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Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)

October 23, 2023

This article is about Mariah Carey song. For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation).

"Fantasy" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on August 23, 1995, by Columbia Records as the lead single from her fifth album, Daydream (1995). The track was written and produced by Carey and Dave Hall. It samples Tom Tom Club's 1981 song "Genius of Love". The lyrics describe a woman who is in love with a man, and how every time she sees him she starts fantasizing about an impossible relationship with him. The remix for the song features rap verses from Ol' Dirty Bastard, something Carey arranged to assist in her crossover into the hip-hop market and credited for introducing R&B and hip hop collaboration into mainstream pop culture, and for popularizing rap as a featuring act.

"Fantasy"
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Daydream
B-side"Fantasy" (Bad Boy) featuring O.D.B
ReleasedAugust 23, 1995
Genre
Length4:04
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mariah Carey
  • Dave Hall
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)"
(1994) 		"Fantasy"
(1995) 		"One Sweet Day"
(1995)
Music video
"Fantasy" on YouTube

"Fantasy" received critical acclaim, with reviewers praising its production, lyrics, Carey's vocal performance and musical progression. The song became a global success, topping the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, and reaching the top-ten in thirteen countries. In the US, "Fantasy" became the first song by a female artist, and second overall to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100, topping the chart for eight consecutive weeks. Additionally, it became Carey's ninth number one on the chart.

Carey sang "Fantasy" live on several television and award show appearances around the world. She performed the song at the 23rd American Music Awards, held on January 29, 1996. Additionally, it was performed live on British music chart program Top of the Pops and on French television. "Fantasy" was part of the set-lists on several of Carey's succeeding tours, making its debut during the album's accompanying set of concerts, the Daydream World Tour and is featured on her compilation albums, #1's (1998), Greatest Hits (2001), The Remixes (2003), Playlist: The Very Best of Mariah Carey (2010) and #1 to Infinity (2015).

The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel. Its parent album Daydream uses a cropped version of the single cover. Carey directed the music video for "Fantasy", making it her directorial debut. She created the video's concept and chose the filming location. After being disappointed with the final result in many of her previous videos, Carey decided to single-handedly direct the video. The video features her rollerblading through Playland Amusement Park in Rye, New York, singing and enjoying herself. The video concludes with Carey dancing atop the sunroof of a car, with many others present and enjoying the music and celebration.

Background Edit

With Daydream, Carey began incorporating urban R&B and hip hop into her music, something very noticeable in "Fantasy".[4] After Carey began writing songs for her new album Daydream, she decided to include the hook from the Tom Tom Club song "Genius of Love" into an up-tempo song. Afterwards, Carey and Hall began incorporating the sample into the lyrics and melody she had already produced.[4] Carey described how the idea to sample the song became a reality:

I was listening to the radio and heard 'Genius of Love', and I hadn't heard it in a long time. It reminded me of growing up and listening to the radio and that feeling the song gave me seemed to go with the melody and basic idea I had for "Fantasy". I initially told Dave about the idea, and we did it. We called up the Tom Tom Club and they were really into it.[4]

Carey recalled how the writers of the song were really intrigued by the idea of Carey sampling the song, and immediately signed over the rights. After Carey presented Hall with the sample, the chorus and beat, he developed a familiar groove that he felt would "highlight Carey's voice." After they completed the song, Carey's husband and Columbia CEO Tommy Mottola listened to "Fantasy" and agreed to include it on the album. The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel. A cropped version of the photograph was used as the album cover as well.[4] Hall described his experience with writing the song with Carey:

[It] was a fun song to do. Mariah brought me 'Genius of Love' and I laid some strings on it and put it into a groove I felt really fit and highlighted her voice. And that song didn't take us but a minute to do, because she really busted that out within two days. We did a rough copy and let Tommy Mottola hear it and he loved it, so all we had to do was bring it back in and mix it.[4]

Composition Edit

 
"Fantasy"
A sample of "Fantasy", featuring a sampled hook and other beats.
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"Fantasy" is an up-tempo song with contemporary R&B and dance-pop genres within its composition, which blends elements of funk music, hip hop, and bubblegum pop.[3][5] "Fantasy" moves at a "moderate dance tempo" of 104 beats per minute.[6] The remix, which features rap verses from O.D.B., also incorporates hip-hop into the bridge. The song uses heavy bass and percussion, as well as a sample from "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club.[3] Carey's vocal range spans three octaves from the low note of E3 to the high note of E6.[6] The song contains choral lyrics written by Carey, who also developed the song's melody and original beat. Instrumentation and production was performed by Dave Hall, while co-arranging and producing the track as well.[3] The members of the Tom Tom Club, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley and Adrian Belew are all credited as writers due to the inclusion of the music sample they wrote.[3]

Critical reception Edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [7]
Christgau's Consumer Guide [8]
Entertainment Weekly (1995)C[9]
Entertainment Weekly (2017)A+[10]
Stereogum10/10[11]

