FANTASY

This page is for the beatmania IIDX song FANTASY, a dance cover of the Earth, Wind, and Fire song. For all other songs titled FANTASY, please see FANTASY (disambiguation).

FANTASY

Song Information

Artist: ULTIMATE DUB
Composition/Lyrics: E.Barrio, E.Del Barrio, M.White, V.A.White
Original Artist: Earth, Wind & Fire
Album: DANCE EXPRESS Hi Speed 2 (2000)
BPM: 180
Length: 2:03
Genre: DANCE EXPRESS Hi-speed
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Every thought is a dream, rushing by in a stream,
Bringing life to our kingdom of doing
Take a ride in the sky, on our ship Fantasy
All your dreams will come true, miles away

Our voices will ring together until the twelfth of never,
We all, will live now forever, as one

Come to see, victory in a land called fantasy,
Loving life, for you and me, to behold, to your soul in ecstasy
You will find, other kind, that has been in search of you,
Many lives has brought you to
Recognize it's your life, now in review
And as you glide, in your stride with the wind, as you fly away
Give a smile, from your lips, and say
I am free, yes I'm free, now I'm on my way

You will find, other kind, that has been in search of you,
Many lives has brought you to
Recognize it's your life, now in review

Song Connections / Remixes

• FANTASY is a dance remix of the 1978 disco track of the same name by American funk group, Earth, Wind, & Fire.
• An extended, megamixed version of FANTASY can be found on the beatmania IIDX 4th style Original Soundtracks album.

Trivia

• FANTASY's notecharts were created by wac.
• FANTASY is one of the only two licenses in beatmania IIDX history to be removed from the arcade and later revived. Both it and JIVE INTO THE NIGHT were revived in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
  • Unlike JIVE TO THE NIGHT, though, FANTASY was not revived again in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD.
• At the time of its debut, FANTASY had the most notes of any Single chart in beatmania IIDX, with 1196 notes on its ANOTHER chart.
  • This record was beaten the following game by V's 1519. V would hold this position until beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED.

Song Production Information

Wac

Well, it's give-and-take. No rest for the notechart creator. I'm Wac.
Regards from Animelo 2. beatmania's notecharts are popular among IIDX players. Pay attention to the ending! In 4thStyle.
Now, about FANTASY. I'm sure many people have heard the original song, it's a super famous song by EARTH WIND&FIRE.
wac hasn't been involved in the IIDX series since 2ndStyle, but I'm secretly happy to be in charge of an Earth cover, following from Brazilian Rhyme during that time. (Or rather, I took over from the mustache man. He wanted to do Kin-chan (Kinnikuman)'s song in Animelo, so I guess it's alright)
To the young people who don't know the original song, by all means, please listen to the Earth version. It's hot. Anyways, it's in space.
By the way, the original album, not the best of, also includes Brazilian Rhyme. It's a bargain.
Now, let's discuss the notechart. It's the DANCE EXPRESS Hi-Speed version, so it's very fast and difficult, but I consciously created them to be gentle to people... when I said that, KAGE kept asking me "can you clear it?".
Yes, I still couldn't clear it. I'll try very hard to practice it, so please forgive me.
By the way, the mustache man is attached to everything. He's weird.
It doesn't matter, but I went to do karaoke with dj TAKA, dj nagureo, and the sound data analyzers the other day, and they said "you were in charge of it" and forced me to sing FANTASY (the original song), which was disastrous.
The lyrics don't appear like in DDR or Animelo, but let's all sing it, too. During the game. That's impossible.

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

Of all the music I've heard, with all due respect, I haven't heard any EARTH WIND&FIRE before, and even when Wac told me that it was a cover of their super famous song, I couldn't recognize it.
But after listening to this song, I started to think it was really nice~ (maybe it was easy to listen to from the Eurobeat arrangement).
Even though it feels painful and depressing, if you keep on wishing... many emotional things come to my mind during such situations.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 from in 4th style, 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, and 1 to 8 in 10th style.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	724	952	1196	-	630	1006	1282	-
beatmania IIDX 4th style	-	5	7	N/A	-	5	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style→6th style	-	5	7	N/A	-	↑6	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→10th style	-	5	7	N/A	-	↓5	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 4th style CS	-	5	7	N/A	-	5	7	N/A	-