‘Sometimes a Fantasy’ by Billy Joel – Classic Hit or Miss

The Song was released as the last single from his album Glass Houses. The single peaked at #36 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The song starts with Joel dialing a number on a telephone (which he is depicted doing on the single cover). 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").

The single version of "Fantasy" has a running time of 4:19, making it 39 seconds longer than the album version, which runs at 3:40. The album's version ends with a fade out, while the single version falls apart by Joel letting loose a Beatles' honoring yowl of "I've got blisters on my fingers," a reference to the ending of "Helter Skelter."

36 back in 1980, how about today?