Year 3000

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Year 3000"

Single by Busted
Released	January 20, 2003
Format	CD Single
Genre	Pop/Rock
Label	Universal Music/Polygram
Busted singles chronology
What I Go To School For (2002)	Year 3000 (2003)	You Said No (2003)

"Year 3000" was a single by British pop group Busted released in 2003. It was covered by American pop rock group Jonas Brothers in 2006. Before this, Year 3000 was a completely unrelated track on the 1996 album Dr. Octagonecologyst by Kool Keith using the alias Dr. Octagon.

[edit] Comparison of two versions

The Jonas Brothers adapted the lyrics in a number of ways, notably by reducing the sexual references. They also changed the name of the superstar that was outsold, which could also be construed as a sexual reference. Take for example the verses:

Busted: I took a trip to the year 3000
this song had gone multi-platinum
everybody bought our seventh album
it had outsold Michael Jackson
I took a trip to the year 3000
this song had gone multi-platinum
everybody bought our seventh album

The Jonas Brothers: I took a trip to the year 3000
this song had gone multi-platinum
everybody bought our seventh album
it had outsold Kelly Clarkson
I took a trip to the year 3000
this song had gone multi-platinum
everybody bought our seventh album

And

Busted: He took me to the future in the flux thing
And I saw everything
Boy bands, and another one, and another one
And another one
Triple breasted women swim around town
Totally naked

The Jonas Brothers: He took me to the future in the flux thing
And I saw everything
Boy bands, and another one, and another one
And another one
Girls there with round hair like Star Wars
That float above the floor

And the chorus

Busted: I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great granddaughter
Is pretty fine

The Jonas Brothers: I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great granddaughter
Is doing fine