Upon its release, "Fantasy" garnered acclaim from contemporary music critics. Bill Lamb from About.com was very positive on the song, calling it "truly inspiring" and a "career high water mark" for Carey.[12] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic also praised the song, saying "Carey continues to perfect her craft and that she has earned her status as an R&B/pop diva."[5] Stephen Holden from The New York Times gave the song praise, writing "with 'Fantasy', Ms. Carey glides confidently into the territory where gospel-flavored pop-soul meets light hip-hop and recorded some of the most gorgeously spun choral music to be found on a contemporary album." Additionally, he claimed "Fantasy" held some of the album's best moments, writing "she continues to make pop music as deliciously enticing as the best moments of "Fantasy".[13] Slant Magazine ranked the song at number sixty on their "Best Singles of the '90s" list, writing it is "escapism perfected, [a] summer bubblegum gem with a sweet, flawless vocal line driven by a diva in her prime."[14]

Chart performance Edit

"Fantasy" was a massive global success upon its release. The song became Carey's ninth number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became the first single by a female artist to open atop the chart, and only the second single to do so after "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson.[3] It debuted at number one due to strong airplay and sales of 229,000 copies, the highest since Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You in January 1993.[15] It spent eight weeks at the top of the chart, from the charts dated September 30 to November 18, 1995, Carey's longest stay at the time alongside "Dreamlover" (1993).[3] It replaced "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio, and was replaced by Whitney Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", which also debuted atop the Hot 100.[16][17] "Fantasy" spent 23 weeks in the top 40 and was successful on other Billboard formats, including the R&B and dance charts.[3] The song debuted at number 11 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart, setting a record at the time for the charts highest debut which would eventually be surpassed by Drake's "Nice for What" in 2018.[18] Its strong sales led it to be certified sextuple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[19] Carey's first single to do so. "Fantasy" was the second best-selling single of 1995 in the US, with sales of 1,500,000.[20] It was ranked seventh on the Hot 100 year-end charts for 1995 and 49th on the 1996 year-end charts.[21][22] "Fantasy" ranked at number 15 on the Hot 100 decade-end chart for the 1990s.[23]

In Australia, the song topped the chart and was certified triple-platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[24] In Canada, the song debuted on the RPM Singles Chart at number 95 on the RPM issue dated October 2, 1995,[25] and reached the top of the chart on November 20, 1995.[26] It was present on the chart for a total of 20 weeks,[27] and ranked 18 on the RPM Year-end chart for 1995.[28] "Fantasy" also reached the top 10 in most countries across Europe, and the top 20 on the Oricon chart in Japan.[29] It peaked within the top-five in Belgium (Wallonia), Finland, France and the United Kingdom; and in the top 10 in Belgium (Flanders), The Netherlands, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland. "Fantasy" was certified silver in France and platinum in the United Kingdom, by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) and British Phonographic Industry (BPI), respectively.[30] According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 400,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[31] The song also topped the charts in New Zealand, where it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).[32]

Remixes Edit

Carey worked with producer Puff Daddy to create the official remix, the Bad Boy remix of "Fantasy".[33] While Columbia allowed Carey more leniency with the music she recorded, they became hesitant when she featured O.D.B. in the remix for "Fantasy".[34] They feared the sudden change was completely left field for her music, and worried it would jeopardize the album's success.[34] Finally, the Bad Boy remix used guest raps from O.D.B. 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 and the bridge from the original version was used as the chorus.[33] There is a version omitting Ol' Dirty Bastard's verses.[33] The "Bad Boy Fantasy Remix", combines the chorus from the original version and the chorus of the Bad Boy Remix together, removing Ol' Dirty Bastard's vocals from his 2nd verse.[33]

Carey re-recorded vocals for club remixes of the song by David Morales, titled "Daydream Interlude (Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix)."[35] The Bad Boy remix garnered positive reviews from music critics. Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly praised the song, claiming its one of the few tracks where Carey "defines herself."[36] Additionally, he complimented the song, writing "At her best, as she is on this clipped, spunky track, Carey is a disco diva for the '90s, a worthy successor to trailblazing women like Donna Summer and Vicki Sue Robinson, R&B singers with an affinity for the endless groove. Disco? No wonder most rock critics can't get behind her. Party on, Mariah."[36] Carey has stated that the Bad Boy remix contributed to over half of the sales of "Fantasy".[37]

On September 24, 2021, American rapper Latto released "Big Energy", which interpolates "Genius of Love", as "Fantasy" did. On March 28, 2022, Latto released the "Big Energy" remix, which features Mariah Carey herself, along with DJ Khaled, which interpolates "Fantasy".

Accolades Edit

Accolades for "Fantasy (Bad Boy Remix)"
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Pitchfork The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s
1
[38]

Music video Edit

 
Carey in the music video of "Fantasy", riding Playland's "Dragon Coaster".

The single's music video was the first that Carey directed entirely on her own. Carey had been open about the fact that she had not been happy with some of her previous music videos.[4] She therefore decided to single-handedly direct the video, so the outcome would be to her exact choosing. Carey said her inspiration for the video was to give off a "free and open feeling," trying to portray the freedom she had finally achieved in being allowed to direct her first video.[39] The video for "Fantasy" debuted on September 7, 1995, at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. The video begins with Carey rollerblading in front of the boardwalk entrance at Playland amusement park, located in Rye, New York, and riding the Dragon Coaster, the park's signature wooden coaster.[4] The video continues with various snippets of Carey until the end of the second verse. Afterwards, the video switches to a night time scene that involves people dancing in the parking lot and on top cars.[4]

