Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

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“Fantasy”
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire from the album All 'N All
B-side	"Be Ever Wonderful"
Released	1977
Format	7", 12"
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Length	4:37
Label	Columbia Records
Writer(s)	Maurice White
Producer	Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Serpentine Fire" (1977) "Fantasy" (1977) "Jupiter" (1978)

“Fantasy”
Single by Black Box from the album Dreamland
Released	1990
Format	CD maxi 7" single 12" maxi
Recorded	1989
Genre	Eurodance
Length	3:44
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Mirko Limoni Daniele Davoli Valerio Semplici
Producer	Groove Groove Melody
Black Box singles chronology
"Everybody Everybody" (1991) "Fantasy" (1990) "The Total Mix" (1990)

"Fantasy" is a single by Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1977. It reached #32 in the United States, and #14 in the UK.

Contents 1 Chart positions 2 Black Box version 2.1 Track listings 2.2 Charts 3 Samples 4 References

[edit] Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	32
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	12
UK Singles Chart	14

[edit] Black Box version

Black Box remade the song for their debut studio album Dreamland in 1990. Their version featured an uncredited Martha Wash on lead vocals. Black Box's version of the song charted at #5 in the UK, #20 in Germany, and #3 in Australia.

[edit] Track listings

CD-Maxi

1. "Fantasy" (Club Mix) (7:20)
2. "Get Down" (Rap Mix) (6:43)
3. "Get Down" - Black Box feat. "Stepz" (Rappapella) (3:00)

7"-Single

1. "Fantasy" (3:44)
2. "Get Down" - Black Box feat. "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)

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[1]	3
Austrian Singles Chart[1]	4
French Singles Chart[1]	21
German Singles Chart[2]	16
Irish Singles Chart[3]	3
Swiss Singles Chart[1]	26
UK Singles Chart[4]	5

[edit] Samples

In 2007, rapper Plies sampled "Fantasy" for his hit single "Shawty" featuring T-Pain. Later that year, 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 for Jay-Z's As One which appeared on his Blueprint 2 album, the song featured Memphis Bleek, Freeway, Young Guns, Peedi Crack, Sparks and Rell.

[edit] References