<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Serpentine Fire" (1977) </Td> <Td> "Fantasy" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Jupiter" (1977) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Serpentine Fire" (1977) </Td> <Td> "Fantasy" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Jupiter" (1977) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Fantasy" is a song written and composed by Maurice White, Verdine White, and Eddie del Barrio . It first became an international hit in 1977 by the American group Earth, Wind & Fire . A cover version in 1990 by the Eurodance band Black Box was also a successful international hit . "Fantasy" has been covered or sampled by many artists over the years . </P> <P> "Fantasy" was first recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire for their studio album All' N All, and was released as a single in 1978 . The song took a period of three months to be written and composed, and it was only finally finished after Maurice White saw the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind and gained inspiration from the film . "Fantasy" reached number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 12 on the Billboard R&B singles chart in the United States, and number 14 on the UK singles chart . "Fantasy" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song . After its release in Japan as a digital single to cellphones in 2009, it was certified gold for 100,000 downloads in May 2011 . </P>

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