Back in Time

End-credits song referencing the film's time-travel plot.

"Back in Time" is a song by the American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, written for the 1985 film Back to the Future. It was used as the end-credits track for the first film. The song's lyrics directly reference the film's plot, unlike the band's earlier contribution "The Power of Love."

Quick Facts

Artist: Huey Lewis and the News
Released: 1985
Associated film: Back to the Future (1985)

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Back to the Future (1985)

Huey Lewis and the News recorded "Back in Time" after Robert Zemeckis asked the band to write a second song for the film's end credits. Unlike "The Power of Love," whose lyrics do not mention the storyline, "Back in Time" contains references to the plot of Back to the Future. The track appears on the soundtrack album Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, released July 8, 1985, by MCA Records. That album also includes two score tracks by Alan Silvestri, two pop songs by Huey Lewis and the News, performances by the fictional Marvin Berry and the Starlighters, and a performance by Marty McFly with the Starlighters. AllMusic rated the soundtrack three stars out of five. "The Power of Love" was issued as the album's lead single in June 1985, becoming Huey Lewis and the News's first US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single.

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

The soundtrack album for Back to the Future Part II, released by MCA Records on November 22, 1989, features most of the film score, composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri. The album was rated four-and-a-half stars out of five by AllMusic. Intrada Records reissued the soundtrack as a two-disc expanded edition on October 12, 2015, to commemorate the first film's 30th anniversary; that release includes the complete score on disc one and alternate cues and source music on disc two.

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

The soundtrack for Back to the Future Part III, released by Varèse Sarabande on May 29, 1990, features most of Alan Silvestri's score for the third film. It includes an acoustic instrumental version of the song "Doubleback" as performed in the film, but does not include the original ZZ Top version heard during the end credits. Varèse Sarabande reissued the soundtrack as a two-disc expanded edition on October 12, 2015, to commemorate the film's 25th anniversary; that edition presents the complete score in chronological order on the first disc and alternate cues, source music, and acoustic renditions of traditional folk songs on the second disc.

Back to the Future: The Musical (2020)

The cast recording of Back to the Future: The Musical was recorded by the original West End cast and released by Sony Music's Masterworks Broadway imprint on March 11, 2022. The musical's score, with music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations in 2022. The cast recording peaked at number 5 on the Official Compilations Chart, number 8 on the Official Album Downloads Chart, and number 2 on the Official Soundtrack Albums Chart in the United Kingdom.