Across the Universe

~ Recording by Fiona Apple

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Across the Universe5:08Fiona ApplePleasantville: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1998-10-13
Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary)OK 69626
1.1Across the Universe5:09Fiona AppleAcross the UniverseFiona AppleSingle + Soundtrack
  • JP1999-05-26
SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)SRCS 8932
1.11Across the Universe5:11Fiona AppleWhen the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter, Cuz You’ll Know That You’re RightFiona AppleAlbum
  • JP1999-11-20
Clean Slate, SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)SRCS 2180
1.11Across the Universe5:11Fiona AppleWhen the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter, Cuz You’ll Know That You’re RightFiona AppleAlbum
  • JP2000-02-02
SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)SRCS 2188
1.3Across the Universe5:06Fiona AppleFast as You Can (CD1)Fiona AppleSingle
  • GB2000-02-14
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)668996 2
2.11Across the Universe5:11Fiona AppleTidal / When the Pawn…Fiona AppleAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-12-16
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)509425 2
1.1Across The Universe?:??Fiona AppleCafé De Pera 3Various ArtistsCompilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music Media519443 2
2.14Across the Universe5:08Fiona AppleDivas 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2009-04-17
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697487912
2.14Across the Universe5:03Fiona AppleCine DiamondsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compact Disc Club
1.1Across the Universe5:08Fiona ApplePleasantville: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Clean Slate, Sony Music Soundtrax, Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary)
Promotion
1.4Across the Universe5:06Fiona AppleHit’s a Sony ’98, Vol.11Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)XDCS-93345
1.2Across the Universe (album version)5:06Fiona AppleAcross the UniverseFiona AppleSingle + Soundtrack
Clean Slate, Sony Music Soundtrax, Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary)OSK 41530
1.1Across the Universe5:07Fiona AppleFiona Apple 1999Fiona AppleEP
SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)XDCS 93361
Bootleg
1.5Across the Universe?:??Fiona AppleCover Songs, Volume 1: 1997-2005Fiona AppleAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2024-02-05
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

Relationships

recording engineer:Rich Costey
assistant engineer:Tom Banghart
Rob Brill
Greg Collins (engineer)
Steve Mixdorf
John Tyree (engineer)
producer:Jon Brion
mixer:Jon Brion
Rich Costey
horn:Jean Martinelli
Wendell Kelly
Paul Loredo
John Noreyko
piano:Fiona Apple (singer-songwriter and pianist)
vocals:Fiona Apple (singer-songwriter and pianist)
orchestrator:John Bainbridge
recording of:Across the Universe (cover)

Related works

Across the Universe

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1967)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1967)
publisher:Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
Northern Songs
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:Kenwood (John Lennon’s former house) in Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1967)
referred to in medleys:London Skies (order: 2)
arrangements:Across the Universe (choral; arr. Podd)