The Beast in Me


"The Beast in Me" is a song from Nick Lowe's 1994 album The Impossible Bird. The song was originally recorded by Lowe’s former father-in-law Johnny Cash on his American Recordings album, also in 1994. A live version of the song by Cash appears on his 2005 DVD Live at Montreux 1994. A live version by Lowe appears on his 2004 live album Untouched Takeaway.

Covers

YearSinger/GroupAlbumComments
1994Johnny CashAmerican Recordings
1996Camisa de VenusQuem e Voce?Retitled to Portuguese "O Mal Que Habita Em Mim"
1998Trevor Harrison The World of Eddie Grundy
2006Jim Byrnes House of Refuge
2007RemateNo Land Recordings
2007Marc VincentSecrets of a Bedroom Artist
2008Martin Kitcher BandEyes to the Left
2008Mark van den BergSings the Hits of Johnny Cash
  • tribute album to Johnny Cash
    • 2011SkeggsShades of Cash
  • tribute album to Johnny Cash
    • 2011Mark Lanegan
    2011Willie CarmichaelPatched and Pulled Together
    2011Farrell SpenceSong for the Sea
    2012Christoph Mauz and Die Blue BirdsNua Wegn Ihr
  • as "Des Viech in Mia"
    • 2012The VaccinesPlease Please Do Not Disturb
    2014Delaney DavidsonSwim Down

    Appearances in other media

    The Lowe studio version of the song features over the closing credits of the pilot episode of US television show The Sopranos. The song features on the commercially available soundtrack CD. Johnny Cash's version also appears in the 2011 film but Mark Lanegan did a version for the soundtrack.
    Melwood Cutlery's version of the song features over the closing credits of Project Grizzly, a 1996 National Film Board documentary about Canadian inventor, Troy Hurtubise and his quest to create a suit in which to meet a Grizzly Bear.
    The Lowe version plays over the closing credits of season 2's episode 6, of the Epix series 'Get Shorty'