Song · Earth, Wind & Fire
“Fantasy” by Earth, Wind & Fire
From the album All ’n All (1977)
“Fantasy” by Earth, Wind & Fire appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1977 on the album All ’n All. Its best result is #1229 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,821 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Earth, Wind & Fire's "Fantasy" comes off All 'n All, their 1977 album, and Columbia put it out as a single the following year. Maurice White produced it and wrote it with Eddie Del Barrio and Verdine White, and it did not come easy: three months of work, and it only fell into place after Maurice saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Rolling Stone's Joe McEwen had his doubts about the words but reckoned the music came about as close to elegance as funk ever had, voices and a light brush of strings swooping in over a choppy groove, vanishing, then returning for a big finish. Blues and Soul's advice was simpler: turn it up and watch the dance floor fill. American copies carried "Runnin'" on the flip; British buyers got "Be Ever Wonderful".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1229 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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