The Great Beyond

"The Great Beyond"
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Man on the Moon (Music from the Motion Picture)
B-side	"Man on the Moon" (live) "The One I Love" (live) "Everybody Hurts" (live)
Released	November 8, 1999 (1999-11-08)
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	5:06 (album version) 4:14 (radio edit)
Label	Warner Bros. Jersey
Songwriter(s)	Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe
Producer(s)	Pat McCarthy
R.E.M. singles chronology
"Suspicion" (1999) "The Great Beyond" (1999) "Imitation of Life" (2001)
Music video
"The Great Beyond" on YouTube

"The Great Beyond" is a song by American rock band R.E.M., written for the 1999 film Man on the Moon. It was released as a single the same year for support of the film's soundtrack album. On the soundtrack, there is some dialogue from the movie at the end of the track; meanwhile, the single version is a radio edit, with the bridge omitted.

"The Great Beyond" reached number three on the UK Singles Chart in January 2000, the band's highest-ever chart position in that country, and it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. It additionally became a top-20 hit in Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, and Norway. The unedited version is included in two R.E.M. compilations: In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 and Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011.