"Flesh for Fantasy" is a song by

Billy Idol William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British-American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer o ...

from his 1983 studio album ''

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''. It became the album's third

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Background and writing

The song was written by

and

Steve Stevens Steve Stevens (born Steven Bruce Schneider; May 5, 1959) is an American guitarist. He is best known as Billy Idol's guitarist and songwriting collaborator, and for his lead guitar work on the theme to ''Top Gun'' – "Top Gun Anthem" – for w ...

, with its title being inspired by the 1943 American film ''Flesh and Fantasy''.

Charts

References

External links

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