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Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
| cover = Rock_'n'_Roll_Fantasy.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Single sleeve
| type = single
| artist = Bad Company
| album = Desolation Angels
| B-side = Crazy Circles
| released = 1979
| recorded = 1978
| studio = Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey, England
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:15
| label = Swan Song
| writer = Paul Rodgers
| producer = Bad Company
| prev_title = Burnin' Sky
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Gone, Gone, Gone
| next_year = 1979
| misc =
}}
"'Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy'" is a song by English rock supergroup Bad Company. The track was written by vocalist Paul Rodgers, and released as the first single from the group's fifth studio album 'Desolation Angels' (1979).
The song is one of many Bad Company's best known and has become a staple of classic rock radio.
Background
"Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" was inspired by a guitar synthesizer riff that Paul Rodgers had come up with. While not the band's highest charting single in America, it is their best selling, having been certified Gold by the RIAA.
Reception
'Cash Box' said "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" has a "stout beat and heavy fuzz guitar sound and excellent singing" as well as "solid" production. 'Democrat and Chronicle' critic Jack Garner said it "contains the most varying material yet from the band, indicating continued growth and maturity on their part." Allmusic reviewer Mike DeGagne commented on Rodgers' "vocal passion" on the song. Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine regarded it as one of the band's best "big, brawny arena rockers" and noted that it's a "quintessential classic rock staple."
In 2016, 'Classic Rock Magazine' ranked the song at number nine on their list of Bad Company's 10 best songs.
Track listing
Chart performance
The song was peaked at number 13 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 in 1979, ultimately climbing to number 54 for the 'Billboard' Year-End singles chart in that year.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:Bad Company songs
Category:1979 singles
Category:1979 songs
Category:Songs written by Paul Rodgers
Category:Swan Song Records singles
Category:Electronic rock songs
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