Written in 1964 by one Rick Evans but not recorded until 1968 with his mate Denny Zager, 'In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)', its full pretentious title, tells the story of mankind in 1,010 year intervals from 2525 past 10,000 (like we're all likely to last that long) and reached No.1 in most English-speaking markets. However, this is such a one-hit wonder that, according to Wikipedia, the duo remains the only act to have a chart-topping hit on both sides of the Atlantic and never have another chart single in Billboard or the UK! Another interesting tid-bit: the song was recorded primarily in one take in 1968, at a studio in a cow pasture in Odessa, Texas.
Bonus clip: Their follow-up non-charting single 'Mr. Turnkey'. Charmingly inoffensive, but you can probably see why it bombed. It appears to be about a rapist and includes the lyric 'she was lovelier than oil rights'!
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