"Fantasy" is the debut single by Canadian rock musician, Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...

, and is regarded as his most popular work to date. Released on his eponymous debut album in 1981, the song climbed to #3 on the Mainstream rock

Mainstream rock

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 chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 singles chart. The song was featured in a flashback sequence in the final episode of the popular television series, Rob & Big

Rob & Big

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. A cover version of the song, performed by Steel Panther

Steel Panther

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, is the current theme song for the MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 show Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

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.

VH1

VH1

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 listed it at #78 on its countdown for the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.

Music Video

The video shows Aldo performing with his band at a concert. Its best remembered for its intro that starts out with a guy holding an electric guitar

Electric guitar

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 and two bodyguards holding machine guns, waiting for someone. Then comes a helicopter landing from the sky and Aldo comes out in a leopard-print suit being escorted to the stage. When they encouter a locked door which the bodyguards can't open up, Aldo grabs his guitar and fires a laser to the door and it opens.

The helicopter scene and the laser scene were both Aldo's idea.