Song · Leon Bridges
“Beyond” by Leon Bridges
From the album Good Thing (2018)
“Beyond” by Leon Bridges appears on 18 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 2018 on the album Good Thing. Its best result is #2 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #2 indie & aaa song of 2018, #422 indie & aaa song of all time and #35 of the '10s.
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On "Beyond", from his 2018 album Good Thing, Leon Bridges eases into a love song that sits somewhere between R&B and country, with nods to Ginuwine and Van Morrison along the way. He's a man wondering out loud whether the woman in front of him could be his soulmate, and he sings it over acoustic guitar, percussion and a bass-heavy groove that does most of the walking.
Nate Mercereau played nearly everything on the track, guitar, bass, drums, organ and percussion, and produced it with Ricky Reed; the two wrote it with Bridges, Joshua Block, Austin Jenkins and Justin Tranter. The video set its romance in El Paso, Texas, and PopMatters later placed it at number 38 among the year's best songs. Bridges also sang it with Luke Combs on CMT Crossroads and then released a version featuring him.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 27 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 22 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 | 200 |
| 2018 | 5 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 27 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2018 | 97 |
| 2018 | 2 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 7 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 2 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
| 2018 | 11 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 43 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 43 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 1475 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 461 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 598 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 190 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 202 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 195 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 321 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 27 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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