Dear Future Husband

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American songwriter Kevin Kadish met Meghan Trainor in June 2013 at the request of Carla Wallace, the co-owner of Trainor's publishing firm Big Yellow Dog Music. Kadish liked Trainor's voice and felt a strong song-writing affinity with her due to their mutual love of pop music from the 1950s and 1960s.{{cite web|author=Kawashima, Dale|url=http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/kevin-kadish-interview-2014.htm|title=Kevin Kadish Co-Writes & Produces 'All About That Bass'|work=SongwriterUniverse|date=November 6, 2014|access-date=June 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610030801/http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/kevin-kadish-interview-2014.htm|archive-date=June 10, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=Coscarelli, Joe|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/music/meghan-trainor-enters-spotlight-with-title.html|title=She's About a Lot More Than That Bass|work=The New York Times|date=January 11, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630002037/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/music/meghan-trainor-enters-spotlight-with-title.html|archive-date=June 30, 2018|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} They wrote the song "All About That Bass", which led to Trainor signing with Epic Records after she performed it for the label's chairman, L.A. Reid.{{cite magazine|last=Edwards|first=Gavin|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/how-meghan-trainor-became-2014s-most-unlikely-pop-star-182692|title=Meghan Trainor on How She Became 2014's Most Unlikely Pop Star|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=January 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830210206/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/how-meghan-trainor-became-2014s-most-unlikely-pop-star-182692/|archive-date=August 30, 2018|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} Kadish and Trainor began working on more songs immediately as the label wanted her to record an entire album. Upon its release as Trainor's debut single in June 2014,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6214302/meghan-trainor-on-all-about-that-bass-i-wish-there-was-a-song-like|title=Meghan Trainor on 'All About That Bass': 'I Wish There Was a Song Like This When I Was 13'|magazine=Billboard|via=Associated Press|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=December 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219220644/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6214302/meghan-trainor-on-all-about-that-bass-i-wish-there-was-a-song-like|archive-date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live}} the song reached number{{nbsp}}one in 58 countries and sold 11 million units worldwide.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Helen |title=Meghan Trainor, Title, Review: 'Relentlessly Cute' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11362142/Meghan-Trainor-Title-review-relentlessly-cute.html |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=April 26, 2019 |date=January 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124095611/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11362142/Meghan-Trainor-Title-review-relentlessly-cute.html |archive-date=January 24, 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |title='All About That Bass' Began Down Backroad in Nolensville |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/02/06/bass-grammy-awards-meghan-trainor-kevin-kadish/22940983 |website=The Tennessean |access-date=November 6, 2018 |date=February 6, 2015 |url-access=limited |archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1653636810KZNZULUDOG?url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/02/06/bass-grammy-awards-meghan-trainor-kevin-kadish/22940983 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title= IFPI Publishes Digital Music Report 2015 |url= http://www.ifpi.org/news/Global-digital-music-revenues-match-physical-format-sales-for-first-time |publisher= International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |date= April 14, 2015 |access-date= April 15, 2015 |page= 12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150415181431/http://www.ifpi.org/news/Global-digital-music-revenues-match-physical-format-sales-for-first-time |archive-date= April 15, 2015 |url-status=dead |df= mdy-all }} Trainor followed it up with "Lips Are Movin", which reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Kadish and Trainor wrote "Dear Future Husband" as the third track for Trainor's debut extended play, the 1950s-influenced Title, which they created "just for fun".{{cite news|author=Case, Wesley|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/food-drink/bs-ae-kevin-kadish-20141024-story.html|title='All About That Bass' Co-writer Took '15 Years to Become an Overnight Success'|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=November 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111231640/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bs-ae-kevin-kadish-20141024-story.html#page=1|archive-date=November 11, 2014|url-status=live}} Trainor was inspired by old-school doo-wop standards like Dion's "Runaround Sue" (1961), and Beach Boys songs that possessed "big choruses that weren't like, melodically up very high" so every listener could chant along to them.{{cite web |author1=Simon, Scott|author2=Trainor, Meghan|author2-link=Meghan Trainor|title=Meghan Trainor's Confidence Got a Boost from 'That Bass' |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/01/17/377925131/meghan-trainors-confindence-got-a-boost-from-that-bass |publisher=NPR |access-date=May 4, 2022 |date=January 17, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502174243/https://www.npr.org/2015/01/17/377925131/meghan-trainors-confindence-got-a-boost-from-that-bass |url-status=live }} She recounted being ill-treated by her romantic partners in high school,{{cite magazine|last=Hampp|first=Andrew|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6259143/meghan-trainor-interview-all-about-that-bass-embracing-body|title=Meghan Trainor: 'I Don't Consider Myself a Feminist'|magazine=Billboard|date=September 22, 2014|access-date=December 23, 2014|archive-date=June 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609064955/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6259143/meghan-trainor-interview-all-about-that-bass-embracing-body|url-status=live}} and wrote the song's lyrics as a corrective for issues with contemporary dating and hookup culture, like women basing their self-worth on social media likes and whether their partner replied to their texts: "I hope people can hear my songs and know I'm a badass girl and I deserve a good guy to take me out on a date."