I'd done a lot of videos and wasn't always a hundred percent thrilled. For the most part, I was never thrilled with the results, so I figured I would give directing a shot. It was a pretty simple concept. Most of the scenes were featured at the amusement park, at a late-night outdoor celebration. I was really happy to be able to include O.D.B. in the remix video.[4]

Following in their actions, Carey joins in the festivities and hops atop a car and begins singing and dancing to the strong bass and R&B beat playing from the stereos. The video also contains a scene involving a lovable young girl who tries to emulate Carey and whose character reappears in the video for Carey's single "Shake It Off" (2005).[4] The video shoot took place in mid-August 1995.[40] In the official video for the song's remix, O.D.B. makes a few cameo appearances with a clown, as well as on the Boardwalk during additional scenes with Carey.[4]

On August 21, 2020, the music video of both versions was re-released in a remastered form, in HD quality.[41] Exactly a year later it was uploaded in 4K resolution.[42]

Live performances Edit

 
Carey and her dancers performing "Fantasy" on the Adventures of Mimi Tour in 2006

"Fantasy" was performed at the 23rd Annual American Music Awards, where Carey won two of the top awards.[39] For the performance, Carey wore a long black trench coat and matching boots, pants and blouse, and was backed by three background vocalists. Additionally, Carey sang "Fantasy" on the British music chart program Top of the Pops, during a promotional stop in the United Kingdom on September 12, 1995. During its taping, she wore a blue blouse and black jumper. Two days later, Carey appeared on French television where she performed the song alongside several male and female dancers. Carey donned a mid-waist baring white blouse and black leather pants and matching heeled boots. Trey Lorenz and two female back up vocalists were also featured on stage during the show's taping. Aside from live television appearances, the song was performed on several legs of Carey's tours.[43]

"Fantasy" was performed at every show on her Daydream World Tour (1996) set to the album version. The performance was tuned similarly to Carey's recital at the American Music Awards, featuring a similar outfit, dance routines and set up.[citation needed] The remix version was performed on her Butterfly World Tour (1998), Rainbow World Tour (2000), Charmbracelet World Tour: An Intimate Evening with Mariah Carey (2003–2004), The Adventures of Mimi Tour (2006), The Elusive Chanteuse Show (2014) and Caution World Tour (2019), each of which featured a varying synopsis.[43] In 1998, it became the first time Carey performed the remix version in concert, placing a large projection screen on to the stage, and featuring snippets and cuts of Ol' Dirty Bastard throughout the video. Additionally, Carey was dressed in blue jeans and a white blouse, and danced several chair routines with several male dancers.[citation needed] During the Charmbracelet Tour and Rainbow Tour, the shows segment was similar to her previous tour.[citation needed] The song was featured on the select set-list on three of Carey's live taped shows, Fantasy: Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden, The Adventures of Mimi, and Around the World.[44]

Legacy Edit

In the mid-1990s Ms. Carey pioneered a subgenre that some people call the thug-love duet. Nowadays clean-cut pop stars are expected to collaborate with roughneck rappers, but when Ms. Carey teamed up with Ol' Dirty Bastard, of the Wu-Tang Clan, for the 1995 hit "Fantasy (Remix)," it was a surprise, and a smash.[45]

—Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times commenting on the influence and impact of the song's remix.

"Fantasy" exemplified how a music sample could be transformed "into a fully realized pop masterpiece".[46] Due to the success and influence of the song, Carey is credited for introducing R&B and hip hop collaboration into mainstream pop culture, and for popularizing rap as a featuring act through her post-1995 songs. Sasha Frere-Jones, editor of The New Yorker commented in referencing to the song's remix,

"It became standard for R&B/hip-hop stars like Missy Elliott and Beyoncé, to combine melodies with rapped verses. And young white pop stars—including Britney Spears, 'N Sync, and Christina Aguilera—have spent much of the past ten years making pop music that is unmistakably R&B".[47]

Moreover, Jones concludes that "Her idea of pairing a female songbird with the leading male MCs of hip-hop changed R&B and, eventually, all of pop. Although now anyone is free to use this idea, the success of "Mimi" [ref. to The Emancipation of Mimi, her tenth studio album released almost a decade after "Fantasy"] suggests that it still belongs to Carey."[47]

John Norris of MTV News has stated that the remix was "responsible for, I would argue, an entire wave of music that we've seen since and that is the R&B-hip-hop collaboration. You could argue that the 'Fantasy' remix was the single most important recording that she's ever made." Norris echoed the sentiments of TLC's Lisa Lopes, who told MTV that it's because of Mariah that we have "Hip-Pop."[48] Judnick Mayard, writer of TheFader, wrote that in regarding of R&B and hip hop collaboration, "The champion of this movement is Mariah Carey." Mayard also expressed that "To this day ODB and Mariah may still be the best and most random hip hop collaboration of all time", citing that due to the record "Fantasy", "R&B and Hip Hop were the best of step siblings."[49]

