Has Been is William Shatner's second musical album after 1968's The Transformed Man, released in 2004.

The album features guest appearances from Joe Jackson (on a cover of Pulp's "Common People"), Folds and Aimee Mann (backup vocals on "That's Me Trying"), Lemon Jelly (on "Together"), Henry Rollins, Adrian Belew (on "I Can't Get Behind That"), and Brad Paisley (on "Real", which he wrote specifically for Shatner).

Joe Jackson explained his involvement in an interview, saying, "That came through Ben Folds, who's a big fan of mine.

"[5] He ultimately said about working with Shatner, "He's wonderful, very musical, and very funny, because he's so obviously in on the joke".

[7][8] In 2007, a ballet called Common People, set to Has Been, was created by Margo Sappington (of Oh!