"Dear Future Husband" was included as a B-side on the digital release of "All About That Bass" in some European countries,{{cite web|url=https://www.7digital.com/AT/releases/3821483|title='All About That Bass'|publisher=7digital (in German)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706213141/https://at.7digital.com/artist/meghan-trainor/release/all-about-that-bass-1|access-date=September 22, 2018|url-status=dead |archive-date=July 6, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.7digital.com/DE/releases/3821483|title='All About That Bass'|publisher=7digital (in German)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306110805/https://de.7digital.com/artist/meghan-trainor/release/all-about-that-bass-1|url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |access-date=September 22, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.7digital.com/CH/releases/3821483|title='All About That Bass'|publisher=7digital (in German)|access-date=December 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218085946/https://www.7digital.com/CH/releases/3821483|archive-date=December 18, 2014}} and Trainor's debut major-label studio album, Title (2015).{{cite web |title=Dear Future Husband by Meghan Trainor |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dear-future-husband/929825574?i=929825616 |publisher=Apple Music (US) |access-date=May 4, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129175920/https://music.apple.com/us/album/dear-future-husband/929825574?i=929825616 }} The song began gaining popularity and entered the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2014, attaining a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 7, 2015. Epic Records chose "Dear Future Husband" as the third single from the album, and sent it to contemporary hit radio stations in the United States on March 17, 2015, and for radio airplay in Italy on May 8, 2015.{{cite web|title=Top 40/M Future Releases |url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |publisher=All Access Music Group |access-date=March 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314122641/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |archive-date=March 14, 2015 |url-status=dead }} On June 26, 2015, Sony Music released the song as a CD single in Germany.{{cite web|title=Dear Future Husband: Meghan Trainor: Audio CD|url=https://www.amazon.de/Dear-Future-Husband-Trainor-Meghan/dp/B00YQIFSG8/|publisher=Amazon.de (Germany)|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-date=March 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331100640/https://www.amazon.de/Dear-Future-Husband-Trainor-Meghan/dp/B00YQIFSG8/|url-status=live}}

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"Dear Future Husband" is three minutes and four seconds long. Kadish produced, recorded, engineered, and mixed the song at the Carriage House studio in Nolensville, Tennessee. He handled drum programming, sound design, and plays the acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and synthesizer, David Baron plays the piano and Hammond organ, and Jim Hoke plays the baritone and tenor saxophone. Dave Kutch mastered it at The Mastering Palace in New York City.

"Dear Future Husband" is a doo-wop{{cite web|last=Walker|first=John|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1953775/meghan-trainor-artist-to-watch/|title=Artist to Watch: Meghan Trainor's All About What's Next|publisher=MTV News|date=October 6, 2014|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217083500/http://www.mtv.com/news/1953775/meghan-trainor-artist-to-watch/|url-status=dead}} and pop{{cite news|last=Petri|first=Alexandra|title=Fixing 'Dear Future Husband,' or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Create a Completely Unproblematic Pop Song|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/03/20/fixing-dear-future-husband-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-create-a-completely-unproblematic-pop-song/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 10, 2015|date=March 20, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518114252/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/03/20/fixing-dear-future-husband-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-create-a-completely-unproblematic-pop-song/|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} song, with influences of jazz. The song opens with the sound of a stylus on a damaged vinyl which transitions into retro ukulele instrumentation.{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Jim|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20140830/ENTERTAIN/140829518?template=printart|title=Meghan Trainor Hits Big Time With 'All About That Bass'|work=Cape Cod Times|date=August 30, 2014|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225021049/http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20140830/ENTERTAIN/140829518?template=printart|url-status=live}} It incorporates brisk piano, buoyant brass, and a drum track that "kicks harder than many 2014 rock bands" according to Stereogum{{'}}s Chris DeVille.{{cite web|last=DeVille|first=Chris|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1703505/the-week-in-pop-so-what-else-does-all-about-that-bass-singer-meghan-trainor-have-to-offer/franchises/the-week-in-pop/|title=The Week in Pop: So, What Else Does 'All About That Bass' Singer Meghan Trainor Have to Offer?|work=Stereogum|date=September 11, 2014|access-date=June 7, 2015|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801034523/https://www.stereogum.com/1703505/the-week-in-pop-so-what-else-does-all-about-that-bass-singer-meghan-trainor-have-to-offer/franchises/the-week-in-pop/|url-status=live}} Alexandra Petri of The Washington Post described "Dear Future Husband" as a "playful pop throwback to the 1950s", while Chuck Arnold of Rolling Stone called it "girl-group bounce".{{cite magazine|last=Arnold, Chuck|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/title-106785|title=Meghan Trainor's New Album: Title|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 6, 2015|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922135945/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/title-106785/|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} Critics compared the song's melody to that of "Runaround Sue",Music critics that compared "Dear Future Husband" to "Runaround Sue" (1961):

