Jump to content

Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Changstafolife (talk | contribs) at 12:59, 7 August 2009. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

"Fantasy"
Song

"Fantasy" is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Dave Hall, and recorded for Carey's sixth album Daydream (1995). It is built around a sample of the Tom Tom Club's single "Genius of Love" (1982), which was written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley and Adrian Belew. It was released as the album's first single in 1995. The urban remix of "Fantasy" features Ol' Dirty Bastard. For the sixth year in a row, Mariah Carey received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel. The cover for her album Daydream is a cropped version of the single cover.

Release and reception

"Fantasy" became Carey's ninth number 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the first single by a female artist to debut at number 1 in the U.S., and only the second single to do so after "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson. It spent eight weeks at the top of the chart, from September 24 to November 18, 1995, Carey's longest stay at the time alongside "Dreamlover" (1993). It replaced " Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio, and was replaced by Whitney Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)." "Fantasy" spent twenty-three weeks in the top forty and was successful on other Billboard formats, including the R&B and dance charts. Its strong sales led it to be certified double platinum by the RIAA, Carey's first single to do so. It was ranked number 7 on the Hot 100 year-end charts for 1995 and 49 on the 1996 year-end charts.

The single topped the charts in Canada, Australia and New Zealand and while reaching the top five in the United Kingdom. It remained at the top of the Canadian Singles Chart for twelve weeks, a record it shared with six other singles until the release of "I'll Be Missing You" (1997) by Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans.[1] "Fantasy" also reached the top ten in most countries across Europe, and the top twenty on the Oricon chart in Japan.

The single's music video was the first that Carey directed entirely on her own. She can be seen exploring an amusement park (Playland, located in Rye, New York), on roller blades and riding on a roller coaster, before joining a group of hip hop dancers after nightfall. The video also contains a scene involving an lovable young girl who tries to emulate Carey and whose character reappears in the video for Carey's single "Shake It Off" (2005).

Remixes

Carey worked with producer Puff Daddy to create the Bad Boy remix of "Fantasy." The Bad Boy remix used guest raps from the Ol' Dirty Bastard and background vocals by Puff Daddy. Some of the song's R&B elements were removed for the remix, while the bassline and "Genius of Love" sample were emphasized.

Carey re-recorded vocals for club remixes of the song by David Morales. One of these remixes won the Winter Music Conference National Dance Award for Dance Record of the Year.

Formats and track listings

Worldwide CD single

  1. "Fantasy"
  2. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy with O.D.B.)

UK #1/U.S. CD maxi-single

  1. "Fantasy" (album version)
  2. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy fantasy)
  3. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy with O.D.B.)
  4. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy mix)
  5. "Fantasy" (Def club mix)

UK CD maxi-single #2

  1. "Fantasy" (MC mix)
  2. "Fantasy" (Puffy's mix)
  3. "Fantasy" (Puffy's club mix)
  4. "Fantasy" (The boss mix)
  5. "Fantasy" (Sweet dub mix)

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 13
Belgian Flandres Singles Chart[4] 9
Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart[5] 3
Canadian Singles Chart[6] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[7] 10
European Singles Chart[8] 4
Finnish Singles Chart[9] 2
French Singles Chart[10] 5
German Singles Chart[11] 17
Irish Singles Chart[12] 10
Japanese Singles Chart[13] 18
New Zealand Singles Chart[14] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[15] 10
Swedish Singles Chart[16] 13
Swiss Singles Chart[17] 10
UK Singles Chart[18] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[19] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[19] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[19] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[19] 1
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
September 30 1995 - November 18 1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single
September 30 1995 - November 4 1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
October 8 1995 - October 15 1995 		Succeeded by
"Stayin' Alive" by N-Trance featuring Ricardo Da Force
Preceded by New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single
October 6 1995 - October 13 1995
October 20 1995 - October 27 1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"We Can Make It" by Moné
 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
October 21 1995 - November 10 1995 		Succeeded by
"Stay Together" by Barbara Tucker

See also

References

  1. ^ Mariah Carey - Canada Chart Data
  2. ^ Australian Singles Chart
  3. ^ Austrian Singles Chart
  4. ^ Belgian Flanders Singles Chart
  5. ^ Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart
  6. ^ Canadian Singles Chart
  7. ^ Dutch Singles Chart
  8. ^ European Singles Chart
  9. ^ Finnish Singles Chart
  10. ^ French Singles Chart
  11. ^ German Singles Chart
  12. ^ Irish Singles Chart
  13. ^ Japanese Singles Chart
  14. ^ New Zealand Singles Chart
  15. ^ Norwegian Singles Chart
  16. ^ Swedish Singles Chart
  17. ^ Swiss Singles Chart
  18. ^ UK Singles Chart
  19. ^ a b c d Artist Chart History - Mariah Carey
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Fantasy_(Mariah_Carey_song)&oldid=306593876"