Single:
In the Year 2525 entered the Australian singles chart* on 12 July 1969 and peaked at #2. The song was #29 on the Top 100 of 1969.
Songwriter:
Rick Evans
Producers:
Denny Zager, Rick Evans
Record label of Australian release:
RCA
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS CLIP BELOW – the only other time Zager and Evans appeared on the Australian charts
Wikipedia:
Zager and Evans was named after its two members, Denny Zager and Rick Evans. They are best known for their 1969 hit single In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus), which earned them one-hit wonder status.
Written by Evans, the song warned of the dangers of technology, portraying a future in which the human race was destroyed by its own technological and medical innovations. The last stanzas of the song suggest mankind undergoes a continuing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zager_and_Evans
Lyrics:
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain′t gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, and say
Is in the pill you took today
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BONUS CLIP
Zager and Evans made one other Australian chart appearance. Help One Man Today entered the Australian singles chart* on 11 May 1970 but only got as high as #94.
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