• {{cite web |last=Hirsh |first=Marc |title=Meghan Trainor's 'Title' Delivers Hooks, Attitude |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/444517947/ |url-access=subscription |page=G7 |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=May 8, 2022 |date=January 13, 2015 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508124825/https://www.newspapers.com/image/444517947/ |url-status=live |ref=none }}
• {{cite web |last=Weiss |first=Dan |title=Review: Meghan Trainor Draws a Blank on 'Title' |url=https://www.spin.com/2015/01/meghan-trainor-title/ |website=Spin |access-date=May 8, 2022 |date=January 15, 2015 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524041510/http://www.spin.com/2015/01/meghan-trainor-title/ |url-status=live |ref=none }}
• {{cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |title=Meghan Trainor's 'Bass' Hits No. 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/219984630/ |url-access=subscription |page=A2 |website=The Tennessean |access-date=May 8, 2022 |date=September 11, 2014 |via=Newspapers.com |url-status=live |ref=none |archive-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508125735/https://www.newspapers.com/image/219984630/ }} and The Columbus Dispatch{{'}}s Glenn Gamboa likened it to Gary U.S. Bonds's 1961 single "Quarter to Three".{{cite news|last=Gamboa|first=Glenn|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/11/11/meghan-trainor-talks-bass-what/23407894007/|title=Meghan Trainor Talks 'Bass' and What's Next|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=November 11, 2014|access-date=December 23, 2014|archive-date=December 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223221039/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2014/11/11/1111-meghan-trainor-talks-bass.html|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}

"Dear Future Husband" has lyrics about chivalry and dating.{{cite news|last=Cave|first=Anthony|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/things-to-do/article225759850.html|title=Meghan Trainor Is More than That 'Bass'|work=Miami Herald|date=September 18, 2014|access-date=December 22, 2014|archive-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921042640/http://www.miami.com/meghan-trainor-more-bass-article|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Ashley |title=Meghan Trainor Is All About Positivity and Parents on That Bass Tour in NYC |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/concert-review-meghan-trainor-bass-781513/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801001028/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/concert-review-meghan-trainor-bass-781513/ |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |date=March 14, 2015 |url-status=live}} The song presents a list of the things a man needs to do in order to win Trainor's adoration and dedication, and be her life partner. Her requests include "treat[ing her] like a lady" even when she behaves insanely, calling her pretty every night, and putting her family above his. Trainor promises to buy the groceries as long as he buys her flowers, and assures him of sexual favors as a reward if he follows her rules.{{cite web |last=Stevens |first=Heidi |title=Why Meghan Trainor's 'Dear Future Husband' Is Retrograde Pap |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-meghan-trainor-pop-song-stereotypes-balancing-20150514-column.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=May 4, 2022 |date=May 14, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502173408/https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-meghan-trainor-pop-song-stereotypes-balancing-20150514-column.html |url-status=live }} According to Dolan, its lyrics imagine "marriage as a contract between equals who work and don't cook".{{cite magazine|last=Dolan|first=Jon|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/meghan-trainor-title-20140922|title=Meghan Trainor Title Album Review|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 22, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216121758/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/meghan-trainor-title-20140922|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}

Some music critics praised the playful nature of "Dear Future Husband" and compared its lyrics to other Trainor songs. Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Adam Markovitz jokingly remarked that the song's subject may follow her orders if she kept creating enticing and "kitschy sock-hop throwbacks" like it.{{cite magazine|last=Markovitz|first=Adam|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2014/09/26/singles-oct-3-2014|title=Singles: Oct. 3, 2014 Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 26, 2014|access-date=June 7, 2015|archive-date=July 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713181502/http://www.ew.com/article/2014/09/26/singles-oct-3-2014|url-status=live}} Melissa Maerz of the same magazine named it one of the two best songs on the album, and stated that future wives-to-be would agree with the list of expectations Trainor sets out on the song.{{cite magazine|author=Maerz, Melissa|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/07/title|title=Title Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 7, 2015|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=February 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221153617/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/07/title|url-status=live}} Writing for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Piet Levy called "Dear Future Husband" as "cute as a clever rom-com" and praised her humorous innuendos and alternative take on gender roles in a marriage.{{cite news|author=Levy, Piet|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/288548091.html|title=CD Reviews: Meghan Trainor, Mark Ronson and Joshua Radin|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|publisher=Journal Communications|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=January 21, 2015|archive-date=January 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115138/http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/288548091.html|url-status=live}} Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times deemed the song a "bouncy" reimagination of the groove of "Runaround Sue".{{cite news|author=Wood, Mikael|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-meghan-trainor-title-review-20150113-story.html|title=Review: Meghan Trainor's 'Title' Is Cheerful, Crafty Yet Vexing|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 13, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115622/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-meghan-trainor-title-review-20150113-story.html|url-status=live}} DeVille complimented its smooth production but considered it lyrically interchangeable with Trainor's track "Title" (2014). Lindsey Weber of New York opined that the lyrics of "Dear Future Husband" render it a sequel of "All About That Bass".{{cite news|last=Weber|first=Lindsey|url=http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/what-is-all-about-that-bass-even-about.html|title=What Is 'All About That Bass' Even About|work=New York|date=September 9, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017163045/http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/what-is-all-about-that-bass-even-about.html|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}

