Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" is a song written by Bob Dylan (with Robert Hunter) and performed by Dylan as the opening track on his 2009 studio album Together Through Life. The title is a quote from the ancient Roman poet Ovid.[1][2] The track was available as a free download on Dylan's official website from March 30 to March 31, 2009, and a photo montage set to the song premiered on Amazon on April 21.

For the True Blood episode, see Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (True Blood).
"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Together Through Life
A-side"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"
B-side"Down Along the Cove (Live at Bonnaroo 2004)"
ReleasedMarch 2009
GenreFolk rock, Blues rock
LabelColumbia Records
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter
Producer(s)Jack Frost (Bob Dylan)
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Dreamin' of You"
(2008)		 "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"
(2009)		 "I Feel a Change Comin' on"
(2009)

Like much of Dylan's 21st century output, he produced the song himself using the pseudonym Jack Frost.

Reception

Jon Dolan, writing in Rolling Stone, which placed the song 16th on a list of "The 25 Best Bob Dylan Songs of the 21st Century", praised its atmospheric musicianship: "With Mike Campbell’s guitar lashing against rumbling drums, and the forlorn feel of Donnie Herron’s trumpet and David Hidalgo’s accordion, the song has a mysterious noir feel".[3]

The song peaked at #10 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart in June 2009.[4] The following year it was nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.

The song was used in the trailer for the second season of HBO's True Blood, and was again featured in the final episode of the second season of the program,[1] "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'".

Blue-Tongue Films created a music video for the song directed by Nash Edgerton and featuring Joel Stoffer and Amanda Aardsma in an extreme marital spat.[5]

The song plays over the closing credits of Olivier Dahan's Renée Zellweger-starring film My Own Love Song.[6]

Live performances

Between 2009 and 2019 Dylan performed the song 460 times in concert. This makes it the most frequently performed song from Together Through Life by a considerable margin.[7]

References
  1. "Archive for Ovid". Theancientpythoness.com. June 16, 2010. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  2. "Beyond Here Lies Nothin' by Bob Dylan". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. Vozick-Levinson, Jon Dolan,Patrick Doyle,Andy Greene,Brian Hiatt,Angie Martoccio,Rob Sheffield,Hank Shteamer,Simon; Dolan, Jon; Doyle, Patrick; Greene, Andy; Hiatt, Brian; Martoccio, Angie; Sheffield, Rob; Shteamer, Hank; Vozick-Levinson, Simon (2020-06-18). "The 25 Best Bob Dylan Songs of the 21st Century". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  4. "Bob Dylan". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  5. Margotin, Philippe; Guesdon, Jean-Michel (2015). Bob Dylan: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 9781579129859. OCLC 869908038. A rather creepy music video for the song was produced by Nash Edgerton, starring Amanda Aardsma and Joel Stoffer.
  6. "'My Own Love Song' Soundtrack Features 16 New Bob Dylan Songs". theplaylist.net. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  7. "Bob Dylan Tour Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
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