1968 Max Frost and the Troopers – Shapes of Things To Come

1968 Max Frost and the Troopers – Shapes of Things To Come

The 1968 film Wild in the Streets included the song Shape of Things To Come. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote the song, which was lip-synced by a fictional band, Max Frost and the Troopers. The song is not related to the Yardbirds’ song Shapes Of Things To Come or the Audioslave song Shape of Things to Come.

While Christopher Jones appears to sing the song in the film, he is merely acting. The lead vocal actually came from Harley Hatcher and an instrumental version of the song was released by Dave Allan and the Arrows.

A very young Richard Pryor was the only other notable member of the fictional band; he appeared as the drummer in the film.

The single eventually reached #22 on the Hot 100 in 1968.