Other critics were negative about the portrayal of gender roles in the lyrics of "Dear Future Husband". Writing for Time, Nolan Feeney was critical of the song and remarked that it describes a "Meghtatorship" instead of a "relationship".{{cite magazine|last=Feeney|first=Nolan|title=Meghan Trainor Has a Lot of Demands in Her New 'Dear Future Husband' Video|url=https://time.com/3746753/meghan-trainor-dear-future-husband/|magazine=Time|access-date=June 19, 2015|date=March 16, 2015|archive-date=July 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711110530/http://time.com/3746753/meghan-trainor-dear-future-husband/|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}} Mic's Kate Beaudoin thought it sends a message that "men are born to be husbands and women are born to be wives", and hinders a woman's authority to choose who she wants to be. Heidi Stevens of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the lyrics of "Dear Future Husband" deceptively seem empowering and modern at surface value, but are sadly regressive. She criticized Trainor for offering sex as a prize and thought the song compromises women's sexual agency. Petri rewrote its lyrics to make them more politically correct, and noted that just like "All About That Bass", its message lacked self-awareness. Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Chris Barton and Gerrick D. Kennedy, respectively, listed "Dear Future Husband" among the most overrated and worst moments of pop culture in 2015, owing to its backward views on gender.{{cite web |last=Barton |first=Chris |title=Overrated/Underrated 2015: Adele, the Weeknd and Our Increasing Inability To Feel |url=https://timelines.latimes.com/overrated-underrated-chris-barton-2015/ |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423211136/https://timelines.latimes.com/overrated-underrated-chris-barton-2015/ |archive-date=April 23, 2015 |date=October 4, 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Gerrick D. |title=2015's Worst Pop Music Moments: Madonna, Meghan Trainor and That 'Hello' Cover You Put on YouTube |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-worst-music-moments-20151224-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 24, 2015 |date=May 4, 2022 |archive-date=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224134549/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-worst-music-moments-20151224-story.html |url-status=live }}

"Dear Future Husband" first appeared on the chart at number 94 on the US Billboard Hot 100 issued for September 27, 2014,{{cite magazine | title=Billboard Hot 100 | magazine=Billboard | date=2013-01-02 | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2014-09-27/ | ref={{sfnref|Billboard|2013}} | access-date=2025-01-10}} and later reappeared at 64 on the issue for January 10, 2015.{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Fifth Harmony Notches First Top 40 Hit With 'Sledgehammer'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6429326/hot-100-chart-moves-fifth-harmony-notches-first-top-40-hit-with|access-date=April 23, 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2015|archive-date=January 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105014703/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6429326/hot-100-chart-moves-fifth-harmony-notches-first-top-40-hit-with|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}} Following its release as a single, the song re-entered at number 47.{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Meghan Trainor's 'Future' Looks Bright|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6516576/hot-100-chart-moves-meghan-trainor-dear-husband|access-date=April 23, 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=March 27, 2015|archive-date=March 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330032609/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6516576/hot-100-chart-moves-meghan-trainor-dear-husband|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}} It peaked at number 14 on the chart issued for June 6, 2015, and sold its millionth download the same week.{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Blasts to No. 1 on Hot 100|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6576177/taylor-swift-bad-blood-tops-hot-100|access-date=June 7, 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=May 27, 2015|archive-date=July 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702135002/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6576177/taylor-swift-bad-blood-tops-hot-100|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}} The RIAA certified "Dear Future Husband" 3× Platinum. In Canada, the song peaked at number 22 on the Canadian Hot 100 and was certified 3× Platinum by Music Canada. It reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart, and earned a Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry.

