Intergalactic by Beastie Boys Song Info
"Intergalactic" is a single by the Beastie Boys from their album Hello Nasty. It was released on July 12, 1998. The song's music incorporates a portion of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor. The cover-art for the single has a giant hamster in the background rampaging with a person in it's left paw, with people fleeing with terror in their eyes in the foreground. The single hit #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and was the band's third Top 40 single, and reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart which remains the bands' biggest hit in that country. The song received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1999.