In 100 Years...

"In 100 Years..." is about a person who believes that the current lack of empathy and understanding may lead to a dystopian future in which feelings, including love, are illegal, and in which expressions of romance and humanity will be only a distant memory.^[1]

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".

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".^[2]

• 12″ maxi single (Hansa 609 543)

1. "In 100 Years..." (long version – Future mix) – 6:39
2. "In 100 Years..." (part I) – 3:58
3. "In 100 Years..." (part II) – 4:06

• 7″ single (Hansa 109 543)

1. "In 100 Years..." (part 1) – 3:58
2. "In 100 Years..." (part 2) – 4:06