In Australia, "Dear Future Husband" peaked at number nine, and became Trainor's third song to reach the top 10. The Australian Recording Industry Association certified the song 5× Platinum in 2023. It charted at number 27 in New Zealand and received a double platinum certification from Recorded Music NZ. "Dear Future Husband" reached the top 15 of national record charts, at number 3 in South Africa, number 4 in Venezuela, number 5 in the Netherlands, Poland, number 11 in Belgium, the Czech Republic, number 12 in Scotland, and number 14 in Austria. The song received a Platinum+Gold certification in Mexico, Platinum in Sweden, and Gold in Denmark and Spain.

Fatima Robinson directed the Stepford Wives-inspired music video for "Dear Future Husband".{{cite web |last=Garibaldi |first=Christina |title=Meghan Trainor Has These 10 Rules for Her 'Dear Future Husband' |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2106315/meghan-trainor-has-these-10-rules-for-her-dear-future-husband/ |publisher=MTV News |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 16, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502173407/https://www.mtv.com/news/2106315/meghan-trainor-has-these-10-rules-for-her-dear-future-husband/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Meghan Trainor – Behind the Scenes of Dear Future Husband |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfbxK0EQrkQ |publisher=YouTube |author=Trainor, Meghan | date=March 18, 2015 |author-link=Meghan Trainor |access-date=May 3, 2022 |time-caption=0:43 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503173951/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfbxK0EQrkQ |url-status=live }} Trainor shared a black and white teaser of it on her Instagram account on March 12, 2015.{{cite web |last=Trainor |first=Meghan |author-link=Meghan Trainor |title=Meghan Trainor on Instagram: 'Almost done with #dearfuturehusband video👰🎩😍 #waitforthecolor 🔳🔲' |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/0HkqUwuSgJ/ |publisher=Instagram |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 12, 2015 |archive-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809104426/https://instagram.com/p/0HkqUwuSgJ/ |url-status=dead }} She premiered the video on Today four days later, where she also announced that she would go on tour.{{cite news|title=Meghan Trainor Debuts 'Dear Future Husband' Video, Announces New 'MTrain' Tour|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-debuts-dear-future-husband-video-announces-new-mtrain-t9016|access-date=March 16, 2015|work=Today|date=March 16, 2015|archive-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529152951/http://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-debuts-dear-future-husband-video-announces-new-mtrain-t9016|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Baylis |first=Sheila Cosgrove |title=Meghan Trainor Auditions Husbands in Her New Music Video |url=https://people.com/celebrity/meghan-trainor-releases-dear-future-husband-music-video/ |website=People |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 16, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502174243/https://people.com/celebrity/meghan-trainor-releases-dear-future-husband-music-video/ |url-status=live }} Charlie Puth, with whom Trainor collaborated on the song "Marvin Gaye" (2015), makes a cameo in it.{{cite web |last=Brucculieri |first=Julia |title=Meghan Trainor and Charlie Puth Had a Steamy Makeout Session at the AMAs |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meghan-trainor-charlie-puth-makeout-amas_n_56527db4e4b0d4093a583230 |website=HuffPost |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=November 22, 2015 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503164050/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meghan-trainor-charlie-puth-makeout-amas_n_56527db4e4b0d4093a583230 |url-status=live }}

In the video, Trainor performs the song in a latex blue skirt, leopard-print tank top, and red cropped leather jacket with a barbershop quartet.{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |title=Meghan Trainor Unveils 'Dear Future Husband' Video, Announces Summer Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/meghan-trainor-dear-future-husband-video-summer-tour-6502288/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 16, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502173407/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/meghan-trainor-dear-future-husband-video-summer-tour-6502288/ |url-status=live }} She engages in household chores such as baking pies in the kitchen and scrubbing floors.{{cite web |title=Meghan Trainor's New Video for 'Dear Future Husband' Criticised for Being 'Sexist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/various-artists-5305-1212730 |website=NME |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 20, 2015 |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424144530/https://www.nme.com/news/music/various-artists-5305-1212730 |url-status=live }} Trainor uses a dating app reminiscent of Tinder to audition different men to be her partner. They present gifts to her and one of them fails at his attempt to hit the bell on a carnival strength tester machine.{{cite web |last=Beaudoin |first=Kate |title=Meghan Trainor's 'Dear Future Husband' Video Is the Most Sexist Thing You'll See Today |url=https://www.mic.com/articles/112996/meghan-trainor-s-dear-future-husband-video-is-the-most-sexist-thing-you-ll-see-today |publisher=Mic |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 17, 2015 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318115949/https://www.mic.com/articles/112996/meghan-trainor-s-dear-future-husband-video-is-the-most-sexist-thing-you-ll-see-today |url-status=live }} Trainor stamps the word "fail" and rejects them one-by-one as they are unsuccessful in following her rules. In the end, she approves of Puth when he brings her a pizza.

