In 100 Years...

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"In 100 Years..."
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Single by Modern Talking
from the album In the Garden of Venus
Released9 November 1987
RecordedMay 1987
Genre Synth-pop
Length3:57
Label
Songwriter(s) Dieter Bohlen
Producer(s)
Modern Talking singles chronology
"Don't Worry"
(1987)		"In 100 Years..."
(1987)		"You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98"
(1998)
Audio video
"In 100 Years..." on YouTube

"In 100 Years..." is a song by German music pop group Modern Talking. It was released on 9 November 1987 on Ariola. The track is the only single from the band's sixth album, In the Garden of Venus . It was the duo's final release before their split later that year.

Contents

Lyrics and music

"In 100 Years..." is about a person who believes that the current lack of empathy and understanding may lead to a dystopian future in which feelings, including love, are illegal, and in which expressions of romance and humanity will be only a distant memory. [1]

The song features dialogue samples from Richard Burton's spoken introduction to "The Eve of the War" from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds album:

Part 2 and the long version also feature additional dialogue by Richard Burton from other tracks from the same album: "Boxes and bundles" from "Forever Autumn", "Territory" and "Good heavens" from "Brave New World" (Part 2 only); and "People loved you and trusted you" by Julie Covington from track "The Spirit of Man".

Critical reception

A review in the pan-European magazine Music & Media stated: "How Dieter Bohlen does it is a puzzle, but each time he manages to come up with a synthesizer-based pop song that is brutally commercial and exploits the hookline to the very extreme". [2]

Track listing

  1. "In 100 Years..." (long version – Future mix) – 6:39
  2. "In 100 Years..." (part I) – 3:58
  3. "In 100 Years..." (part II) – 4:06
  1. "In 100 Years..." (part 1) – 3:58
  2. "In 100 Years..." (part 2) – 4:06

Charts

Chart performance for "In 100 Years..."
Chart (1987)Peak
position
Germany (GfK) [3] 30
Spain (AFYVE) [4] 4
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [5] 16

References

  1. ↑ "In 100 Years..." Songfacts.com. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Previews – Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 4, no. 50. Amsterdam. 19 December 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Modern Talking – In 100 Years..." (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  4. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  5. ↑ "SA Charts 1969–1989 (As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion) – Acts M". The South African Rock Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 July 2013.


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