Year 3000
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One day when I came home at lunchtime I heard a funny noise Went out to the backyard to find out if it was one of those rowdy boys Stood there was my neighbor called Peter and a flux capacitor He told me he'd built a time machine like one in a film I've seen yeah, yeah He said I've been to the year 3000 Not much has changed but they lived underwater And your great, great, great-granddaughter is pretty fine (Is pretty fine) He took me to the future in the flux thing and I saw everything Boy bands and another one and another one and another one Triple breasted women swim around town totally naked We drove around in the time machine like one in a film I've seen Yeah, yeah He said I've been to the year 3000 Not much has changed but they lived underwater And your great, great, great-granddaughter is pretty fine (Is pretty fine) I took a trip to the year 3000 This song had gone multi-platinum Everybody bought our seventh album It had outsold Michael Jackson I took a trip to the year 3000 this song had gone multi-platinum Everybody bought our seventh album We drove around in the time machine like one in a film I've seen Yeah, yeah I've been to the year 3000 Not much has changed but they lived underwater And your great, great, great-granddaughter is pretty fine She's pretty fine He said I've been to the year 3000 Not much has changed but they lived underwater And your great, great, great-granddaughter is pretty fine
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Written by: Thomas Michael Fletcher, Stephen Paul Robson, Charles Robert Simpson, Matthew James Sargeant, James Elliot Bourne
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd
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12 facts about this song
Release Time"Year 3000" was first released by Busted in the United Kingdom in the year 2003.
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RemakeThe Jonas Brothers did a cover of "Year 3000" in 2006 for their debut album, "It's About Time", which became more popular worldwide.
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Billboard PerformanceWhen both versions of the song were combined, "Year 3000" reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
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Music VideoThe music video for "Year 3000" was inspired by the film "Back to the Future", where the band travels through time in a DeLorean car.
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Song InspirationThe song's lyrics were based on a dream that the lead guitarist James Bourne had had about the future.
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Certifications"Year 3000" was certified Gold by BPI in the United Kingdom, denoting over 400,000 copies sold.
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Double A-SideThe song was released as a double A-side with "What I Go To School For" for the year-end charts, scaling to No.2 in the UK Singles Chart.
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Album Performance"Year 3000" was a track in their debut album "Busted," which sold over a million copies in the UK and earned them a quadruple platinum recognition.
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Honorable MentionThe song was later featured in the musical comedy "Loserville", written by band member James Bourne and Elliot Davis.
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Lyrics AlterationThe Jonas Brothers modified the original Busted's lyrics for their version of the song. The explicit contents were changed to make the song more appropriate for their younger audience.
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Popular Culture"Year 3000" frequently appears in a number of television shows and films, and is often associated with the early 2000s pop-rock culture.
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Reformation TributeWhen Busted reformed in 2015, they chose to perform "Year 3000" as part of their welcome back concert, solidifying its status as one of their most significant songs.
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