Let Me Be Your Fantasy

"Let Me Be Your Fantasy"
Single by Baby D
from the album Deliverance
Released 7 November 1994
Format
Recorded 1992
Genre Breakbeat hardcore
Length
  • 7:49 (album version)
  • 3:52 (radio edit)
Label Systematic (UK)
Songwriter(s) Floyd Dyce
Producer(s) Floyd Dyce
Baby D singles chronology
"Casanova"
(1994)		 "Let Me Be Your Fantasy"
(1994)		 "(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving"
(1995)

"Casanova"
(1994)		 "Let Me Be Your Fantasy"
(1994)		 "(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving"
(1995)
Music video
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" on YouTube

"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" is a song by the British musical group Baby D. Originally released by Production House Records in 1992, it became a number-one UK single in November 1994 when re-released by London Records subsidiary Systematic.[1] Sam Richards, writing in The Guardian in 2015, said "Let Me Be Your Fantasy was the biggest crossover hit of the rave era."[2]

Song information

"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" originated in 1992 at the height of the rave scene. The song was written and produced by band member Floyd Dyce and the vocals were sung by Dorothy Fearon[3] (AKA Dorothy "Dee" Galdes and Dee Galdes-Fearon).[4]

Dyce has said "My idea for Fantasy was to try to develop an original song on top of hard beats: something you could sing along to as you were raving."[2]

Impact and legacy

Mixmag ranked the song number 42 in its 100 Greatest Dance Singles Of All Time list in 1996, adding:

"It took almost three years for Let Me Be Your Fantasy to worm its way into the British public's affections, to shift from hardcore anthem to chart topping smash. In retrospect, the only thing that's surprising is that it took so long. Let Me Be Your Fantasy - a sneaky paen to ecstasy's "warm embrace" disguised as a love song - was perhaps the most commercial tune that the hardcore scene ever produced. Massive pianos, crunching breaks and a ravealong chorus meant its appeal spread wider than white gloved Vicks sniffers. Far enough, in fact, to get it voted the Kiss listeners' favourite tune of all time in a recent poll."[5]

MTV Dance placed the song at #13 in their list of The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems Of All Time in November 2011.[6]

Sam Richards from The Guardian in 2015 wrote that "Let Me Be Your Fantasy was the biggest crossover hit of the rave era".[2]

Chart information

"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" only reached No. 76 when first released in 1992 by Production House Records.[7] It remained popular however, and the single was reissued in the UK on 7 November 1994 by London Records subsidiary Systematic Records.[8][9] It entered the chart at No. 3 before climbing to number 1 the following week, where it remained for two weeks.[1][10] It was the 18th best selling single of 1994 in the UK.[11] The song was released for a third time in 2000 as a UK garage remix by Trick or Treat. This version, featuring MC Tails, peaked at No. 16.

Track listing

  • UK CD single - 1994 issue on Systematic Records [SYSCD4]
  1. Radio Edit
  2. Original Mix
  3. Dancing Divaz Club Mix
  4. Ruffer Remix
  5. Cool Breeze Slow + Low Remix
  6. DJ Professor's X Club Mix
  7. Ray Keith Remix

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7]
Chart (1994–95) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 54
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 27
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[14] 5
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 11
Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 31
Ireland (IRMA)[17] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 14
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[20] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 12
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 1
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[23] 1
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[24] 1

Cover versions

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 574. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Richards, Sam (3 September 2015). "From Voodoo Ray to Infinity and beyond – the story of the UK's biggest rave anthems". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ↑ 1000 UK Number One Singles by Jon Kutner & Spencer Leigh, page 401, ISBN 978-1844492831
  4. ↑ "Dee-finitive times". Leicester Mercury. Leicester. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "The 100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time". Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. ↑ MTV Dance Tuesday 27.12.2011
  7. 1 2 1992 UK singles chart peak for "Let Me Be Your Fantasy": "The 76-100 pos. UK-Charts-Thread > 14 November 1992". Imgur. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. ↑ The Complete Book of the British Charts (Third Edition) by Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner & Tony Brown, page 95
  9. ↑ "Chart history of "Let Me Be Your Fantasy"". The Official Charts Company. Chartstats.com. 1994. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  10. ↑ "UK Singles Chart runs". Polyhex.com. 2014-03-18. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  11. ↑ Archived February 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 07 May 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Baby D – Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  14. ↑ "Music & Media: Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  15. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  16. ↑ "Musicline.de – Baby D Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  17. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 49, 1994". Irish Singles Chart.
  18. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Baby D" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  19. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Baby D – Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 (20 November 1994-26 November 1994)". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  21. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Baby D – Let Me Be Your Fantasy". Singles Top 100.
  22. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Baby D – Let Me Be Your Fantasy". Swiss Singles Chart.
  23. ↑ "Official UK Dance Singles Chart (13 November 1994-19 November 1994)". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  24. ↑ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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