<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "In the Year 2525" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Mr. Turnkey" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "In the Year 2525" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Mr. Turnkey" (1969) </Td> </Tr> <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> Zager and Evans were a one - hit wonder, recording artists who had a number one hit and then never had another chart single . They did this in both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, which is rare . Their follow - up single on RCA - Victor, "Mr. Turnkey" (a song about a rapist who nails his own wrist to the wall as punishment for his crime), failed to hit the main music charts on either side of the Atlantic Ocean . Another single, "Listen to the People", managed to make the bottom slot of the Cashbox chart at number 100 . </P>

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