A deeply sentimental song about how fast life goes by, “100 Years” is the fourth track on Five For Fighting’s third album, The Battle For Everything. In the US, it reached #28 on the Hot 100, becoming his second Top 40 single. On Adult Contemporary, it was much more successful, becoming #1 for twelve non-consecutive weeks.

Lyrically, it talks about aging and the struggles of life, from first love to mid-life crises to old age to death. The verses serve as snapshots of important moments in the singer’s life – the awkwardness of adolescence, start of adulthood, start of parenthood, the mid-life crisis, twilight years, and finally death.

The song was used in an episode of the tv show Scrubs, and was used in a commercial for Chase Bank.