"The Beast in Me" is a song performed by English musician

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from his '' American Recordings'' album released in April 1994. Cash was Lowe's stepfather-in-law from 1979 to 1990, during Lowe's marriage to singer

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. A live version of the song by Cash appears on his 2005 DVD ''Live at Montreux 1994''. Lowe's first recording of the song appeared in his album ''

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'', released in November 1994. A live version by Lowe appears on his 2004 live album ''

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''. In 2025

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will release a limited series called “The Beast in Me” created by Gabe Rotter, starring

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and

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Appearances in other media

The Lowe studio version of the song features over the closing credits of the

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of US television show ''

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''. The song features on the commercially available soundtrack CD. Lowe's version also features in series 4 episode 2 of '' Being Human''. Johnny Cash's version appears in the 2011 film '' The Hangover: Part II'' but

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did a version for the soundtrack. Melwood Cutlery's version of the song features over the closing credits of '' Project Grizzly'', a 1996

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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'' and of episode 3 of the 2023 BBC serial about the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery and its aftermath, ''The Gold''. The Cash version featured in the season 1 finale of ''

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'' (episode 10, also titled "The Beast in Me").

References

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