Year 3000#2023 version
{{Short description|2003 single by Busted}}
{{About|the song|the year itself|3rd millennium|the Paolo Mantegazza novel|The Year 3,000}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Year 3000
| cover = Busted-Year3000.jpg
| alt = Jonas Brothers-Year3000.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Busted
| album = Busted
| released = {{start date|2003|1|13|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2003/Music-Week-2003-01-11.pdf|title=Reviews – For Records Out on 13 and 20 January 2003|magazine=Music Week|page=19|date=11 January 2003|access-date=2 September 2021|archive-date=2 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902114804/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2003/Music-Week-2003-01-11.pdf|url-status=live}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 3:18
| label = {{hlist|Universal|Polygram}}
| writer = {{hlist|James Bourne|Charlie Simpson|Steve Robson|Matt Willis}}
| producer = Steve Robson
| prev_title = What I Go to School For
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = You Said No
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{External music video
|{{YouTube|Tu7HoGZaspo|"Year 3000"}}
}}
}}
"Year 3000" is a song performed by British pop rock band Busted. It was released on 13 January 2003 as the second single from their debut studio album Busted (2002).
"Year 3000" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the 34th-biggest seller of 2003 with 165,000 units. The single was also a success in the rest of Europe, reaching number two on the Irish Singles Chart while reaching the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, and the Netherlands.
The song has been covered by US pop band Jonas Brothers, with whom Busted recorded another version for their 2023 compilation album, Greatest Hits 2.0.
Background
The idea for "Year 3000" came from Busted member James Bourne. It was inspired by his obsession with the 1980s film Back to the Future, hence the references to the flux capacitor and the fact that the time machine mentioned is "like the one in a film I've seen".{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/17/busted-tour-2016-a-definitive-ranking-of-busted-songs-5503642/|title=Busted tour 2016: A definitive ranking of Busted songs to celebrate reunion|last=Hoare-Smith|first=Roxii|date=17 November 2015|work=Metro|publisher=DMG Media|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613190935/https://metro.co.uk/2015/11/17/busted-tour-2016-a-definitive-ranking-of-busted-songs-5503642/|url-status=live}} Bourne has stated that the song was also inspired by Robbie Williams's 1998 hit, "Millennium".Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/u8kMsuBG9IE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190802000718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8kMsuBG9IE&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8kMsuBG9IE| title = McBusted: The day Busted broke up & Year 3000 {{!}} Star Stories | date = 17 December 2014 | via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite tweet|user=JamesBourne|last=Bourne|first=James|number=1640074219009523712|title=Bit of a wild card . But I'd really love it if Robbie Williams would come and feature on Year 3000 . The idea came from millennium anyway|accessdate=26 March 2023}}
Bourne further explained how the song came about in a TikTok in July 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@busted/video/7261010235295386907?_t=8eOcLDvdJSF&_r=1|title=Busted on TikTok|website=TikTok|access-date=11 September 2023|archive-date=30 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730031035/https://www.tiktok.com/@busted/video/7261010235295386907?_t=8eOcLDvdJSF&_r=1|url-status=live}}
The song is written in the key of B major.
Chart performance
"Year 3000" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, one place higher than their past single "What I Go to School For". It was kept off number one by "Stop Living the Lie" by Fame Academy winner David Sneddon.{{cite news |last1=Sherwin |first1=Adam |title=The forgotten reality TV star taking Lana to the top |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-forgotten-reality-tv-star-taking-lana-to-the-top-6296559.html |access-date=10 March 2022 |work=The Independent |date=30 January 2012 |url-access=registration |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310104622/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-forgotten-reality-tv-star-taking-lana-to-the-top-6296559.html |url-status=live }}
Music video
The music video was partly filmed at Upstairs at The Garage in London and directed by Tom Gravestock through Passion Pictures London.{{cite tweet|user=chrisbourne|last=Bourne|first=Chris|number=528528633506574337|title=@NickBourne_: Did you know the year 3000 music video was filmed where Hollywood ending are playing today???" Amen !"|accessdate=26 March 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/punk-ass-kids-tour--4105997|title=Punk Ass Kids Tour at Upstairs at The Garage London, England, United Kingdom|date=1 November 2014|publisher=Concert Archives|accessdate=26 March 2023|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326204119/https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/punk-ass-kids-tour--4105997|url-status=live}} The video begins with Matt Willis playing a video game called "Stay Alive". When he loses, the video zooms out to view the band playing the song's intro in a bedroom. After Charlie Simpson starts singing, they hear an explosion-like sound outside. They look out of a window to the backyard and find their neighbour Peter, played by James Bourne's brother Chris,{{cite news |last=Willis |first=Mark |date=14 April 2016 |title=Exclusive Interview: Chris Bourne discusses his debut solo single 'MFT80s' |url=https://celebmix.com/exclusive-interview-chris-bourne-mft80s/ |access-date=26 March 2023 |website=CelebMix |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326203026/https://celebmix.com/exclusive-interview-chris-bourne-mft80s/ |url-status=live }} standing next to a Vauxhall Viva customised like the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future. They get in the car and Peter takes them to the future. The song continues as they go through a time vortex, and arrive in the year 3000. They see many changes, such as various aliens, flying cars and the fact that everyone now lives under the ocean. They also see three triple-breasted women, one of whom throws her bra at them and the three boys fight over it.
