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Fantasy (Aldo Nova song)

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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = Fantasy

| cover = FantasyAldo.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Aldo Nova

| album = Aldo Nova

| B-side = Under the Gun

| released = 1982

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = * Arena rock

* hard rock

* pop-rock

| length = 5:05 (album version)
6:14 (extended version)
3:58 (single version)

| label = Portrait

| writer = Aldo Nova

| producer = Aldo Nova

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Foolin' Yourself

| next_year = 1982

}}

"'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. VH1 listed it at #78 on its countdown for the '100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s'.

Music video



The video portrays Nova performing with his band for an audience. In its opening sequence, a man holding a Gibson Les Paul guitar and two bodyguards holding machine guns wait for someone. The men surround a landing helicopter, and the one with the guitar opens the door. Nova exits the helicopter, clad in a leopard-print jumpsuit and a pair of cowboy boots, and is escorted to the stage. When they encounter a locked door, Nova takes the guitar, holds it like a rifle, and fires a laser beam into the door, forcing it open. Once inside, Nova leaps on stage where he and his band perform the song.

Chart performance



"Fantasy" climbed to #3 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and #23 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 singles chart.Whitburn, Joel (2004). 'The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)

In popular culture



*"Fantasy" was used in the THQ/Volition 'Saints Row: The Third' video game and its soundtrack.

*The version by the band Steel Panther was used as the theme music for the reality television series 'Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory'.

*The song was featured in a flashback sequence in the final episode of the popular television series 'Rob & Big'.

References



Category:1982 debut singles

Category:1982 songs

Category:Aldo Nova songs

Category:Electronic rock songs

Category:Portrait Records singles

Category:Songs written by Aldo Nova


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