Living in a Fantasy

"Living in a Fantasy" is the eighth album by the English singer-songwriter, Leo Sayer, and was released in August 1980. Although the album was not a huge commercial success, the single that it spawned, a cover version of Bobby Vee's "More Than I Can Say", spent five weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1980 and January 1981.Sayer's version of the song was certified a gold record by the RIAA.It also spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.In the UK, the song peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart,while it spent two weeks atop the Kent Music Report in Australia. Sayer has stated that while looking for an "oldie" to record for Living in a Fantasy, he saw a TV commercial for a greatest hits compilation album by Vee, and chose the song on the spot: "We went into a record store that afternoon, bought the record and had the song recorded that night."