The song has been featured in multiple films and television shows. In the 1998 film Rush Hour, the character Soo Yong sings the song while it plays on the car radio, shortly before her kidnapping.[50] In 2011, the experimental metal band Iwrestledabearonce used the song at the beginning and end of the video "You Know That Ain't Them Dogs' Real Voices". Indie artist Grimes has called "Fantasy" one of her favorite songs of all-time and has said Mariah is the reason there is a Grimes.[51] In 2019, Carey released a video of her doing a dance to the 'Bad Boy Fantasy' mix on TikTok, thus leading the dance to become another famous TikTok dance challenge, preceding the Obsessed Challenge earlier in the year.[52][53] A remixed version of the song, with additional vocals from Jodie Comer,[54] features prominently as part of the score and the plot for the 2021 film Free Guy;[55] in the film, Jodie Comer's character Molotov Girl catches the attention of Ryan Reynolds's character Guy as she is singing the song, thus catalyzing the rest of the story. Reynolds, who produced and starred in the film, stated that, "I am a huge Mariah Carey fan [...] It really was one of those weird things that happened naturally. I write to music anyway, and I initially put a song in the script by The Outfield called "Your Love". It’s an old '80s tune. It's great, but it just didn’t have that epic scale I was looking for. And then "Fantasy" just came on my playlist and everything clicked in".[56] "Fantasy" was also included on the 2021 edition of Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 419.[57]

Upon release, "Fantasy" also won many prestigious awards throughout the music industry in 1995 and 1996. At the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, the song won the award for "Favorite Single."[58] Additionally, the song was awarded the "Pop Award" honor at the 1996 annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Carey won the "Dance Record of the Year" award at the "National Dance Music Awards" in 1996.[58] "Fantasy" won two awards at the 1996 "Winter Music Conference National Dance Music Awards," for "Favorite Single" and "Dance Record of the Year." The song won a Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) "Pop Song of the Year" award in 1997, as well as the "Favorite Single" award at the annual "Archer Awards."[58] The song also was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 38th Grammy Awards.[59]

Track listing and formats Edit

Credits and personnel Edit

Credits adapted from the Daydream liner notes.[66]

  • Mariah Carey – co-production, songwriting, vocals
  • Dave Hall – co-production, songwriting
  • Tina Weymouth – songwriting
  • Chris Frantz – songwriting
  • Steven Stanley – songwriting
  • Adrian Belew – songwriting

Charts Edit

Certifications and sales Edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[24] 3× Platinum 210,000‡
France (SNEP)[145] Silver 125,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[146] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[32] Platinum 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[19] 6× Platinum 6,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history Edit

Release dates and formats for "Fantasy"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States August 23, 1995 Radio airplay
[147]
United Kingdom September 11, 1995
[148]
Canada September 12, 1995 CD single [149]
United States [150]
Japan September 21, 1995 Mini CD single Sony Music Japan [151]
Various August 14, 2020
Columbia [152]
United States February 18, 2022 12-inch vinyl (Urban Outfitters exclusive) [153]

