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artist

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featuring

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. It was released on February 25, 2022, as the lead single from Wells' upcoming album. Wells and Cole co-wrote the song with Chris Stevens and Emily Weisband. Chris Steven collaborated with

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in producing the single. "Fake It" peaked at No. 16 on the US

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chart, and No. 8 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart. "Fake It" won the

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for Short Form Video of the Year (Performance) at the 2022 GMA Dove Awards.

Background

Tauren Wells released "Fake It" featuring Aaron Cole on February 25, 2022, as the lead single from his upcoming album slated for release later in the year. "Fake It" marks Wells first release following his signing with

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Writing and development

In an interview with ''

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'', Tauren Wells shared that the song came about from conversations about life in the studio, where Chris Stevens then shared a track he had which everyone got excited about and enjoyed. Wells then reached out to Aaron Cole for the writing of the bridge, with Cole responding within the hour.

Composition

"Fake It" is composed in the key of

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with a tempo of 115

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Accolades

Commercial performance

"Fake It" debuted at number 31 on the US

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chart dated March 5, 2022. "Fake It" debuted at No. 26 on the US

, and No. 10 on the Hot Gospel Songs charts dated March 12, 2022.

Music videos

Tauren Wells released the official visualizer for the song via YouTube on February 25, 2022. The official music video of "Fake It" premiered on Facebook exclusively on the same day. The video, filmed in Los Angeles, showcases Wells performing the song alongside Cole and a group of dancers. The music video was produced by Raj Kapoor and directed by Noah Clark. On February 27, 2022, the "Fake It" music video was availed on YouTube. On March 21, 2022, Tauren Wells released the live performance video of "Fake It" which was filmed at Vevo Studio in

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, New York. Choreography by Alexander Chung

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. * Josh Bailey — A&R * Aaron Cole — featured artist, vocals * John Greenham — mastering engineer * Jake Halm — co-arranger, editing, engineer, mixing, programmer * Javier Solís — engineer, percussion * Chris Stevens — co-arranger, editing, engineer, producer, programmer, vocals *

— co-arranger, editing, engineer, mixing, producer, programmer * Emily Weisband — vocals * Tauren Wells — primary artist, vocals * Cory Wong — engineer, guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2022 songs 2022 singles Tauren Wells songs Songs written by Christopher Stevens (musician) Songs written by Emily Weisband