The Great Beyond

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Great Beyond"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Man on the Moon (Music from the Motion Picture)
B-side
ReleasedNovember 8, 1999 (1999-11-08)
GenreAlternative rock[1]
Length
  • 5:06 (album version)
  • 4:14 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Pat McCarthy
R.E.M. singles chronology
"Suspicion"
(1999) 		"The Great Beyond"
(1999) 		"Imitation of Life"
(2001)
Music video
"The Great Beyond" at YouTube

"The Great Beyond" is a 1999 song by alternative rock band R.E.M. and taken from the 1999 movie Man on the Moon. It went to number 3 in the United Kingdom, number 1 in Scotland and also went to the top 20 in Iceland, Ireland, Italy and Norway. It also went to number 57 in the United States. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2000.

Track listings[change | change source]

All songs were written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe, except for "The Great Beyond", written by Buck, Mills, and Stipe.

UK cassette single[5]
  1. "The Great Beyond" (edit)
  2. "Man on the Moon" (live at Glastonbury)
  • US maxi-CD single[6]
  1. "The Great Beyond" (edit)
  2. "The One I Love" (live at Glastonbury)
  3. "Everybody Hurts" (live at Glastonbury)
  4. "Man on the Moon" (live at Glastonbury)
  • UK and European CD single[7]
  1. "The Great Beyond" (radio edit) – 4:13
  2. "Everybody Hurts" (live from Glastonbury) – 6:21
  3. "The One I Love" (live from Glastonbury) – 3:10

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "The 50 best pop songs written for movies". The Telegraph. 18 December 2017.
  2. ↑ The Great Beyond (US CD single liner notes). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 2000. 9 16888-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ The Great Beyond (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 1999. 7-16888.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ The Great Beyond (US cassette single sleeve). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 1999. 9 16888-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ The Great Beyond (UK cassette single sleeve). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 2000. W516C.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ The Great Beyond (US maxi-CD single liner notes). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 1999. 9 44816-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ The Great Beyond (UK & European CD single liner notes). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 2000. W516CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)


Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Great_Beyond&oldid=8736087"