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This article is about Mariah Carey song For other uses see Fantasy disambiguation Fantasy is a song by the American singer songwriter Mariah Carey It was released on August 23 1995 by Columbia Records as the lead single from her fifth album Daydream 1995 The track was written and produced by Carey and Dave Hall It samples Tom Tom Club s 1981 song Genius of Love The lyrics describe a woman who is in love with a man and how every time she sees him she starts fantasizing about an impossible relationship with him The remix for the song features rap verses from Ol Dirty Bastard something Carey arranged to assist in her crossover into the hip hop market and credited for introducing R amp B and hip hop collaboration into mainstream pop culture and for popularizing rap as a featuring act Fantasy Single by Mariah Careyfrom the album DaydreamB side Fantasy Bad Boy featuring O D BReleasedAugust 23 1995GenrePop soul 1 dance pop 2 R amp B 1 3 Length4 04LabelColumbiaSongwriter s Mariah CareyDave HallAdrian BelewChris FrantzSteven StanleyTina WeymouthProducer s Mariah CareyDave HallMariah Carey singles chronology Miss You Most At Christmas Time 1994 Fantasy 1995 One Sweet Day 1995 Music video Fantasy on YouTube Fantasy received critical acclaim with reviewers praising its production lyrics Carey s vocal performance and musical progression The song became a global success topping the charts in Australia Canada New Zealand and the United States and reaching the top ten in thirteen countries In the US Fantasy became the first song by a female artist and second overall to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 topping the chart for eight consecutive weeks Additionally it became Carey s ninth number one on the chart Carey sang Fantasy live on several television and award show appearances around the world She performed the song at the 23rd American Music Awards held on January 29 1996 Additionally it was performed live on British music chart program Top of the Pops and on French television Fantasy was part of the set lists on several of Carey s succeeding tours making its debut during the album s accompanying set of concerts the Daydream World Tour and is featured on her compilation albums 1 s 1998 Greatest Hits 2001 The Remixes 2003 Playlist The Very Best of Mariah Carey 2010 and 1 to Infinity 2015 The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel Its parent album Daydream uses a cropped version of the single cover Carey directed the music video for Fantasy making it her directorial debut She created the video s concept and chose the filming location After being disappointed with the final result in many of her previous videos Carey decided to single handedly direct the video The video features her rollerblading through Playland Amusement Park in Rye New York singing and enjoying herself The video concludes with Carey dancing atop the sunroof of a car with many others present and enjoying the music and celebration Contents 1 Background 2 Composition 3 Critical reception 4 Chart performance 5 Remixes 5 1 Accolades 6 Music video 7 Live performances 8 Legacy 9 Track listing and formats 10 Credits and personnel 11 Charts 12 Certifications and sales 13 Release history 14 ReferencesBackground EditWith Daydream Carey began incorporating urban R amp B and hip hop into her music something very noticeable in Fantasy 4 After Carey began writing songs for her new album Daydream she decided to include the hook from the Tom Tom Club song Genius of Love into an up tempo song Afterwards Carey and Hall began incorporating the sample into the lyrics and melody she had already produced 4 Carey described how the idea to sample the song became a reality I was listening to the radio and heard Genius of Love and I hadn t heard it in a long time It reminded me of growing up and listening to the radio and that feeling the song gave me seemed to go with the melody and basic idea I had for Fantasy I initially told Dave about the idea and we did it We called up the Tom Tom Club and they were really into it 4 Carey recalled how the writers of the song were really intrigued by the idea of Carey sampling the song and immediately signed over the rights After Carey presented Hall with the sample the chorus and beat he developed a familiar groove that he felt would highlight Carey s voice After they completed the song Carey s husband and Columbia CEO Tommy Mottola listened to Fantasy and agreed to include it on the album The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel A cropped version of the photograph was used as the album cover as well 4 Hall described his experience with writing the song with Carey It was a fun song to do Mariah brought me Genius of Love and I laid some strings on it and put it into a groove I felt really fit and highlighted her voice And that song didn t take us but a minute to do because she really busted that out within two days We did a rough copy and let Tommy Mottola hear it and he loved it so all we had to do was bring it back in and mix it 4 Composition Edit nbsp Fantasy source source A sample of Fantasy featuring a sampled hook and other beats Problems playing this file See media help Fantasy is an up tempo song with contemporary R amp B and dance pop genres within its composition which blends elements of funk music hip hop and bubblegum pop 3 5 Fantasy moves at a moderate dance tempo of 104 beats per minute 6 The remix which features rap verses from O D B also incorporates hip hop into the bridge The song uses heavy bass and percussion as well as a sample from Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club 3 Carey s vocal range spans three octaves from the low note of E3 to the high note of E6 6 The song contains choral lyrics written by Carey who also developed the song s melody and original beat Instrumentation and production was performed by Dave Hall while co arranging and producing the track as well 3 The members of the Tom Tom Club Tina Weymouth Chris Frantz Steven Stanley and Adrian Belew are all credited as writers due to the inclusion of the music sample they wrote 3 Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 Christgau s Consumer Guide nbsp 8 Entertainment Weekly 1995 C 9 Entertainment Weekly 2017 A 10 Stereogum10 10 11 Upon its release Fantasy garnered acclaim from contemporary music critics Bill Lamb from About com was very positive on the song calling it truly inspiring and a career high water mark for Carey 12 Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic also praised the song saying Carey continues to perfect her craft and that she has earned her status as an R amp B pop diva 5 Stephen Holden from The New York Times gave the song praise writing with Fantasy Ms Carey glides confidently into the territory where gospel flavored pop soul meets light hip hop and