As the song continues, Busted look at a billboard and see themselves very much older. James and Matt react embarrassed with their future selves, but Charlie nods in appreciation and looks relatively happy with his. At the song's bridge, Busted come across a concert hall with a sign saying "Busted, Live Tonight". They sneak in, lock their older selves inside a green room and jump onto the stage, where the song continues in front of an audience. At the closing of the song, the setting switches back and forth from the concert to the bedroom from the video's intro, and ends with Busted jumping into their logo.
As of October 2023, the video has 18 million views on YouTube.
Usage in media
The original Busted version features in the 2015 season 26 episode Mathlete's Feat of the US animated sitcom The Simpsons.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = CD 1{{Cite AV media notes |title=Year 3000 - CD 1 |title-link= |last=Busted |first= |author-link= |first2= |last2= |author-link2= |others= |url= |date=2003 |access-date= |chapter= |page= |pages= |at= |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Island Records |id=MCSTD 40306 |location= }}{{cite web |title=Busted - Year 3000 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1131179-Busted-Year-3000 |website=Discogs |access-date=21 February 2022 |language=en |format=CD 1 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221081615/https://www.discogs.com/release/1131179-Busted-Year-3000 |url-status=live }}
| title1 = Year 3000
| note1 = Single version
| writer1 = Bourne / Jay / Simpson / Robson
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Year 3000
| note2 = Acoustic version
| writer2 = Bourne / Jay / Simpson / Robson
| length2 = 2:59
| title3 = Year 3000
| note3 = DJEJ remix
| writer3 = Bourne / Jay / Simpson / Robson
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = Year 3000
| note4 = Instrumental
| writer4 = Bourne / Jay / Simpson / Robson
| length4 = 3:16
| title5 = Year 3000
| note5 = Video
| writer5 =
| length5 =
| total_length = 13:07 (audio)
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD 2{{Cite AV media notes |title=Year 3000 - CD 2 |title-link= |last=Busted |first= |author-link= |first2= |last2= |author-link2= |others= |url= |date=2003 |access-date= |chapter= |page= |pages= |at= |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Island Records |id=063 778-2 |location= }}{{cite web |title=Busted - Year 3000 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3134239-Busted-Year-3000 |website=Discogs |access-date=21 February 2022 |language=en |format=CD 2 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221081546/https://www.discogs.com/release/3134239-Busted-Year-3000 |url-status=live }}
| title1 = Year 3000
| note1 = Single version
| writer1 = Bourne / Jay / Simpson / Robson
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Fun Fun Fun
| note2 =
| length2 = 2:16
| title3 = Late Night Sauna
| note3 =
| writer3 = Bourne / Jay / Simpson
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = What I Go to School For
| note4 = Video showcase
| writer4 =
| length4 = 1:58
| title5 = Year 3000
| note5 = Animatic
| writer5 =
| length5 = 3:17
| total_length = 13:06
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2003) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|42|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|Austria|15|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|2|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|Denmark|10|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Q8EAAAAMBAJ&q=busted|title=Hits of the World – Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Holdings|date=1 February 2003|access-date=21 July 2012|page=55}}
| style="text-align:center;"|10 |
| Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-03-01.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=21|issue=10|date=March 1, 2003|page=18|access-date=April 10, 2024}}
| style="text-align:center;"|20 |
| {{single chart|France|45|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|21|songid=5641|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{Single chart|Hungary|40|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000|year=2003|week=19|access-date=2010-12-09}} |
| Iceland (Tónlist){{cite web |url=http://timarit.is/files/33672067.jpg |title=Tonlist Top 20 |publisher=DV |access-date=2017-02-09 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
| {{single chart|Ireland2|2|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|5|year=2003|week=21}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|7|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|Norway|19|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|2|date=2003-01-19}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|48|artist=Busted|song=Year 3000}} |
| {{single chart|UK|2|date=2003-01-19}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Denmark|artist=Busted|title=Year 3000|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2025|id=15075|access-date=20 February 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=New Zealand|artist=Busted|title=Year 3000|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=20 February 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Busted|title=Year 3000|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2003|certyear=2025|id=10932-166-1|access-date=3 January 2025}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
Jonas Brothers version
{{Infobox song
| name = Year 3000
| cover = JBYear3000v1.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Jonas Brothers
| album = It's About Time and Jonas Brothers
| released = May 16, 2006
| recorded =
| length = 3:20
| label = Hollywood
| writer = {{hlist|James Bourne|Mattie Jay|Charlie Simpson|Steve Robson|Graham Jay}}
| producer = Michael Mangini
| prev_title = Mandy
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Hold On
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|HSry5-qfVFs|"Year 3000"}}}}
}}
{{Listen
| filename = Jonas Brothers - Year 3000.ogg
| title = "Year 3000"
| description = A 20 second sample of "Year 3000" by Jonas Brothers, where a portion of the chorus is heard.
