{{Infobox song | name = In 100 Years... | cover = In 100 Years.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Modern Talking]] | album = [[In the Garden of Venus]] | released = 9 November 1987 | recorded = May 1987 | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Synth-pop]] | length = 3:57 | label = * [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] * [[Ariola]] | writer = [[Dieter Bohlen]] | producer = * Dieter Bohlen * [[Luis Rodríguez (producer)|Luis Rodríguez]] | prev_title = [[Don't Worry (Modern Talking song)|Don't Worry]] | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = [[You're My Heart, You're My Soul#You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98|You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98]] | next_year = 1998 | misc = {{External music video|header=Audio video|{{YouTube|0SiU6_1DVhk|"In 100 Years..."}}}} }}
"'''In 100 Years...'''" is a song by [[Germany|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.
==Lyrics and music== "In 100 Years..." is about a person who believes that the current lack of empathy and understanding may lead to a [[dystopia]]n future in which feelings, including love, are illegal, and in which expressions of romance and humanity will be only a distant memory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/modern-talking/in-100-years|title=In 100 Years...|website=Songfacts.com|access-date=28 May 2022}}</ref>
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:
* "Last years of the 19th century" - all versions * "Minds immeasurably superior to ours" - Part 2 and long version * "Timeless worlds of space" - Part 2 * "Mars" - Part 2 and long version * "The possibility of life on other planets" - long version * "Scrutinised" - Part 2
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".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=19 December 1987 |title=Previews – Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-19.pdf |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |location=Amsterdam |volume=4 |issue=50 |page=13 <!-- 7 in the PDF -->|access-date=10 July 2025}}</ref>
==Track listing== * '''12″ maxi single (Hansa 609 543)''' #"In 100 Years..." (long version – Future mix) – 6:39 #"In 100 Years..." (part I) – 3:58 #"In 100 Years..." (part II) – 4:06
* '''7″ single (Hansa 109 543)''' #"In 100 Years..." (part 1) – 3:58 #"In 100 Years..." (part 2) – 4:06
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "In 100 Years..." ! scope="col"| Chart (1987) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Germany|30|artist=Modern Talking|song=In 100 Years...|songid=7058|rowheader=true}} |- ! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> | 4 |- ! scope="row"| South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(M).html |title=SA Charts 1969–1989 (As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion) – Acts M |website=The South African Rock Encyclopedia |access-date=21 July 2013}}</ref> | 16 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Discogs master|22225|type=single}}
{{Modern Talking}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:1987 singles]] [[Category:Modern Talking songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Dieter Bohlen]] [[Category:1987 songs]] [[Category:Ariola Records singles]]
{{1980s-single-stub}}