recorded some of the most gorgeously spun choral music to be found on a contemporary album Additionally he claimed Fantasy held some of the album s best moments writing she continues to make pop music as deliciously enticing as the best moments of Fantasy 13 Slant Magazine ranked the song at number sixty on their Best Singles of the 90s list writing it is escapism perfected a summer bubblegum gem with a sweet flawless vocal line driven by a diva in her prime 14 Chart performance Edit Fantasy was a massive global success upon its release The song became Carey s ninth number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart It became the first single by a female artist to open atop the chart and only the second single to do so after You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson 3 It debuted at number one due to strong airplay and sales of 229 000 copies the highest since Whitney Houston s I Will Always Love You in January 1993 15 It spent eight weeks at the top of the chart from the charts dated September 30 to November 18 1995 Carey s longest stay at the time alongside Dreamlover 1993 3 It replaced Gangsta s Paradise by Coolio and was replaced by Whitney Houston s Exhale Shoop Shoop which also debuted atop the Hot 100 16 17 Fantasy spent 23 weeks in the top 40 and was successful on other Billboard formats including the R amp B and dance charts 3 The song debuted at number 11 on the Mainstream R amp B Hip Hop chart setting a record at the time for the charts highest debut which would eventually be surpassed by Drake s Nice for What in 2018 18 Its strong sales led it to be certified sextuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA 19 Carey s first single to do so Fantasy was the second best selling single of 1995 in the US with sales of 1 500 000 20 It was ranked seventh on the Hot 100 year end charts for 1995 and 49th on the 1996 year end charts 21 22 Fantasy ranked at number 15 on the Hot 100 decade end chart for the 1990s 23 In Australia the song topped the chart and was certified triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA 24 In Canada the song debuted on the RPM Singles Chart at number 95 on the RPM issue dated October 2 1995 25 and reached the top of the chart on November 20 1995 26 It was present on the chart for a total of 20 weeks 27 and ranked 18 on the RPM Year end chart for 1995 28 Fantasy also reached the top 10 in most countries across Europe and the top 20 on the Oricon chart in Japan 29 It peaked within the top five in Belgium Wallonia Finland France and the United Kingdom and in the top 10 in Belgium Flanders The Netherlands Ireland Norway and Switzerland Fantasy was certified silver in France and platinum in the United Kingdom by the Syndicat National de l Edition Phonographique SNEP and British Phonographic Industry BPI respectively 30 According to the Official Charts Company the song has sold 400 000 copies in the United Kingdom 31 The song also topped the charts in New Zealand where it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand RIANZ 32 Remixes EditCarey worked with producer Puff Daddy to create the official remix the Bad Boy remix of Fantasy 33 While Columbia allowed Carey more leniency with the music she recorded they became hesitant when she featured O D B in the remix for Fantasy 34 They feared the sudden change was completely left field for her music and worried it would jeopardize the album s success 34 Finally the Bad Boy remix used guest raps from O D B and background vocals by Puff Daddy Some of the song s R amp B elements were removed for the remix while the bassline and Genius of Love sample were emphasized and the bridge from the original version was used as the chorus 33 There is a version omitting Ol Dirty Bastard s verses 33 The Bad Boy Fantasy Remix combines the chorus from the original version and the chorus of the Bad Boy Remix together removing Ol Dirty Bastard s vocals from his 2nd verse 33 Carey re recorded vocals for club remixes of the song by David Morales titled Daydream Interlude Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix 35 The Bad Boy remix garnered positive reviews from music critics Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly praised the song claiming its one of the few tracks where Carey defines herself 36 Additionally he complimented the song writing At her best as she is on this clipped spunky track Carey is a disco diva for the 90s a worthy successor to trailblazing women like Donna Summer and Vicki Sue Robinson R amp B singers with an affinity for the endless groove Disco No wonder most rock critics can t get behind her Party on Mariah 36 Carey has stated that the Bad Boy remix contributed to over half of the sales of Fantasy 37 On September 24 2021 American rapper Latto released Big Energy which interpolates Genius of Love as Fantasy did On March 28 2022 Latto released the Big Energy remix which features Mariah Carey herself along with DJ Khaled which interpolates Fantasy Accolades Edit Accolades for Fantasy Bad Boy Remix Publication Accolade Rank Ref Pitchfork The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s 1 38 Music video Edit nbsp Carey in the music video of Fantasy riding Playland s Dragon Coaster The single s music video was the first that Carey directed entirely on her own Carey had been open about the fact that she had not been happy with some of her previous music videos 4 She therefore decided to single handedly direct the video so the outcome would be to her exact choosing Carey said her inspiration for the video was to give off a free and open feeling trying to portray the freedom she had finally achieved in being allowed to direct her first video 39 The video for Fantasy debuted on September 7 1995 at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards The video begins with Carey rollerblading in front of the boardwalk entrance at Playland amusement park located in Rye New York and riding the Dragon Coaster the park s signature wooden coaster 4 The video continues with various snippets of Carey until the end of the second verse Afterwards the video switches to a night time scene that involves people dancing in the parking lot and on top cars 4 I d done a lot of videos and wasn t always a hundred percent thrilled For the most part I was never thrilled with the results so I figured I would give directing a shot It was a pretty simple concept Most of the scenes were featured at the amusement park at a late night outdoor celebration I was really happy to be able to include O D B in the remix video 4 Following in their actions Carey joins in the festivities and hops atop a car and begins singing and dancing to the strong bass and R amp B beat playing from the stereos The video also contains a scene involving a lovable young girl who tries to emulate Carey and whose character reappears in the video for Carey s