DEF: Timbuk 3 “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades”

Austin, Texas-based band Timbuk 3 made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, though that one appearance turned into a Top 20 hit that is also consistently remembered as a 1980s classic. Exactly 30 years ago, that song — “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” — was in its second week at a peak position of number 19. To commemorate that anniversary, Timbuk 3’s biggest hit is today’s Daily Eighties Flashback.