Flesh for Fantasy explained

Flesh for Fantasy
Cover:	Billy Idol - Flesh for Fantasy.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Billy Idol
Album:	Rebel Yell
B-Side:	Blue Highway
Released:	August 1984 (US) 17 September 1984 (UK)^[1]
Recorded:	1983
Length:	4:37 (Album version) 3:47 (Single version)
Label:	Chrysalis
Producer:	Keith Forsey
Prev Title:	Eyes Without a Face
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Catch My Fall
Next Year:	1984

"Flesh for Fantasy" is a song by Billy Idol, released in 1984 as the third single from his 1983 studio album Rebel Yell. It reached No. 5 in New Zealand, No. 11 in Germany, No. 20 in Switzerland, and No. 29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Background and writing

The song was written by Billy Idol and Steve Stevens, with its title being inspired by the 1943 American film Flesh and Fantasy.^[2]

Charts

Chart (1984)! scope="col"

Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	28
Germany (Media Control)^[4]	11
Italy (Musica e Dischi)^[5]	24

External links

• "Flesh for Fantasy" at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Music Week. 20.
2. Book: Idol, Billy . Dancing with myself . New York . 2014 . 978-1-4516-2850-0 . 873740790.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 147.
4. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - BILLY IDOL - FLESH FOR FANTASY. Offiziellecharts.de.
5. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. 31 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Billy Idol".