single Shake It Off 2005 4 The video shoot took place in mid August 1995 40 In the official video for the song s remix O D B makes a few cameo appearances with a clown as well as on the Boardwalk during additional scenes with Carey 4 On August 21 2020 the music video of both versions was re released in a remastered form in HD quality 41 Exactly a year later it was uploaded in 4K resolution 42 Live performances Edit nbsp Carey and her dancers performing Fantasy on the Adventures of Mimi Tour in 2006 Fantasy was performed at the 23rd Annual American Music Awards where Carey won two of the top awards 39 For the performance Carey wore a long black trench coat and matching boots pants and blouse and was backed by three background vocalists Additionally Carey sang Fantasy on the British music chart program Top of the Pops during a promotional stop in the United Kingdom on September 12 1995 During its taping she wore a blue blouse and black jumper Two days later Carey appeared on French television where she performed the song alongside several male and female dancers Carey donned a mid waist baring white blouse and black leather pants and matching heeled boots Trey Lorenz and two female back up vocalists were also featured on stage during the show s taping Aside from live television appearances the song was performed on several legs of Carey s tours 43 Fantasy was performed at every show on her Daydream World Tour 1996 set to the album version The performance was tuned similarly to Carey s recital at the American Music Awards featuring a similar outfit dance routines and set up citation needed The remix version was performed on her Butterfly World Tour 1998 Rainbow World Tour 2000 Charmbracelet World Tour An Intimate Evening with Mariah Carey 2003 2004 The Adventures of Mimi Tour 2006 The Elusive Chanteuse Show 2014 and Caution World Tour 2019 each of which featured a varying synopsis 43 In 1998 it became the first time Carey performed the remix version in concert placing a large projection screen on to the stage and featuring snippets and cuts of Ol Dirty Bastard throughout the video Additionally Carey was dressed in blue jeans and a white blouse and danced several chair routines with several male dancers citation needed During the Charmbracelet Tour and Rainbow Tour the shows segment was similar to her previous tour citation needed The song was featured on the select set list on three of Carey s live taped shows Fantasy Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden The Adventures of Mimi and Around the World 44 Legacy EditIn the mid 1990s Ms Carey pioneered a subgenre that some people call the thug love duet Nowadays clean cut pop stars are expected to collaborate with roughneck rappers but when Ms Carey teamed up with Ol Dirty Bastard of the Wu Tang Clan for the 1995 hit Fantasy Remix it was a surprise and a smash 45 Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times commenting on the influence and impact of the song s remix Fantasy exemplified how a music sample could be transformed into a fully realized pop masterpiece 46 Due to the success and influence of the song Carey is credited for introducing R amp B and hip hop collaboration into mainstream pop culture and for popularizing rap as a featuring act through her post 1995 songs Sasha Frere Jones editor of The New Yorker commented in referencing to the song s remix It became standard for R amp B hip hop stars like Missy Elliott and Beyonce to combine melodies with rapped verses And young white pop stars including Britney Spears N Sync and Christina Aguilera have spent much of the past ten years making pop music that is unmistakably R amp B 47 Moreover Jones concludes that Her idea of pairing a female songbird with the leading male MCs of hip hop changed R amp B and eventually all of pop Although now anyone is free to use this idea the success of Mimi ref to The Emancipation of Mimi her tenth studio album released almost a decade after Fantasy suggests that it still belongs to Carey 47 John Norris of MTV News has stated that the remix was responsible for I would argue an entire wave of music that we ve seen since and that is the R amp B hip hop collaboration You could argue that the Fantasy remix was the single most important recording that she s ever made Norris echoed the sentiments of TLC s Lisa Lopes who told MTV that it s because of Mariah that we have Hip Pop 48 Judnick Mayard writer of TheFader wrote that in regarding of R amp B and hip hop collaboration The champion of this movement is Mariah Carey Mayard also expressed that To this day ODB and Mariah may still be the best and most random hip hop collaboration of all time citing that due to the record Fantasy R amp B and Hip Hop were the best of step siblings 49 The song has been featured in multiple films and television shows In the 1998 film Rush Hour the character Soo Yong sings the song while it plays on the car radio shortly before her kidnapping 50 In 2011 the experimental metal band Iwrestledabearonce used the song at the beginning and end of the video You Know That Ain t Them Dogs Real Voices Indie artist Grimes has called Fantasy one of her favorite songs of all time and has said Mariah is the reason there is a Grimes 51 In 2019 Carey released a video of her doing a dance to the Bad Boy Fantasy mix on TikTok thus leading the dance to become another famous TikTok dance challenge preceding the Obsessed Challenge earlier in the year 52 53 A remixed version of the song with additional vocals from Jodie Comer 54 features prominently as part of the score and the plot for the 2021 film Free Guy 55 in the film Jodie Comer s character Molotov Girl catches the attention of Ryan Reynolds s character Guy as she is singing the song thus catalyzing the rest of the story Reynolds who produced and starred in the film stated that I am a huge Mariah Carey fan It really was one of those weird things that happened naturally I write to music anyway and I initially put a song in the script by The Outfield called Your Love It s an old 80s tune It s great but it just didn t have that epic scale I was looking for And then Fantasy just came on my playlist and everything clicked in 56 Fantasy was also included on the 2021 edition of Rolling Stone magazine s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at number 419 57 Upon release Fantasy also won many prestigious awards throughout the music industry in 1995 and 1996 At the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards the song won the award for Favorite Single 58 Additionally the song was awarded the Pop Award honor at the 1996 annual American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ASCAP Carey won the Dance Record of the Year award at the National Dance Music Awards in 1996 58 Fantasy won two awards at the 1996 Winter Music Conference National Dance Music Awards for Favorite