| pos = right
}}
In 2006, Busted member James Bourne permitted the Jonas Brothers to record a cover of "Year 3000". Since the song would be played on Radio Disney, all the sexually-suggestive lyrics were simplified – the line "and your great-great-great granddaughter is pretty fine" is changed to "doin' fine" and "Triple-breasted women swim around town, totally naked" is changed to "girls there, with round hair like Star Wars, float above the floor."{{Cite web|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@ughitsjoe/video/7275426446577896747?_t=8fbCkCVgjz6&_r=1|title=Joe Vulpis on TikTok|website=TikTok|access-date=11 September 2023|archive-date=4 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104141513/https://www.tiktok.com/@ughitsjoe/video/7275426446577896747?_t=8fbCkCVgjz6&_r=1|url-status=live}} Also, the line "Everybody bought our seventh album, it had outsold Michael Jackson" is changed to "it had outsold Kelly Clarkson".
=Chart performance=
After the song's release in early 2007, the song debuted at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Year 3000" was the group's first single to chart and their first Top 40 hit. The song eventually peaked at #31 and sold 1,050,000 copies in America.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6473009/ask-billboard-jonas-brothers-want-to-know-their-album-song-sales |title=Ask Billboard: Jonas Brothers Want to Know Their Album & Song Sales |last=Trust |first=Gary |magazine=Billboard |date=17 February 2015 |access-date=17 February 2015 |archive-date=7 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007053951/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6473009/ask-billboard-jonas-brothers-want-to-know-their-album-song-sales |url-status=live }} The group's cover was the first single they released under Disney's Hollywood Records, and it was the only song Hollywood received distribution rights to after the group was dropped from Columbia. It was re-released as the lead single from their next album, Jonas Brothers on March 13, 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Year-3000/dp/B0013AYV10|title=Amazon.com: Year 3000: MP3 Downloads: Jonas Brothers|website=Amazon |date=9 February 2008|access-date=8 March 2023|archive-date=9 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209024901/http://www.amazon.com/Year-3000/dp/B0013AYV10|url-status=bot: unknown}}
=Music video=
The music video for the Jonas Brothers' cover was directed by Andrew Bennett and produced by Justin Cronkite, visual effects were designed by Trance.{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/82053342/comments|title=Jonas Bros Year 3000|website=Vimeo|date=17 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2024|archive-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101233708/https://vimeo.com/82053342/comments|url-status=live}} It was shot in 2006. It begins with the band entering a decorated garage, which includes posters of the band's labelmates at the time with Sony BMG, including Incubus, Augustana, Aqualung, Cartel, Cheyenne Kimball, System of a Down, Foo Fighters, John Mayer, and more. where they take their instruments: Nick and Kevin pick guitars, and Joe first plays the keyboard, then uses a microphone. As they play the intro, Nick comes home on a bike. He starts singing while the video's story side views him noticing a flash of light next door. He goes over there, and is joined by Joe and Kevin. Their neighbour "Peter" shows them that he made a time machine. However, this one is different from the one in Busted's video. This one is Pete's sofa rather than the car. While they continue to play the song, they enter the time machine, and when in the year 3000 they are in an all-white room. There they see girls with round, pink hair instead of three triple-breasted girls in Busted's.
At the bridge, the girls show the band their 7th album, and the album by Kelly Clarkson that their album outsold rather than Michael Jackson. Later, one of the girls shows Joe the city on the outside, while another shows Kevin the band's "great-great-great granddaughters". Towards the end of the song, the brothers jump into the time machine and return to their own time. At the end of the song, Nick sings, while Joe claps the rhythm and Kevin plays the ending riff on his guitar. It premiered on Disney Channel in January 2007.[https://www.insider.com/the-jonas-brothers-career-timeline-2019-3 '"From 'Year 3000' to 'Sucker,' here's how the Jonas Brothers' careers have evolved] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909160706/https://www.insider.com/the-jonas-brothers-career-timeline-2019-3 |date=9 September 2020 }}, insider.com, 12 March 2019.
