Fantastic Voyage (Lakeside song) explained

Fantastic Voyage
Cover:	Fantastic_Voyage_-_Lakeside.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Lakeside
Album:	Fantastic Voyage
B-Side:	I Can't Get You Out of My Head
Released:	January 1981
Recorded:	1980
Genre:	Funk^[1] R&B
Length:	6:10
Prev Title:	From 9:00 Until
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Your Love Is on the One
Next Year:	1981

'"Fantastic Voyage"' is a 1980 song by Lakeside, a band from Dayton, Ohio. It was the number one hit single from their 1980 album Fantastic Voyage. The song hit number one on the R&B chart and was the group's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number fifty-five.^[2]

Samples

• In 1994, hip-hop artist Coolio sampled the Lakeside song for his own hit of the same title.

Song in popular culture

• The song was performed by Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow and Solange Knowles during a talent show in the movie Johnson Family Vacation.
• The song also appeared in the movie First Kid, starring Sinbad.
• The song is also played in 2004 video game , on the in-game radio station, Bounce FM.
• The song was used in the 's Claptastic Voyage DLC trailer.
• The song was used in a television commercial in 2021 for Allstate Insurance.

External links

• Fantastic Voyage song lyrics at Yahoo Music

Notes and References

1. Give Up the Funk Edition. Hit Parade Music History and Music Trivia. Slate. Molanphy. Chris. October 15, 2022. April 18, 2024.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 339.