The Great Beyond

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The Great Beyond

Summary

The Great Beyond is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Great Beyond's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The Great Beyond's instance of is recorded as song[4].
  • The Great Beyond's composer is recorded as Peter Buck[5].
  • The Great Beyond's composer is recorded as Mike Mills[6].
  • The Great Beyond's composer is recorded as Michael Stipe[7].
  • The Great Beyond's genre is alternative rock[8].
  • The Great Beyond followed Suspicion[9].
  • The Great Beyond was followed by Imitation of Life[10].
  • The Great Beyond was produced by Paddy McCarthy[11].
  • The Great Beyond was performed by R.E.M.[12].
  • The Great Beyond's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Entertainment[13].
  • The Great Beyond is part of Man on the Moon[14].
  • The Great Beyond was distributed by compact disc[15].
  • The Great Beyond's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • The Great Beyond was released on November 16, 1999[17].
  • The Great Beyond's lyricist is recorded as Peter Buck[18].
  • The Great Beyond's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes."}[19].
  • The Great Beyond's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "I'm lookin' for answers from the Great Beyond."}[20].
  • The Great Beyond's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[21].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f16cf96d-42ba-3fa7-80f5-08236e0ee30e[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Great Beyond was R.E.M.[12]. It was produced by Paddy McCarthy[11].

Publication

The Great Beyond was published on November 16, 1999[17]. Its genre is alternative rock[8]. It is part of Man on the Moon[14]. It was distributed by compact disc[15].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Great Beyond followed Suspicion[9]. It was followed by Imitation of Life[10].

Why It Matters

The Great Beyond ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-great-beyond-q637068_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Great Beyond}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-great-beyond-q637068}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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