Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

"Fantasy" is a single by Earth, Wind & Fire from their album All 'N All, released as a single in 1978. The selection was written and composed by Maurice White, Verdine White, and Eddie del Barrio, and it reached #32 on the pop chart and #12 on the R&B singles chart in the United States, and #14 on the UK singles chart. "Fantasy" received a Grammy Awardnomination for Best R&B Song.[1]  After its release in Japan as a digital single to cellphones in 2009, it was certified gold for 100,000 downloads in May 2011.[2]



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[hide]  *1 Formats and track listings  ==Formats and track listings[ edit] == ==Background[ edit] == "Fantasy" took a period of three months to be written and composed, and it was only finally finished after Maurice White saw the film Close Encounters of the Third Kindand gained inspiration from the film.[3] ==Samples and covers[ edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">"Fantasy" was covered by Maynard Ferguson on his 1978 album Carnival and has been sampled by Puff Daddy on the song "Angels with Dirty Faces" featuring Bizzy Bone, which was included on Puff Daddy's album Forever.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]  It has also been sampled on "Live Now" by Nas from his album Street's Disciple, on "Shawty," by Plies, from the album The Real Testament, and on "To Me You're Everything," by 98 Degrees, from the album 98 Degrees and Rising.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[5]  The song was also covered by 1980s/90s Eurodance band Black Box, with Martha Wash providing the main vocals.
 * 2 Background
 * 3 Samples and covers
 * 4 Appearances in other media
 * 5 Charts
 * 6 Black Box version
 * 6.1 Track listings
 * 6.2 Official versions
 * 6.3 Certifications
 * 6.4 Charts
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links
 * 7" single
 * 1) "Fantasy" — 3:54
 * 2) "Be Ever Wonderful" — 5:08

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In late 2007, Latin hip hop trio The D.E.Y. sampled "Fantasy" on their single "Give You the World," released in late December 2007. Just Blaze sampled "Fantasy" forJay-Z's "As One" which appeared on his Blueprint 2 album. Also in 2007, with the release of American Gangster, a song by Jay-Z and Lil' Wayne sampled the beginning of "Fantasy" throughout the song. Pedro "Pete" Escovedo, father of Sheila E. and biological father of Lionel B. Richie Jr.'s adopted daughter Nicole Richie, covered "Fantasy" on his 1997 album E Street. "Fantasy" has also been recorded by the Fifth Dimension. ==Appearances in other media<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">"Fantasy" is featured in the film Be Cool, starring John Travolta, in the film Private Lessons, whose producers included Jack Barry and Dan Enright, and on theEverybody Hates Chris episode "Everybody Hates Keisha".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-imdb_6-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[7]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The song was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">It was also the main theme song for the Japanese television drama Love Shuffle,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  and it likewise appears in another J-drama, Densha Otoko.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The song was featured in an episode of The Bernie Mac Show when Bernie crashed his motorcycle.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.1999998092651px;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Dancing with the Stars Season 12 eventual winner Hines Ward and his partner Kym Johnson danced their samba in week 3 of the competition to this song. They reprised their performance on the final show of the season earning perfect scores.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The song was featured in Brazilian Movie's Bruno Barreto Amor Bandido (1979).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The song appears in "Bob's Burgers" episode "Bad Tina" underscoring the friend fiction read out loud. ==Charts<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Black Box version<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Black Box remade the song for their debut studio album Dreamland in 1990. Their version featured Martha Wash on lead vocals, but their music producers initially failed to credit her. The song contains samples of Grace Jones' version of La Vie En Rose. Black Box's version of the song charted at #5 in the UK,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums_12-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[12]  #16 in Germany, and #3 in Australia. ===Track listings<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Official versions<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Certifications<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Charts<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * CD maxi
 * 1) "Fantasy" (club mix) — 7:20
 * 2) "Get Down" (rap mix) — 6:43
 * 3) "Get Down" Black Box featuring "Stepz" (rappapella) — 3:00
 * 7" single
 * 1) "Fantasy" — 3:44
 * 2) "Get Down" Black Box featuring "Stepz" (rappapella) — 3:00
 * 12" maxi
 * 1) "Fantasy" (big band remix) — 5:48
 * 2) "Get Down" (party remix) — 3:55
 * 3) "Get Down" (afro mix) — 4:15
 * "Fantasy" — 3:44
 * "Fantasy" (Original Version) - 5:12
 * "Fantasy" (Big Band Remix) — 5:48
 * "Fantasy" (Club Mix) — 7:20