<P> `` In the Year 2525 '' 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 . It peaked at number one 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 originally released on a small regional record label ( Truth Records ) in 1968 . Zager and Evans disbanded in 1971 . </P>
<P> `` In the Year 2525 '' 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 . It peaked at number one 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 originally released on a small regional record label ( Truth Records ) in 1968 . Zager and Evans disbanded in 1971 . </P>
who wrote the song in the year 2525
who wrote the song in the year 2525
Rick Evans
Rick Evans