| "Sometimes a Fantasy" | ||||
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| Single by Billy Joel | ||||
| from the album Glass Houses | ||||
| B-side | "All for Leyna" | |||
| Released | 1980 | |||
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| Length | 4:19 (single version) 3:40 (album version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Ramone | |||
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"Sometimes a Fantasy" is a song by Billy Joel, released in 1980 as the last single from his seventh studio album Glass Houses. The single peaked at No. 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song is a "melodic, fast paced rocker"[1] and starts with Joel dialing a number on a telephone (which he is depicted doing on the single cover).[1]
The lyrics are about a sexually frustrated man who tries to convince his significant other to have phone sex. He explains that he is lonely since they are far away from each other (which is implied by the fact that his phone call is "long distance").
- ^ a b c "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. October 11, 1980. p. 75. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ a b Mitchell, Matt (January 20, 2024). "The 25 Greatest Billy Joel Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ a b Evanoff, Savannah (November 18, 2019). "OFF THE RECORD: 'Glass Houses'". Northwest Florida Daily News. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ Final Serenade, One (May 27, 2021). "Sometimes a Fantasy - Billy Joel". One Final Serenade: The Songs of Billy Joel. Retrieved October 14, 2023.