| Fantasy Island | |
| Cover: | Fantasy_Island_-_The_Millionaires.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Millionaires |
| B-Side: | "Fantasy Island" (English version) |
| Studio: | Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Genre: |
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| Label: | Utopia Music |
| Producer: | Piet Souer |
| Prev Title: | Boys from the Radio |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Mickey's Monkey |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
"Fantasy Island" is a song by Dutch pop group The Millionaires, released as a single in March 1982. It was a top-40 hit in the Netherlands; however, the song is better known for the version released a month later by Tight Fit.
The Millionaires participated with "Fantasy Island" (in Dutch "Fantasie eiland") at the 1982 Nationaal Songfestival, which decided who was going to represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song came second in the festival, with the winner being "Jij en ik", performed by Bill van Dijk.[1]
| Fantasy Island | |
| Cover: | Fantasy_Island_-_Tight_Fit.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tight Fit |
| Album: | Tight Fit |
| B-Side: | Saturday Heartbreak |
| Recorded: | 1982 |
| Studio: | Battery Studios, London |
| Genre: | New pop[2] |
| Label: | Jive |
| Producer: | Tim Friese-Greene |
| Prev Title: | The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Secret Heart |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
English pop band Tight Fit released their cover as the second single from their album Tight Fit. It peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.
Reviewing the song in Record Mirror, Sunie Fletcher described the song as an "Abba impersonation that serves only to show 'Wimoweh' in a relatively good light.[3] Reviewing for Smash Hits, Martin Fry of ABC described it as "diluted Abba, but undoubtedly a hit" and that "the song goes around and around and beats you into submission".[4]
7": Jive / JIVE 13 (UK)
7": Jive / 6.13 463 (Germany)
12": Jive / JIVE T13 (UK)
12": Jive / 6.20 149 (Germany)