"Fake" (stylized as "FAKE") is Japanese R&B singer
Ai's 20th single, featuring pop/R&B musician
Namie Amuro
Namie Amuro ( ; ja, 安室奈美恵, Amuro Namie, label=none; born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese former recording artist, producer, songwriter, dancer, model, actress and entrepreneur who was active between 1992 and 2018. A leading figure of ...
. It was released on March 31, 2010.
Background
This single is the first of Ai's to be released since her greatest hits collection, ''
Best Ai
''Best Ai'' is the first greatest hits album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on September 16, 2009, by Island Records and Universal Sigma. The album was released in three editions: limited CD+DVD, CD only and "Arienai Price" ( ...
'', in the third term 2009. It is one of many releases intended to celebrate Ai's 10th anniversary since her debut, with many further collaborations planned.
Ai and Amuro have worked together twice in the past. Once in 2003 as part of the
Suite Chic project on the song "Uh Uh......" feat. AI, and once again in 2006 on
Zeebra
, known professionally as , is a Japanese hip hop recording artist and DJ who made his first appearance in 1995. Zeebra is a former member of the hip-hop group King Giddra, which also included DJ Oasis and K Dub Shine, and the older brother of ...
's song "Do What U Gotta Do" feat. AI, Namie Amuro & Mummy-D.
Reception
Before the release of the physical single, the track had been downloaded 30,000 times as a cellphone full-length download, and the music video viewed over 50,000 times on
YouTube
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.
In May 2010, the RIAJ certified the song as being a gold chaku-uta full download, selling over 100,000 downloads.
Track listing
*Limited edition bonus tracks.
Charts
Reported sales
References
External links
Universal Fake profile
Ai (singer) songs
Namie Amuro songs
2010 singles
2010 songs
Island Records singles
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Songs written by Ai (singer)
Universal Sigma singles