One day when I came home at lunch time
I heard a funny noise
Went out to the backyard to find out
If it was one of those rowdy boys
Stood there with my neighbor called Peter
And a flux capacitor
He told me he built a time machine
Like one in a film I've seen yeah
He said

[Chorus]
I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed, but they lived underwater
And your great-great-great-granddaughter
Is doing fine
Doing fine

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
And girls there with round hair like Star Wars
Float above the floor

We drove around in the time machine
Like one in a film I've seen yeah
He said

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

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

He told me he built a time machine
Like one in a film I've seen yeah

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

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

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

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



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Track duration: 03:22

"Year 3000" as written by Charlie/bourne Simpson

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    General Comment:It's pretty funny that JB covered this song coz Busted was making fun of boy bands, what would potentially be the Jonas Brothers. Ironic
    Flag maguion August 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I listen and watch Radio Disney and I know what a flux capacitor and Back to the Future are! Back to the Future is a classic, and any parent who has taste will let their children watch it when it is appropriate.
    Flag jamieanne92on January 08, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Its making me laugh at all the people who have described Busted as perverts. Just cause they sing about naked women with three boobs. There are so many more song that are more 'perverted'. Busted were like 20 when they relesed this so I think there mature enough to sing about naked women... its only one line. And I feel its kinda an odd line they replaced it with...

    Also, why replace Michael Jackson for Kelly Clarkson? Is it because the Jonas brothers are trying to keep it real (what with living underwater in about 990 year) and not aim too high or because Disney doesn't feel that children now won't know who MJ is? I highly doubt that they would know what a flux capacitor is or even the Back To The Future films referenced in this song.

    In conclusion, this is just another example of a cover that hasn't worked and the original is still better. I only found out today that the Jonas Brothers had cover it.
    Flag TextullyActiveon December 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:you little girls actually think this shit is music? holy fucking donkey dick. these lyrics are so gay and faggoty, jesus christ. and i swear to god if you say "oh you just dont understand true love" oh shut the fuck up, neither do you. this is just some pussy song made by those corporate sellouts Disney to milk their cash cow, the jonas faggots.

    I hope you like how much you've fucked up society by buying into this shit you call rock. Real rock is zeppelin, sabbath, metallica, rush, the police. Not "oooh ooh yeah bay bay oooh"

    their guitarist plays the most simplistic chords and strings. but I bet none of you know what a guitar is because you all think this is music.

    thanks for fucking up mainstream society even more. and if you call me a hater, go ahead. it's just the truth, you're just stubborn bitches in denial. and if you say I don't have a life, I probably have more of a life than you little pussies can dream of. if you think i'm jealous of their looks, lulz. they look like they were the spawn of rosie o'donnel.

    and if you're actually taking the time to decipher these obviously well thought-out and extremely mind bending and complicated lyrics, well i've lost all faith in humanity
    Flag QJ14on August 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I prefer Busted's version, it was quirkier and not as squeaky. Changing the lyrics was lame, it sounds silly out of context - why would you sing a song about checking if your girlfriend's great great grand daughter is doing fine? lmao

    I'd hardly say that the original was outrageous, it suited the British teeny boppers just fine back when it was first released!
    Flag Theodorableon June 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Hahahahaha...Busteds version is PERVERSE? Haha...grow up. Its realistic. They were like 19 when they wrote that. 19 year old dudes ARE obsessed with boobs and nakes girls etc. Just cos Busted didnt manufacture everything about themselves and aim all their songs at 10 year olds doesnt mean theyre bad. At least Busted were a real band. The jonas brothers sure as hell arent. Theyre all about making money for Disney. Its pathetic.
    Flag xkat92xon June 07, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:*facepalm*

    this is dire.

    i dont care if James Bourne re wrote the lyrics for them, this is a crappy wanabe version of an ok song.
    if they write their own music there doin a good job convincing people by convering 2 busted songs aint they? clever there managers are.

    and if you think busteds version is persverse..well your abit silly really. pray tell how is it perverse exactly? great grandaughter is pretty fine? errr that aint really.
    and the women swimming round town naked? maybe if they had said it in a dirtier way but they didnt.

    gawd some people i tell ya!




    Flag misslurklurklurkon May 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:coff coff this song is shit....
    :) busted fan for life (y)
    Flag JJlilstaron March 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:shut up. don't call me names for liking a band. that's called cyberbullying. look it up.
    it's something you can go to prison for, and how do you know that i'm not already suicidal and you just pushed me a litle to far by calling me names and then i go and kill myself? so i suggest you shut up and think before you speak.
    Flag musicismyboyfriend33on January 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:you have got to be the dumest girl in america. the jo bros do not write there own songs some wierd fat guy writes them for them you dumd whore. they suck dick and so do you.they need to just stop now.
    Flag big1reaganon January 08, 2009   Link

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