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In the Year 2525

song written and compsoed by Rick Evans, originally recorded by Zager and Evans and released in 1969
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In the Year 2525

Summary

In the Year 2525 is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,026 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • In the Year 2525's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • In the Year 2525's composer is recorded as Rick Evans[4].
  • In the Year 2525's genre is folk rock[5].
  • In the Year 2525 was performed by Zager and Evans[6].
  • In the Year 2525's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • In the Year 2525 was published on April 1969[8].
  • In the Year 2525's lyricist is recorded as Rick Evans[9].
  • In the Year 2525's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'In the Year 2525'}[10].
  • In the Year 2525's derivative work is recorded as Anno 2202[11].
  • In the Year 2525's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2bac47e3-6e7c-30cb-ba3a-37ee765591c8[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on In the Year 2525 was Zager and Evans[6].

Publication

In the Year 2525 was released on April 1969[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is folk rock[5].

Why It Matters

In the Year 2525 ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,026 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). In the Year 2525. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/in-the-year-2525
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Zager and Evans
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0709191605, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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