Give Me the Future

This article is about the album by Bastille. For the 1984 song by Meat Loaf, see Modern Girl (Meat Loaf song).

Give Me the Future
Studio album by Bastille
Released	4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)
Genre	Pop rock[1] dance pop[2] electropop[3] power pop[4] synthwave[4]
Length	32:15 40:53 (deluxe) 70:47 (+ Dreams of the Past)
Label	EMI
Producer	Dan Smith Dan Priddy Mark Crew Marty Maro Ryan Tedder Jonny Coffer
Bastille chronology
Goosebumps EP (2020) Give Me the Future (2022) "&" (Ampersand) (2024)
Singles from Give Me the Future
"Distorted Light Beam" Released: 23 June 2021 "Give Me the Future" Released: 15 July 2021 "Thelma + Louise" Released: 18 August 2021 "No Bad Days" Released: 19 October 2021 "Shut Off the Lights" Released: 14 January 2022
Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past
Cover of reissue
Singles from Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past
"Run Into Trouble" Released: 1 April 2022 "Remind Me" Released: 7 July 2022 "Revolution" Released: 28 July 2022

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.1/10[5]
Metacritic	72/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Clash	8/10[8]
DIY	[9]
Gigwise	[10]
NME	[11]
The Independent	[12]
musicOMH	[13]
Pitchfork	4.7/10[14]
The Telegraph	[15]

Give Me the Future is the fourth studio album by British indie pop band Bastille, released on 4 February 2022 through EMI Records. It was executive produced by Ryan Tedder.^[16] The album was preceded by the singles "Distorted Light Beam", "Give Me the Future", and "Thelma + Louise",^[17] and subsequently announced alongside the release of the fourth single "No Bad Days".^[18] A fifth single titled "Shut Off the Lights"^[19] launched nearly three weeks prior to the album release.

A deluxe version of the album was released on 7 February 2022. It includes the single "Survivin'" from their 2020 Goosebumps EP. Bastille toured the UK and Europe starting in April 2022 in support of the album.^[20] A super deluxe version of the album, entitled Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past, was released on 26 August 2022, split into three "paths": Give Me the Future, Dreams of the Past and Other People's Heartache, which includes fourteen new tracks and is the fifth installment into Bastille's series of mixtapes, Other People's Heartache.^[21]

Background

Dan Smith had a plan for the album prior to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, but the album took on more "prescient" themes as it was primarily worked on during the subsequent lockdowns. Smith said that "what is real and what is not has become pretty difficult to discern sometimes. We're in the age of deep fake, fake news and lying world leaders". The album has been characterised as pairing "tech-heavy themes with glistening, ambitious pop music",^[22] as well as "a tribute to humanity in a tech age" that "reflects on the strangeness of living through times that can feel like science fiction".^[20]

The album also includes a spoken-word interlude narrated by British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed titled "Promises".^[23]

Track listing

Give Me the Future track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Distorted Light Beam"	Daniel Smith Mark Crew Ryan Tedder Marty Maro	Smith Crew Tedder Maro	2:57
2.	"Thelma + Louise"	Smith Rami Yacoub Crew	Smith Crew Dan Priddy	2:17
3.	"No Bad Days"	Smith Philip Plested Crew Daniel Priddy	Smith Crew Priddy	3:05
4.	"Brave New World" (interlude)	Smith Yacoub	Smith Crew	0:27
5.	"Back to the Future"	Smith Yacoub Crew	Smith Crew	2:53
6.	"Plug In..."	Smith	Smith Crew	2:40
7.	"Promises" (with Riz Ahmed)	Rizwan Ahmed	Ahmed	1:25
8.	"Shut Off the Lights"	Smith Plested Jonny Coffer Crew	Smith Crew Coffer	3:07
9.	"Stay Awake?"	Smith Yacoub Crew	Smith Crew Priddy	3:07
10.	"Give Me the Future"	Smith Ralph Pelleymounter Crew	Smith Crew	3:39
11.	"Club 57"	Smith Tedder Crew	Smith Crew	3:12
12.	"Total Dissociation" (interlude)	Smith Pelleymounter Crew	Smith Crew	0:43
13.	"Future Holds" (featuring Bim)	Smith Crew Jack Duxbury	Smith Crew	2:43
Total length:				32:15

