Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy

"Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"
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

References

1. "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - April 23, 2010: Bad Company certified singles". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
2. "GRAMMY Museum: Bad Company Perform "Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy"". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. November 5, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
3. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
4. "Bad Company - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 3, 2016.