Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy

"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] The song would peak 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.[2] Written by vocalist Paul Rodgers, the song was inspired by a guitar synthesizer riff he had come up with.

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

Legacy

In 2016, Classic Rock Magazine ranked the song at number nine on their list of Bad Company's 10 best songs.[3]

Track listing

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

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1979) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 65 Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 16 US Billboard Hot 100[6] 13 US Cash Box Top 100[7] 11

Year-end charts Chart (1979) Rank US Billboard Hot 100[8] 54 US Cash Box [9] 79

References

1. "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - April 23, 2010: Bad Company certified singles". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
2. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979
3. Dome, Malcolm (July 13, 2016). "The Top 10 Best Bad Company Songs - Classic Rock". Classic Rock. Team Rock. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
6. "Bad Company - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
7. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending June 16, 1979". Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 2018-04-05.Cash Box magazine.
8. "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
9. "Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles,". Cash Box. December 29, 1979. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved 2018-04-03.