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Earth, Wind & Fire

Fantasy

1977 · via JAŸ-Z

Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1977 recording of “Fantasy” is the earliest release on file. Eduardo Del Barrio, Maurice White and Verdine White are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Black Box (released 1990), Tom Grant (released 1995) and Arjen Lucassen’s Supersonic Revolution (released 2023), among 122 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. JAŸ-Z’s “As One” (2002) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Earth, Wind & Fire – Fantasy
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Under all that Roc-A-Fella roll call sits "Fantasy," a song Maurice and Verdine White helped write and their band cut first. Black Box and Maynard Ferguson also took a run at it, so the thread does not stop here.

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Credited writers: Eduardo Del Barrio, Maurice White and Verdine White.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1977.

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JAŸ-Z’s “As One” (2002) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

122 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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