Zager and Evans – In the Year 2525

Video filmend in Los Angeles December 29th 1969.

“In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” – Single by Zager and Evans from the album 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
B-side: “Little Kids”
Released: 1969 (Truth label), April 1969 (RCA label)
Recorded: 1969, Odessa, Texas
Label: Truth; RCA Victor
Songwriter: Rick Evans
Producer(: Zager and Evans

Zager and Evans – In the Year 2525 Los Angeles December 29th 1969

This bleak futuristic tale is a very unusual song, but 1969 was a very unusual year, with hippie anthems like “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” going to #1 along with bubblegum songs like “Sugar, Sugar.” The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Temptations all had classic #1s as well, but one of the top songs was “In the Year 2525,” which stayed at #1 for six weeks.

The song reflected the apprehension of the times and also the wonder of technology. It started its run at the top of the US chart the week before the Apollo 11 moon landing.

It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks commencing July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records.

Zager and Evans were an American rock-pop duo active during the late 1960s and early 1970s, comprising Denny Zager and Rick Evans They are best known for their 1969 No. 1 hit single “In the Year 2525”, which earned them one-hit wonder status.