Single and Dance Record of the Year The song won a Broadcast Music Incorporated BMI Pop Song of the Year award in 1997 as well as the Favorite Single award at the annual Archer Awards 58 The song also was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 38th Grammy Awards 59 Track listing and formats EditWorldwide CD single 60 Fantasy 4 04 Fantasy Bad Boy featuring O D B 4 53UK 1 US CD maxi single 61 62 Fantasy Album Version 4 06 Fantasy Bad Boy Fantasy 4 51 Fantasy Bad Boy featuring O D B 4 52 Fantasy Bad Boy Mix 4 14 Fantasy Def Club Mix 11 15UK CD maxi single 2 63 Fantasy MC Mix 6 29 Fantasy Puffy s Mix 4 53 Fantasy Puffy s Club Mix 4 49 Fantasy The Boss Dub 8 53 Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix 8 11 2 12 inch vinyl 64 A1 Fantasy Def Club Mix 11 14 A2 Fantasy MC Mix 6 26 B1 Fantasy Puffy s Mix 4 51 B2 Fantasy Bad Boy featuring O D B 4 52 B3 Fantasy Album Version 4 06 C1 Fantasy The Boss Mix 8 51 C2 Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix 8 11 D1 Fantasy Puffy s Club Mix 4 48 D2 Fantasy Bad Boy Mix 4 13Fantasy EP 65 Fantasy feat O D B 4 53 Fantasy feat O D B Bad Boy Fantasy 4 51 Fantasy Bad Boy Mix 4 14 Fantasy Puffy s Club Mix 4 50 Fantasy Def Radio Mix 3 46 Fantasy Def Club Mix 11 15 Fantasy MC Mix 6 28 Fantasy The Boss Mix 8 52 Fantasy Def Drums Mix 4 00 Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix 8 13 Fantasy Live at Madison Square Garden October 1995 4 31Credits and personnel EditCredits adapted from the Daydream liner notes 66 Mariah Carey co production songwriting vocals Dave Hall co production songwriting Tina Weymouth songwriting Chris Frantz songwriting Steven Stanley songwriting Adrian Belew songwritingCharts EditWeekly chart performance Chart 1995 1996 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 67 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 68 13Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 69 9Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 70 3Canada Retail Singles The Record 71 1Canada Contemporary Hit Radio The Record 71 1Canada Top Singles RPM 72 1Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 73 2Canada Dance Urban RPM 74 1DACH Airplay Music amp Media 75 3Denmark Tracklisten 76 5Europe European Hot 100 Singles 77 4Europe European AC Radio 78 2Europe European Dance Radio 79 23European Hit Radio Music amp Media 80 1Finland Suomen virallinen lista 81 2France SNEP 82 5France Airplay Music amp Media 83 1Germany Official German Charts 84 17Hungary MAHASZ 85 6Hungary Airplay HCRA 86 2Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 87 17Ireland IRMA 88 10Italy Musica e dischi 77 9Italy Airplay Music amp Media 89 1Japan Oricon 29 18Netherlands Dutch Top 40 90 9Netherlands Single Top 100 91 10Netherlands Airplay BDS 89 1New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 92 1Norway VG lista 93 10Poland Airplay Music amp Media 75 6Scandinavia Airplay Music amp Media 89 1Scotland OCC 94 10Spain Airplay Music amp Media 95 5Sweden Sverigetopplistan 96 13Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 97 10UK Singles OCC 98 4UK Hip Hop R amp B OCC 99 2UK Dance Albums OCC 100 Import only 2 12 inch vinyl 5UK R amp B Albums OCC 101 Import only 2 12 inch vinyl 18UK Club Music Week 102 David Morales Sean Puffy Combs Mixes 1UK Airplay BDS 75 2US Billboard Hot 100 103 1US Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles 104 1US Cash Box Top 100 Urban Singles 105 1US Adult Contemporary Billboard 106 8US Adult Contemporary Radio amp Records 107 15US Adult Top 40 Billboard 108 8US CHR Pop Radio amp Records 109 1US CHR Rhythmic Radio amp Records 109 1US Dance Club Songs Billboard 110 1US Dance Singles Sales Billboard 111 1US Hot AC Radio amp Records 109 7US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 112 1US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 113 1US Rhythmic Billboard 114 1US Urban Radio amp Records 109 1US Urban AC Radio amp Records 115 16Weekly chart performance Chart 2021 22 PeakpositionUK Singles Downloads OCC 116 45UK Dance OCC 117 22US R amp B Hip Hop Digital Songs Billboard 118 12 Year end chart performance Chart 1995 PositionAustralia ARIA 119 18Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 120 41Canada Retail Singles The Record 121 2Canada Top Singles RPM 122 18Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 123 37Canada Dance Urban RPM 124 5Europe Eurochart Hot 100 125 27European Adult Contemporary Music amp Media 126 21European Hit Radio Music amp Media 127 13France SNEP 128 24Hungary Airplay HCRA 129 6Netherlands Dutch Top 40 130 93Netherlands Single Top 100 131 77New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 132 4Scandinavia Airplay Music amp Media 129 15UK Singles OCC 133 37UK Airplay BDS 129 14US Billboard Hot 100 21 7US Adult Contemporary Radio amp Records 134 75US CHR Pop Radio amp Records 135 31US CHR Rhythmic Radio amp Records 136 13US Hot AC Radio amp Records 137 40US Hot Dance Club Songs Billboard 21 8US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 21 14US Urban Radio amp Records 138 33Year end chart performance Chart 1996 PositionUS Billboard Hot 100 22 49US CHR Pop Radio amp Records 139 55US CHR Rhythmic Radio amp Records 140 45US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 22 86US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 141 46US Rhythmic Billboard 142 29Five year chart performance Chart 1993 1998 PositionUS Rhythmic Top 40 Billboard 143 15Decade end chart performance Chart 1990 1999 PositionCanada The Record SoundScan 144 7US Billboard Hot 100 23 15Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 24 3 Platinum 210 000 France SNEP 145 Silver 125 000 Japan RIAJ 146 Platinum 100 000 New Zealand RMNZ 32 Platinum 10 000 United Kingdom BPI 30 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 19 6 Platinum 6 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history EditRelease dates and formats for Fantasy Region Date Format Label Ref United States August 23 1995 Radio airplay Columbia 147 United Kingdom September 11 1995 CD singlecassette single 148 Canada September 12 1995 CD single 149 United States 150 Japan September 21 1995 Mini CD single Sony Music Japan 151 Various August 14 2020 Digital downloadstreaming 2020 EP Columbia 152 United States February 18 2022 12 inch vinyl Urban Outfitters exclusive 153 References Edit a b Werthman Christine The 100 Greatest Mariah Carey Songs Staff Picks Billboard Archived from the original on November 2 2020 Retrieved November 2 2020 Pirnia Garin May 7 2012 Fantasy Rolling Stone Archived from the original on November 2 2020 Retrieved November 2 2020 a b c d e f g h Nickson 1998 p 134 a b c d e f g h i j k Bronson 2003 p 841 a b Erlewine Stephen Thomas Mariah Carey Daydream Allmusic All Media Guide Retrieved October 20 2010 a b Hal Leonard 2007 Mariah 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