100 Years (song)

"100 Years"
Single by Five for Fighting
from the album The Battle for Everything
Released	November 17, 2003 (2003-11-17)
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:05
Label	Columbia Aware
Songwriter(s)	John Ondrasik
Producer(s)	Gregg Wattenberg
singles chronology
"Something About You" (2003) "100 Years" (2003) "The Devil in the Wishing Well" (2004)

"100 Years" is a song by American singer Five for Fighting. It was released on November 17, 2003, as the first single from his third studio album, The Battle for Everything (2004). The single reached number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2007, the song earned a Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for more than 1,000,000 copies sold. It also charted in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number 32 in both countries.

Chart performance

"100 Years" peaked on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles charts at number 28, for the week ending May 24, 2004. In December 2004, on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 chart, "100 Years" was ranked at number 77 overall for the year.

"100 Years" peaked at number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for the week ending May 7, 2004. It went on to be the longest-running number-one single of 2004 on the Adult Contemporary chart, staying at number one for 12 non-consecutive weeks. The song spent a total of 52 weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered on January 10, 2004. It placed at number 30 on VH1's Top 40 Music Video Countdown of 2004, spending 18 weeks on VH1's weekly Top 20 countdown. In the video, images of Ondrasik singing and playing the song at the piano are intercut with fictional, idealized versions of himself as a 15-year-old boy, a man in his middle 40s, and a 99-year-old man, reflecting the song's lyrics. At the end of the song, Ondrasik meets his older self.

Track listings

US promo CD

1. "100 Years" – 4:05

Australian CD single

1. "100 Years"
2. "Sister Sunshine"
3. "Maybe I" (acoustic version)
4. "100 Years" (acoustic version)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003–2004)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	32
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	32
US Billboard Hot 100	28
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)	12
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	1
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)	3
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)	40

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100	77
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	3
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)	8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000
*sales figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	November 17, 2003 (2003-11-17)	Hot adult contemporary triple A radio	Columbia Aware
	January 12, 2004 (2004-01-12)	Adult contemporary radio
	February 2, 2004 (2004-02-02)	Contemporary hit radio
Australia	May 10, 2004 (2004-05-10)	CD

See also

• List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2004