33 Best Songs About The Future

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23. “Future World” by Helloween

Song Year: 1987

Intended as a tribute to the comic book character Judge Dredd, “Future World” tells the listener that the future is a wonderful place and that we all live there.

Despite all the claims that the future will be glorious and joyful, this is one of the songs about the future you can safely interpret to mean the opposite, especially since Judge Dredd exists in a dystopia.

24. “Dear Future Husband” by Meghan Trainor

Song Year: 2014

Meghan Trainor's song became an anthem for women with its long list of everything a future husband needs to do and accept to make her happy.

The song isn't about the future world. It looks toward the future for the ideal man that might come into her life and how he should treat her to win her love.

25. “Future Shock” by Curtis Mayfield

Song Year: 1973

“Future Shock” is a song about how we must keep people from destroying the world and humanity's future.

Curtis Mayfield was a popular singer, songwriter, and guitarist who popularized political R&B and was at the forefront of the soul movement in Chicago and the United States.

26. “The Future” by Leonard Cohen

Song Year: 1992

Leonard Cohen will always be known for his 1984 song “Hallelujah.” This song came nearly a decade later with darker and more politicized lyrics than most of his work.

The lyrics refer to a religious apocalypse and the desire for things to return to the way they were before.

This tune is one of the songs with future in the title that warns about political and religious extremism and the dystopia that could result from them.

27. “My Future” by Billie Eilish

Song Year: 2020

Billie Eilish won the 2020 Grammy Award for the album of the year and became the youngest person ever to do so. Her breathy, effortless singing and quirky appearance helped make her a star.

In “My Future,” she sings about how she's looking forward to the future and plans on loving herself first.

28. “Next 100 Years” by Bon Jovi

Song Year: 2000

Bon Jovi is known for their rocking ballads, and in this song, Jon Bon Jovi sings about how he'll be there for the object of his love for the next century.

This ballad didn't get as popular as many of Bon Jovi's other songs, like “I'll Be There for You” and “Livin' on a Prayer,” but it's undeniably an intense love song. 

29. “Future Reflections” by MGMT

Song Year: 2007

MGMT wrote “Future Reflections” when the members were in their early 20s.

Despite the many ways you can interpret the lyrics, the band says it's about kids surviving on an island after the worldwide destruction and horror of an apocalypse.

30. “When I'm 64” by The Beatles

Song Year: 1967

Paul McCartney wrote this song when he was a young teenager. The credits include John Lennon, who later helped shape it into a track they would release on an album.

The clarinets give the song a happy-go-lucky feel along with the hopeful, sweet lyrics about the narrator's future life.

31. “Someday We'll Be Together” by Diana Ross & the Supremes

Song Year: 1968

Diana Ross & the Supremes were among the most popular female Motown groups in the 1960s and 70s and one of the top female groups of all time.

This track is one of the songs about the future that's specific to the narrator. It's about how someday they'll be with the object of their love even though they're apart.

32. “Ghost of Corporate Future” by Regina Spektor

Song Year: 2004

Indie artist Regina Spektor combines jazz, pop, and punk to critical acclaim in the antifolk genre.

This song explores the thoughts of someone who, like Ebeneezer Scrooge, gets a visit from a ghost from the future. The spirit isn't from Christmas but a corporate dystopia.

It encourages the man to go barefoot and experience life because the future will be bleak if he misses out on simple pleasures while he can.

33. “Future Starts Now” by Kim Petras

Song Year: 2021

This upbeat pop song says that the future starts now, and the listener can turn it into anything they want.

It's a fun, feel-good song about the possibilities in the future and how we should turn drawbacks and disappointments into positive experiences.

Top Songs About The Future, Final Thoughts

We hope you found some music you enjoy in this list of the best future-based music.

Some songs are optimistic, but even those that warn of a coming dystopia imply that we can change the future before it's too late.

Whether you like hard rock, punk music, or genres like soul and jazz, you can enjoy some songs about the future that look ahead to a better tomorrow and beyond.

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