Fantasy (Aldo Nova song)
| "Fantasy" | ||||
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| Single by Aldo Nova | ||||
| from the album Aldo Nova | ||||
| B-side | "Under the Gun" | |||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 5:05 (album version) 6:14 (extended version) 3:58 (single version) | |||
| Label | Portrait | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Aldo Nova | |||
| Producer(s) | Aldo Nova | |||
| Aldo Nova singles chronology | ||||
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"Fantasy" is the debut single by Canadian rock musician Aldo Nova and is his most popular work to date. Released on his eponymous debut album in 1982, the song climbed to #3 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1] The song was featured in a flashback sequence in the final episode of the popular television series Rob & Big. A cover version of the song, performed by Steel Panther, is the current theme song for the MTV show Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.
VH1 listed it at #78 on its countdown for the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.
Musically, Fantasy draws heavily from the single "Jane" released by Jefferson Starship in 1979. https://open.spotify.com/track/2RNd6VgxG19db0zs0M1C4Z?si=UzbIPxRiQVC-sXN-9gVBSA
Music video
The video portrays Aldo performing with his band as if at a concert. It is best remembered for its intro, which starts out with a man holding an electric guitar and two bodyguards holding machine guns, waiting for someone. Then a helicopter lands and Aldo comes out of it in a leopard-print jumpsuit and is escorted to the stage. When they encounter a door the bodyguards can't open Aldo takes the guitar, holds it like a rifle, and fires a laser beam into the door to make it open.
In popular culture
"Fantasy" was used in the THQ/Volition Saints Row: The Third video game and its soundtrack.[2]
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ North, Dale. "Saints Row: The Third stations and tracks revealed". destructoid.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
External links
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