Global InformationIn the Year 2525 information
| "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" | ||||
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 RCA release | ||||
| Single by Zager and Evans | ||||
| from the album 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) | ||||
| B-side | "Little Kids" | |||
| Released | 1969 (Truth label) April 1969 (RCA label)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1969, Odessa, Texas | |||
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| Length | 3:10 (Truth label) 3:15 (RCA label) | |||
| Label | Truth; RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Evans | |||
| Producer(s) | Zager and Evans | |||
| Zager and Evans singles chronology | ||||
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 Artwork for the German vinyl single | ||||
"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of Zager and Evans. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks commencing July 12, 1969.[4] It peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August and September that year.[5] The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and originally released on a small regional record label (Truth Records) in 1968.[6] It was later picked up by RCA Records. Zager and Evans disbanded in 1971.
Due to Zager and Evans never releasing another charting single, it in turn effectively made them one-hit wonders. This occurred in both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart and as of 2022[update], they are the only recording artists ever to have a chart-topping number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic and never have another charting single in the US (on the Billboard Hot 100) or the UK for the rest of their career. Their follow-up single on RCA Victor, "Mr. Turnkey", reached number 48[7] in the Canadian pop charts and number 41 in the Canadian AC chart.[8] Another single, "Listen to the People", managed to make the bottom slot of the Cashbox chart at number 100 and number 96 in Canada.[9]
- ^ "Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)". Retrieved March 23, 2020 – via www.45cat.com.
- ^ "Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (November 28, 2018). "The Number Ones: Zager & Evans' "In The Year 2525"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
...the #1 song in America was a massively goofy folk-rock sci-fi novelty song about the dangers of technology.
- ^ The Hot 100, Week of July 12, 1969 – Billboard.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 236. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Miller, Nathaniel (19 August 2011). "Hit song of 1969 recorded in Odessa". News OK. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 8, 1969" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 50 Adult - November 8, 1969" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - January 10, 1970" (PDF).