=Response from Busted=
In November 2016, in an interview with PopBuzz, Busted were asked what they thought of the Jonas Brothers' cover of the song. Matt Willis responded: "Dude, they paid my mortgage for four years, I'm stoked to bits. Thank you very much Jonas Brothers," whilst James Bourne said, "The thing about it is that...when I heard their version of it, I didn't really like it. But there has been some really good things that have happened as a result of it. I didn't like how they changed words around. But the thing is, what's mental is that "Year 3000" was synced in The Simpsons [episode "Mathlete's Feat"] recently...But the thing is, when I asked them to do that, they already had chosen to use the original version. And [...] I don't think they'd have been aware of the song if that hadn't have happened. So we ended up getting our version on The Simpsons which was cool. If someone had said to me all those years ago 'if you let them do it you'll get your song on The Simpsons{{'}} I would have done it immediately."{{cite web|url=http://www.pop-buzz.com/just-music/busted-interview-night-driver/|title=INTERVIEW: Busted Reveal All On Jonas Brothers Covers, "Dated" Pop Punk & Their Whole New Sound|last=Wilson-Taylor|first=James|date=4 November 2016|publisher=PopBuzz|access-date=26 November 2016}}
On 10 June 2019, Busted and the Jonas Brothers performed the song together live at Capital FM's Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium.{{cite magazine |last1=Fernando |first1=Madeleine |title=Jonas Brothers Team Up For Surprise 'Year 3000' Performance With Busted: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8515125/jonas-brothers-busted-perform-year-3000-watch |access-date=14 August 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=10 June 2019 |archive-date=29 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429064032/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8515125/jonas-brothers-busted-perform-year-3000-watch |url-status=live }}
=Charts=
=Certifications=
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Year 3000"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Jonas Brothers|title=Year 3000|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2023|access-date=15 March 2025}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
2023 version
{{Infobox song
| name = Year 3000 2.0
| cover = Year 3000 2.0 cover.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Busted and Jonas Brothers
| album = Greatest Hits 2.0
| released = 28 July 2023
| recorded =
| length = 3:17
| label = Island
| writer = {{hlist|James Bourne|Mattie Jay|Charlie Simpson|Steve Robson|Graham Jay}}
| producer = Phil Gornell
| chronology = Busted
| prev_title = Crashed the Wedding 2.0
| prev_year = 2023
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Jonas Brothers
| type = single
| prev_title = Do It Like That
| prev_year = 2023
| title = Year 3000 2.0
| year = 2023
| next_title = Strong Enough
| next_year = 2023
}}
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|xaagmebtR2M|"Year 3000 2.0"}}|header=Lyric video|type=single}}
}}
On 28 July 2023, Busted and the Jonas Brothers released a collaborative version of the song, titled "Year 3000 2.0".{{cite web |url=https://completemusicupdate.com/article/busted-team-up-with-the-jonas-brothers-for-new-version-of-year-3000/ |title=Busted team up with the Jonas Brothers for new version of Year 3000 |website=Complete Music Update |last=Malt |first=Andy |date=28 July 2023 |access-date=13 August 2023 |archive-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811170537/https://completemusicupdate.com/article/busted-team-up-with-the-jonas-brothers-for-new-version-of-year-3000/ |url-status=live }} It is part of Busted's greatest hits, which consists of re-recordings of tracks from their first two albums, Busted (2002) and A Present for Everyone (2003), duetted with other pop punk and pop rock artists and bands, including the Jonas Brothers. The new version features freshly recorded vocals from the artists.{{cite news|url=https://rocksound.tv/news/busted-greatest-hits-guests-tracklist-release-date|title=Busted Collaborate With You Me At Six, Dashboard Confessional & More|first=James|last=Wilson-Taylor|date=28 July 2023|website=Rock Sound|archive-date=1 August 2023|access-date=5 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801153310/https://rocksound.tv/news/busted-greatest-hits-guests-tracklist-release-date|url-status=live}}
= Lyric video =
On July 27, 2023, a lyric video for the song was uploaded to Busted's YouTube channel, featuring clips from both bands amidst the lyrics "with newly filmed black and white shots and graphics which were intercut with footage of both bands from their original music videos".{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/25/busted-teams-up-with-jonas-brothers-for-year-3000-2-0-to-fans-glee-19186189/|title=Busted teams up with Jonas Brothers for Year 3000 2.0 and fans are beside themselves|website=Metro|first=Tori|last=Brazier|language=en|date=25 July 2023|access-date=13 August 2023|archive-date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727222032/https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/25/busted-teams-up-with-jonas-brothers-for-year-3000-2-0-to-fans-glee-19186189/|url-status=live}}
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