Some critics praised the video's throwback style and Trainor's look. Billboard{{'}}s Jason Lipshutz thought it "owns its pastiche of retro signifiers" while switching up domiciliary expectations. Shiela Cosgrove Baylis of People wrote that though she took on a more domestic role in the video than her previous ones, it still retained her eccentric fashion choices and "slumber-party dance moves". Others were critical and compared it to different music videos. Feeney stated the video was more frightening than Taylor Swift's portrayal of the "crazy-ex-girlfriend" in the one for "Blank Space" (2014), despite Trainor not using knives as a weapon in it. Writing for USA Today, Kelly Lawler described it as "a lot" and criticized it for having too many things going on at once, noting it lacked the "healthy sense of irony" displayed in the videos for "Blank Space" and Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" (2006).{{cite news|last=Lawler|first=Kelly|title=We Just Can't With Meghan Trainor's 'Dear Future Husband' Video|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/03/17/meghan-trainor-dear-future-husband-music-video/77582700/|work=USA Today|access-date=April 10, 2015|date=March 17, 2015|archive-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321002651/http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/03/17/meghan-trainor-dear-future-husband-music-video/|url-status=live}} Weber wrote that if Trainor is trying to send a message to her future spouse, someone should ensure that it never reaches him.{{cite web |last=Weber |first=Lindsey |title=Meghan Trainor's 'Dear Future Husband' Is a Letter From Hell |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/03/meghan-trainors-dear-future-husband-is-bad.html |website=New York |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 16, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502173407/https://www.vulture.com/2015/03/meghan-trainors-dear-future-husband-is-bad.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}

The video caused controversy and garnered criticism online, over allegations of antifeminism, sexism, and perpetuation of gender stereotypes,{{cite news|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|title=Meghan Trainor Says She's Surprised by 'Dear Future Husband' Backlash|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2123739/meghan-trainor-surprised-dear-future-husband-backlash/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=April 10, 2015|date=April 3, 2015|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118022648/http://www.mtv.com/news/2123739/meghan-trainor-surprised-dear-future-husband-backlash/|url-status=dead}} which followed similar backlash Trainor had received for "All About That Bass".{{cite web|author=McKinney, Kelsey|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/9/12/6126429/ban-meghan-trainor|title='All About That Bass' Isn't Actually Body-positive|work=Vox|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=December 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213194702/http://www.vox.com/2014/9/12/6126429/ban-meghan-trainor|archive-date=December 13, 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=O'Keeffe, Kevin|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/08/meghan-trainor-is-all-about-that-bass-others-are-all-about-that-controversy/378857/|title=Meghan Trainor Is 'All About That Bass,' Others Are All About That Controversy|work=The Atlantic|date=August 20, 2014|access-date=December 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227195329/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/08/meghan-trainor-is-all-about-that-bass-others-are-all-about-that-controversy/378857/|archive-date=December 27, 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=Sullivan, Caroline|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/02/meghan-trainor-all-about-that-bass-interview-im-getting-flak|title=Meghan Trainor: 'Yeah, I'm Getting Flak for 'All About That Bass'. It'll Come for as Long as the Song Lives'|work=The Guardian|date=October 2, 2014|access-date=December 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214144357/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/02/meghan-trainor-all-about-that-bass-interview-im-getting-flak|archive-date=December 14, 2014|url-status=live}} Critics accused it of hindering women by suggesting that they should only be domestic housewives.{{cite news|last=Mcrady|first=Rachel|title=Meghan Trainor 'Surprised' People Think 'Dear Future Husband' Music Video Is Sexist|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/meghan-trainor-surprised-dear-future-husband-sexist-201564|work=Us Weekly|access-date=April 10, 2015|date=April 6, 2015|archive-date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409022825/http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/meghan-trainor-surprised-dear-future-husband-sexist-201564|url-status=live}} She responded by denying the allegations and explaining her intention: "I think I was just writing my song to my future husband out there, wherever he is. He's chilling right now, taking a minute getting ready for me; it's going to be great." Wendy Geller of Yahoo! thought "it should be obvious that the song and music video aren't meant to be taken seriously", and believed the controversy may unintentionally propel the video's views.{{cite web|last=Geller|first=Wendy|title=Meghan Trainor's 'Husband': Worst Song of 2015?|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/live-nation/meghan-trainor-s--husband---worst-song-of-2015--182218538.html|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=June 6, 2015|date=March 18, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709121725/https://au.entertainment.yahoo.com/music/a/26725300/meghan-trainors-husband-the-worst-song-of-2015/|archive-date=July 9, 2015}}

