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1986 single by Timbuk three

"The Hereafter's So Bright, I Gotta Clothing Shades"
7" U.Southward. single
Single by Timbuk iii
from the album Greetings from Timbuk3
B-side	"I'll Practise All Right"
Released	1986
Genre	Folk stone[1]
Length	3:21
Label	I.R.Southward.
Songwriter(s)	Pat MacDonald
Producer(due south)	Dennis Herring
Music video
"The Future's So Vivid, I Gotta Wear Shades" on YouTube

"The Hereafter'southward So Brilliant, I Gotta Wear Shades" is a vocal by Timbuk iii. Information technology is the opening rails from their debut album, Greetings from Timbuk3. Released as the album's get-go single in 1986, information technology was the ring's only significant mainstream hitting.

Background [edit]

The inspiration for the song, and the championship specifically, came when Barbara MacDonald said to her husband singer/songwriter Pat MacDonald, "The futurity is looking then bright, nosotros'll have to wear sunglasses!" Just, while Barbara had fabricated the comment in hostage – information technology was the early '80s, the two had met and married and were starting a family, their first EP was coming, their book was filling upwards with gigs – Pat heard the comment equally an ironic quip and wrote down instead, "The future's so vivid, I gotta wear shades."^[2]

From at that place, the lyrics to the song were born, but not the song equally information technology ended up in the minds of popular civilization. While Pat wrote a song of a young nuclear scientist and his rich future,^[2] listening audiences heard a graduation theme song.

Pat revealed on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80s that the meaning of the song was widely misinterpreted as a positive perspective in regard to the virtually hereafter. Pat somewhat clarified the meaning by stating that it was, contrary to popular belief, a "grim" outlook. While non saying so direct, he hinted at the thought that the bright future was in fact due to impending nuclear holocaust. The "job waiting" later graduation signified the demand for nuclear scientists to facilitate such events. Pat drew upon the multitude of past predictions which transcend several cultures that foreshadow the globe ending in the 1980s, forth with the nuclear tension at the height of the Cold War to compile the song.

2 verses were written more explicitly portraying the ironic intent of the song. One went:

Well I'm well enlightened of the earth out in that location,
getting blown all to bits, but what do I care?

The other referred to a supporter of Ronald Reagan equally "a flaming fascist". However, they were omitted from the final recording because MacDonald felt they were besides heavy-handed and obvious.^[3] When they performed the song on The Joan Rivers Prove in 1989, the third verse they sang was similar to the former omitted verse.

Similarly, the grouping'southward EP Looks Like Dark to Me contains a slower version of the song with an additional verse, making clear the night nature of the vocal'south intent:

Blowin' upward the lab,
Blowin' the professor,
Torn between two evils,
I always pick the lesser.

That aforementioned EP's title rail also refers dorsum to this song:

The futurity'south been bright for so long now, it looks like nighttime to me

Nautical chart operation [edit]

The song was the group'southward only major hit, reaching No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 14 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.^[iv] Additionally, the vocal reached No. 21 on the U.k. Singles Chart.^[5]

Chart (1986–1987)	Pinnacle position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[vi]	18
Canada Adult Gimmicky (RPM)[7]	23
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[eight]	15
Ireland (IRMA)[9]	11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10]	29
United kingdom Singles (OCC)[5]	21
US Billboard Anthology Rock Tracks[4]	fourteen
United states of america Billboard Hot 100[4]	19
US Cash Box [11]	21

Rejection of commercial licensing [edit]

The erstwhile members of Timbuk 3 have refused to license the song for commercials, including a $900,000 offer from AT&T and offers from Ford, the U.Southward. Ground forces, and Bausch & Lomb for their Ray-Ban sunglasses.^[12]

References [edit]

1. ^ Pollock, Bruce (2005). The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Scroll Era (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 114. ISBN0-415-97073-3.
2. ^ ^{a b} Moser, Margaret (February 23, 2007). "The Future's So Vivid I Gotta Article of clothing Shades". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved March nine, 2011. 'Oh, the future'south and then vivid, we'll have to habiliment sunglasses!'" Kooyman teased. "Pat heard me say information technology, but he heard it with irony so he wrote down, 'The future's and so bright I gotta wear shades.'
3. ^ Graff, Gary (May 3, 1987). "Timbuk 3's anti-nuke 'Shades' turns into misunderstood striking". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved October xv, 2015.
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Timbuk iii – Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved June 5, 2013.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Official Singles Chart Height 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June v, 2013.
6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Volume 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 310. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
7. ^ "Peak RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8857." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
8. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0775." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Timbuk iii". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
10. ^ "Timbuk iii – The Future'south So Bright I Gotta Vesture Shades". Top forty Singles. Retrieved June v, 2013.
11. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week catastrophe December 27, 1986". Cash Box. Archived from the original on October ii, 2012.
12. ^ Langer, Andy (November 24, 2000). "The Time to come's Still Bright". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved June 11, 2014.

External links [edit]

• Song Review at AllMusic
• Lyrics

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future%27s_So_Bright,_I_Gotta_Wear_Shades

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