Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy

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"Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"
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Single by Bad Company
from the album Desolation Angels
B-side "Crazy Circles"
Released 1979
Format 7" single
Recorded Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey, England, August – September 1978
Genre Rock, synthrock
Length 3:15
Label Swan Song
Writer(s) Paul Rodgers
Producer(s) Bad Company
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Bad Company singles chronology
"Burnin' Sky"
(1977)
"Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"
(1979)
"Gone, Gone, Gone"
(1979)

"Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" is a song by British hard rock supergroup Bad Company. The track was released as the first single from the group's fifth studio album Desolation Angels. While not the band's highest charting single in America, it is their best selling, having been certified Gold by the RIAA.[1] Written by vocalist Paul Rodgers, the song was inspired by a guitar synthesizer riff he had come up with. The band performed the song live at the 2013 Grammys.[2]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"   3:15
2. "Crazy Circles"   3:31

Chart positions

Chart (1979) Peak
position
CAN 16[3]
US 13[4]
AUS 65

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