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Trainor performed "Dear Future Husband" live in a sailor's hat and knee-length skirt at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 29, 2015.{{cite news|title=iHeartRadio Awards 2015: Meghan Trainor Sings 'Dear Future Husband'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/iheartradio-awards-2015-meghan-trainor-785210|access-date=April 10, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 29, 2015|last=Lee|first=Ashley|archive-date=April 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417162343/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/iheartradio-awards-2015-meghan-trainor-785210|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Meredith |title=Taylor Swift Strums Up Support for Madonna |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/03/30/taylor-swift-joins-madonna-for-iheartradio-show/jyM9WMhjxlwYpgyFGx2vXM/story.html |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 31, 2015 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703134016/http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/03/30/taylor-swift-joins-madonna-for-iheartradio-show/jyM9WMhjxlwYpgyFGx2vXM/story.html |url-status=live }} Her male backup dancers were dressed as seamen in red suspenders, boaters, and short pants. MTV News' Brenna Ehrlich commented they looked like extras from H.M.S. Pinafore and Trainor resembled a 1950s pin-up model, while The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s Ashley Lee described the rendition as throwback sailor-themed heaven.{{cite web |last=Ehrlich |first=Brenna |title=Meghan Trainor Is the Captain of Her Own Destiny in This 'Dear Future Husband' Performance |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2118700/meghan-trainor-future-husband-iheartradio-awards/ |publisher=MTV News |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 29, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502172827/http://www.mtv.com/news/2118700/meghan-trainor-future-husband-iheartradio-awards/ |url-status=dead }} On May 19, 2015, Trainor performed an acoustic version of the song on her ukulele at the eighth season of The Voice, accompanied by Kadish on guitar.{{cite magazine |last=Walker |first=Jodi |title=The Voice Recap: Live Finale, Part 2 |url=https://ew.com/recap/the-voice-season-8-finale/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=May 20, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502180328/https://ew.com/recap/the-voice-season-8-finale/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Upadhyaya |first=Kayla Kumari |title='The Voice': Team Pharrell Scores First Win |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/voice-season-8-sawyer-fredericks-797023/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=May 19, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502180332/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/voice-season-8-sawyer-fredericks-797023/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Watts |first=Cindy |title=Meghan Linsey Comes Up Short in 'The Voice' Finale |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/05/19/team-blakes-meghan-linsey-win-voice/27628415/ |website=The Tennessean |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=May 19, 2015 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1653655216AAYYUJHJDJ?url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/05/19/team-blakes-meghan-linsey-win-voice/27628415/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} She was surrounded by lamps during it. Jodi Walker of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the performance illustrated to the show's future winner that the record industry can be a place for "music that sounds like a current spin on a different generation of music". Trainor sang it on Today on May 22, in a set that also featured "All About That Bass", "Lips Are Movin", and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" (2015).{{cite news|last=Hines|first=Ree|title=Her Lips Are Movin! Meghan Trainor Kicks Off Summer Concert Series on Today|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-today-show-summer-concert-series-kicks-t22331|work=Today|access-date=May 23, 2015|date=May 22, 2015|archive-date=May 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527231409/http://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-today-show-summer-concert-series-kicks-t22331|url-status=live}}

