Fake It (Seether song)
"Fake It" is a song by South African rock band Seether. It is the first single from the band's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. The single quickly rose to number one on both the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts. It also reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, the second highest of their singles after "Broken", which reached number 20. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA.
| "Fake It" | ||||
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| Single by Seether | ||||
| from the album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces | ||||
| Released | 28 August 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
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| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Wind-up | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Howard Benson | |||
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The original version of the song was first recorded in singer Shaun Morgan's bedroom and was an iTunes exclusive bonus track named "Quirk," included with pre-orders of Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces.
In May 2021, for the 40th anniversary of Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, Billboard ranked "Fake It" at number 10 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history; in September 2023, the magazine ranked the song at number 93 on a similar retrospective list for the 35th anniversary of Hot Modern Rock Tracks (which by then had been renamed to Alternative Airplay).