"Fake It" is a song by South African

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. It is the first single from the band's album ''

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''. The single quickly rose to number one on both the ''Billboard''

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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. The original version of the song was first recorded in singer

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's bedroom and was an iTunes exclusive bonus track named "Quirk," included with pre-orders of ''Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces''.

Music video

The music video, which was directed by

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, debuted on Seether's website as part of a "worldwide fan premiere" on October 23, 2007, the same day the album was released. It shows Shaun Morgan filming a music video on a plane set, with women dancing seductively around him. It then goes on to show the band playing in a snowy clearing and an industrial looking arena surrounded by fans. Each setting is then inundated with various parts of the others, such as having the scantily clad models from the plane dance through the snowy clearing, revealing all the various music video tropes to be faked in some way, through the use of props, bluescreen, or computer manipulation, reflecting the theme of the lyrics.

Usage in media

"Fake It" was announced to be the official theme song of the 2008 WWE No Way Out pay-per-view event that took place on February 17, 2008 in

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. It also appears on the soundtrack in the video game ''

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''. On June 8, 2010, it was released in the

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for '' Rock Band 2'', but was later released as official ''

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'' DLC on July 19, 2018. It was also featured as ''

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'' DLC on February 10, 2015 in the Seether song pack.

Personnel

*Shaun Morgan – lead vocals, guitar *

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– bass, backing vocals * John Humphrey – drums, percussion

Charts

The song held the number one spot for 14 weeks on the U.S. ''

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'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also spent eight weeks atop the ''Billboard'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Certifications

Achievements

"Fake It" was featured in the ''Burnout Paradise'' game as one of the in-game soundtracks where it was ranked tenth on ''ProGamist''s list of "Top 10 songs featured in racing games"., Top 10 songs featured in racing games - progamist.com (August 20, 2011)

References

{{authority control 2007 singles 2007 songs Seether songs Wind-up Records singles Music videos directed by Tony Petrossian Song recordings produced by Howard Benson Songs written by Shaun Morgan Songs written by John Humphrey (drummer) Songs written by Dale Stewart