Trainor opened her That Bass Tour (2015) by performing "Dear Future Husband" in a blue-green crinoline with pleats and an enchanting top, which USA Today{{'}}s Carlee Wright considered a strong start to the show.{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Carlee|title=Concert Review: Meghan Trainor's All About the Energy|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/02/14/meghan-trainor-that-bass-tour/23410231/|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=March 11, 2015|date=February 15, 2015|archive-date=February 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219133513/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/02/14/meghan-trainor-that-bass-tour/23410231/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Brotherton |first=Bill |title=Last Best Show: Meghan Trainor at the Paradise |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/03/18/last-best-show-meghan-trainor-at-the-paradise/ |website=Boston Herald |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 18, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133544/http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/guestlisted/2015/03/last_best_show_meghan_trainor_at_the_paradise }} She also performed the song as the first on the MTrain Tour (2015), with a band and four backup dancers.{{cite web |last=Noel |first=Jenna |title=Concert Review: Meghan Trainor's 'MTrain' Tour Roars Mightily Through Hub |url=http://www.thesunchronicle.com/go/concert-review-meghan-trainor-s-mtrain-tour-roars-mightily-through/article_ff8b5984-3d1d-11e5-95a7-db40f66cd256.html |website=The Sun Chronicle |access-date=September 23, 2018 |date=August 7, 2015 |archive-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625085627/https://www.thesunchronicle.com/go/concert-review-meghan-trainor-s-mtrain-tour-roars-mightily-through/article_ff8b5984-3d1d-11e5-95a7-db40f66cd256.html |url-status=live }} Trainor included it on her set list for the 2014 Jingle Ball Tour,{{cite news|author=Roncace, Kelly|url=http://www.nj.com/indulge/index.ssf/2014/12/q102_jingle_ball_iggy_azalea_ariana_grande_nick_jonas_and_more_sleigh_annual_concert_event.html|title=Q102 Jingle Ball: Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande, Nick Jonas and More 'Sleigh' Annual Concert Event|publisher=NJ.com|date=December 12, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-date=December 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227152837/http://www.nj.com/indulge/index.ssf/2014/12/q102_jingle_ball_iggy_azalea_ariana_grande_nick_jonas_and_more_sleigh_annual_concert_event.html|url-status=live}} the Untouchable Tour (2016),{{cite magazine |last=Craddock |first=Lauren |title=Meghan Trainor Performs With James Corden, Hailee Steinfeld Covers Justin Bieber at L.A. Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7446684/meghan-trainor-performs-with-james-corden-hailee-steinfeld-justin-bieber-greek-theatre-los-angeles |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 25, 2018 |date=July 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925150938/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7446684/meghan-trainor-performs-with-james-corden-hailee-steinfeld-justin-bieber-greek-theatre-los-angeles |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=O'Donnell |first=Kevin |title=Meghan Trainor: Untouchable Tour Hits Radio City Music Hall |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/09/10/meghan-trainor-radio-city-music-hall-untouchable-tour-review/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=September 25, 2018 |date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925142222/https://ew.com/article/2016/09/10/meghan-trainor-radio-city-music-hall-untouchable-tour-review/ |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |url-status=live }} and the Timeless Tour (2024).{{cite web |last=Swift |first=Megan |title=Meghan Trainor Is All About the Bass — and Family — in Spirited Pittsburgh Show |url=https://triblive.com/aande/music/meghan-trainor-is-all-about-the-bass-and-family-during-spirited-pittsburgh-show/ |website=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |access-date=September 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907151423/https://triblive.com/aande/music/meghan-trainor-is-all-about-the-bass-and-family-during-spirited-pittsburgh-show/ |archive-date=September 7, 2024 |date=September 7, 2024 |url-status=live}} On January 18, 2020, Trainor and fellow judge Olly Murs performed "Dear Future Husband" as a mashup with the latter's 2011 single "Dance with Me Tonight", on the ninth season of The Voice UK, after he pointed out similarities between the tracks.{{cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Katie |title=Olly Murs Confronts Meghan Trainor About 'Copying' One of His Biggest Hits |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/olly-murs-confronts-meghan-trainor-17592301 |website=Manchester Evening News |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426141042/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/olly-murs-confronts-meghan-trainor-17592301 |url-status=live }}

A gay couple from Minneapolis trying to adopt a baby released a parody of "Dear Future Husband" in March 2015, entitled "Dear Future Baby", about "how they promise to be the best dads they can be".{{cite web |last=Pelletiere |first=Nicole |title=Couple Make Funny Video to Boost Chances to Adopt |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/couple-make-funny-video-boost-chances-adopt/story?id=29625544 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 14, 2015 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502174244/https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/couple-make-funny-video-boost-chances-adopt/story?id=29625544 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Waxman |first=Olivia B. |title=This Couple Is Using a Meghan Trainor Parody to Help Them Find a Birth Mom |url=https://time.com/3746702/meghan-trainor-dear-future-husband-parody-dear-future-baby/ |magazine=Time |access-date=May 3, 2022 |date=March 14, 2015 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502174243/https://time.com/3746702/meghan-trainor-dear-future-husband-parody-dear-future-baby/ |url-status=live }} In September, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, made a parody of the song from the narrative of shelter animals listing their demands from future families.{{cite web |last1=Bottalico |first1=Brandi |title=SPCA of Anne Arundel County Creates Parody Video of Popular Song |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/cgnews-spca-of-anne-arundel-county-creates-parody-video-of-popular-song-20150930-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719104507/https://www.chicagotribune.com/cgnews-spca-of-anne-arundel-county-creates-parody-video-of-popular-song-20150930-story.html |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |date=September 20, 2015 |url-status=dead}} Stanford University's medical students created a parody of it about things an aspiring doctor should not do, entitled "Dear Future Doctor", which was released in November and accumulated 120,000 views on YouTube within a month.{{cite web |last1=Rein |first1=Kristen |title=The Secret Lives of Stanford Med Students |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2015/12/02/watch-the-secret-lives-of-stanford-med-students/37409579/ |website=USA Today |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116013058/https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2015/12/02/watch-the-secret-lives-of-stanford-med-students/37409579/ |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |date=December 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Title.{{cite AV media notes|title=Title|others=Meghan Trainor|year=2014|author=Epic Records}}

;Location

• Recorded, engineered, and mixed at The Carriage House, Nolensville, Tennessee
• Mastered at The Mastering Palace, New York City

;Personnel

• Kevin Kadish{{spaced ndash}}producer, songwriter, recording, engineering, mixing, drum programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, synthesizer, sound design
• Meghan Trainor{{spaced ndash}}songwriter
• Dave Kutch{{spaced ndash}}mastering
• David Baron{{spaced ndash}}piano, Hammond organ
• Jim Hoke{{spaced ndash}}baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone

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