Fantasy (Aldo Nova song)

"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, the song climbed to #3 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1] The song was featured in a flashback sequence in the final episode of the popular television series Rob & Big. A cover version of the song, performed by Steel Panther, is the current theme song for the MTV show Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.

"Fantasy"
Single by Aldo Nova
from the album Aldo Nova
B-side"Under the Gun"
Released1982
GenreHard rock
Length5:05 (album version)
6:14 (extended version)
3:58 (single version)
LabelPortrait
Songwriter(s)Aldo Nova
Producer(s)Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova singles chronology
"Fantasy"
(1982)		 "Foolin' Yourself"
(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. It is best-remembered for its opening sequence, which starts out with a man holding a Gibson Les Paul guitar and two bodyguards holding machine guns, waiting 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 door the bodyguards can't open, 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.

"Fantasy" was used in the THQ/Volition Saints Row: The Third video game and its soundtrack.[2]

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

gollark: Hmm, yes. Might be safer to use an antimatter bomb, though.
gollark: What if we create AR glasses which blot out all people on tracks and in similar situations so nobody has responsibility?
gollark: I mean, a laser powerful enough to stop the train would probably create more problems for the people on the tracks than just the molten or vaporized or whatever metal.
gollark: The real solution is a very powerful laser. Not only will it slow down via radiation pressure, but when the front of the train ablates it'll slow down further.
gollark: That reminds me! AutoBotRobot function will be restored SOON™

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  2. North, Dale. "Saints Row: The Third stations and tracks revealed". destructoid.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.


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