Critical receptionĭark Fantasy has received positive reviews from music critics. It also appeared at position 80 on the South Korean Gaon Chart, and at 189 the following week. The song debuted at position 10 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles as reported by Billboard. Other than the four singles released from the album, (Power, All of the Lights, Monster, and Runaway) Dark Fantasy was the only song off the album to chart. The song performed similarly in Canada, charting at 67 on the Canadian Hot 100. The second week it dropped to 83, and by the third week it exited the chart. Chart performanceĭue to the hype generated by the anticipation of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Dark Fantasy debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at 60, without actually being released as a single. The song samples a portion of " In High Places" by Mike Oldfield, a pop rock song from 1987. His lyrics on the track contain various musical and popular culture references, including those to the song " Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", the Lamborghini Murciélago sports car, rapper Nas, fashion designer Phoebe Philo, short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", the song " Sex on Fire", singer Leona Lewis, and television character Steve Urkel. It introduces the album's themes of decadence and hedonism, with West musing how "the plan was to drink until the pain was over / But what’s worse, the pain or the hangover?". The song is introduced with a narrative by Nicki Minaj, elocuting in an English accent, that serves as a retelling of writer Roald Dahl's poetic rework of " Cinderella". The song was used in advertisements for the film The Hangover Part II.ĭark Fantasy is 4 minutes, 41 seconds long. The song received positive reviews by music critics, praising West's verses and the production.ĭark Fantasy was also used during the opening sequence of Runaway, a 35 minute music video directed by Kanye West set to music from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Despite not being released as a single, the hype generated by the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy caused the song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at 60. It features an opening narrative delivered by Nicki Minaj, contains backing vocals by Teyana Taylor and Bon Iver, and samples " In High Places" by Mike Oldfield. The song serves as the opening track of the album, and was written by Kanye West, Ernest Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean and the RZA. " Dark Fantasy" is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West, from his fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy track listing The RZA, Kanye West, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean Kanye West, Robert Diggs, Ernest Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean, Malik Jones Song by Kanye West from the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy