closing credits of the BBC's coverage of the 2006 FA Cup final, and BBC News 24 also used it to promote their coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The BBC also used it as background music to a rousing montage of England games during the World Cup and as a trailer for live BBC coverage of further England games. The song was also featured in the Doctor Who Confidential episode "End of an Era". It is also used as the pre match music at football club, Dagenham & Redbridge FC, just before the teams walk out.

Besides its repeated use by the BBC, the song was used in the Children of Men and Slumdog Millionaire trailers, the film Penelope, and an Oxfam and Viasat advertisement. The song was also used as background music during a Sky Sports interview with F.C. Copenhagen's manager Ståle Solbakken before F.C. Copenhagen played Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League on 1 November 2006. It was also used as background music to interviews with contestants in shows such as The X-Factor, Britain's Got Talent, and I'd Do Anything. In New Zealand, the intro part of the song was used as the soundtrack for a promotional TV advertisement for the All Blacks before the 2006 Bledisloe Cup. The song was covered by We Are Scientists on their B-sides album Crap Attack in 2006. It was also used in Smith's Hill High School's (Australia) Rock Eisteddfod performance in 2006.[citation needed]

In April 2008, a film trailer was released advertising Disneynature's new movie Earth, with "Hoppípolla" as the background music.

"Hoppípolla" was used as the music when Sir Bobby Charlton received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2008, for helping England win the 1966 FIFA World Cup and helping Manchester United win the European Cup in 1968. The song was also used for when Sir Bobby Robson won the same award the previous year. The song was also used in an informational video on Marks & Spencer p.l.c on their corporate website.[citation needed] In the Slumdog Millionaire trailer[2], the background music is "Hoppípolla" starting from 1:12 to the end.

The song was used extensively in the BBC documentaries James May on the Moon and James May at the Edge of Space.
The song was also used as the background music to a video entitled "I Am A Craft Brewer," made by the Stone Brewing Company and also a popular video on the video sharing site Vimeo called A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION [1]

Hoppípolla made an appearance as the background music of a video congratulating tennis star Roger Federer soon after he gained his 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in late June 2009. The video was posted by the ATP committee. [2]

The song is also added to Discovery Channel's commercial: "Live Life Large".

There have been accusations that the song was plagiarised in the opening music "composed" for the popular Italian song contest held in Sanremo (Festival della canzone Italiana - Feb 2010) and referred to as "Sabiu n.7" during the programme, from the name of Marco Sabiu, director of the RAI orchestra linked with the event. Marco Sabiu has however allegedly declared that the piece of music referred to as Sabiu N.7 by presenter Antonella Clerici was not a plagiarism at all but a cover version of Hoppípolla itself.

The song was used on BBC news for a video compilation of the euphoric rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean Miners at the San Jose Mine on October 13th 2010.

Today I re-discovered the song that has changed my whole day... I can't stop smiling because it really fills you with hope.. It's amazing.

I can't even begin to explain the feeling I get when I hear it... All I know is that it is so beautiful and I really want everyone to feel this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnAwPeqrdAk

Its called Hoppipolla (Jumping into puddles) by Sigur Ros

I honestly think that music like this has disappeard from the current charts and pointless songs are constantly playing on the radio - It's so predictable.

I guess this song isn't to everyone's liking but I think its beautiful and I hope you can get the feeling that I get

I guess this song isn't to everyone's liking but I think its beautiful and I hope you can get the feeling that I get