Deluxe edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Back to the Innerverse" (interlude)	Smith Beau Colburn	Smith	0:20
15.	"Real Life"	Smith Crew Tedder	Smith Crew Tedder	2:20
16.	"Survivin'"	Smith Plested Crew Priddy	Smith Crew Priddy	2:52
17.	"Shut Off the Lights" (Spinall remix)	Smith Crew Plested Coffer	Smith Crew Coffer	3:06
Total length:				40:53

Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Back to the Innerverse" (interlude)	0:20
2.	"Real Life"	2:20
3.	"Family Ties"	2:46
4.	"Distorted Light Beam" (reprise)	3:23
5.	"Revolution"	3:03
6.	"Survivin'"	2:53
7.	"No More Bad Days"	3:59
8.	"Hope for the Future"	3:32
9.	"Other People's Heartache" (interlude)	0:45
10.	"Run into Trouble" (featuring Alok)	3:02
11.	"Remind Me"	3:02
12.	"Eight Hours" (featuring Tyde)	3:28
13.	"Dancing in the Dark"	3:07
14.	"Running Away"	2:52
Total length:		70:47

Notes

• "Survivin'" is stylized in lowercase.

Personnel

Bastille

• Dan Smith – vocals (1–3, 5–13), keyboards (1–3, 5, 6, 8–13), programming (4, 7, 12)
• Kyle Simmons – background vocals (1, 8), computer music voices (1), keyboards (2, 5, 8)
• Will Farquarson – guitar (2, 5, 8), background vocals (8), bass (8, 11)
• Chris Wood – background vocals, drums (5, 8)

Additional musicians

• Marty Maro – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, programming (1)
• Dan Priddy – keyboards, programming (1–3, 5, 9, 10); background vocals (8)
• Mark Crew – keyboards (1–3, 5, 8–11, 13), programming (1–3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13), guitar (11)
• Jonny Abraham – string arrangement (1, 4–6, 10, 12), trumpet (5, 8, 10)
• Llinos Richards – cello (1, 4–6, 10, 12)
• Jordan Bergmans – viola (1, 4–6, 10, 12)
• Ciara Ismail – violin (1, 4–6, 10, 12)
• Rosie Langley – violin (1, 4–6, 10, 12)
• Bim Amoake-Gyampah – background vocals (2), vocals (13)
• Charlie Barnes – guitar (2, 5, 8, 10), background vocals (8)
• Jack Duxbury – guitar (2, 3, 5, 11, 13), piano (3); keyboards, programming (13)
• John Rittipo-Moore – saxophone (5, 8, 10), background vocals (8)
• Barnaby Philpott – trombone (5, 8, 10)
• Riz Ahmed – spoken word (7)
• Adam Foster – background vocals (8)
• Chris Speirs – background vocals (8)
• Dick Meredith – background vocals (8)
• Lisa O'Callaghan – background vocals (8)
• Paul Cooper – background vocals (8)
• Jonny Coffer – guitar, programming (8)
• May Charters – spoken word (9)
• Jack Scott – whistle (11)
• Senab Adekunle – background vocals, vocal arrangement (13)

Technical

• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (1–6, 8–11, 13)
• Mark Crew – mixing (7, 12), recording (1–6, 8–13)
• Rich Rich – recording (1)
• Riz Ahmed – recording (7)
• Jonny Coffer – recording (8)
• Matt Wolach – mixing assistance (1–6, 8–11, 13)

Charts

Chart performance for Give Me the Future

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[24]	69
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[25]	30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27]	53
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[28]	10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29]	15
Irish Albums (IRMA)[30]	96
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32]	28
UK Albums (OCC)[33]	1
US Billboard 200[34]	110
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[35]	13
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[36]	17

Certifications

Certifications for Give Me the Future

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[37]	Silver	60,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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