<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Pat MacDonald </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Dennis Herring </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" is a song by Timbuk3 . It is the opening track from their debut album, Greetings from Timbuk3 . Released as the album's first single in 1986, it was the band's only significant mainstream hit . </P> <P> The inspiration for the song, and the title specifically, came when Barbara MacDonald said to her husband singer / songwriter Pat MacDonald, "The future is looking so bright, we'll have to wear sunglasses!" But, while Barbara had made the comment in earnest--it was the early' 80s, the two had met and married and were starting a family, their first EP was coming, their book was filling up with gigs--Pat heard the comment as an ironic quip and wrote down instead, "The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades ." </P>

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