"Fake It" is a song by the South African rock band Seether. It is the first single from the band's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. The single rose to number one on both the US Billboard Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts. It also reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, the second-highest peak of their singles, after "Broken", which reached number 20. Worldwide, "Fake It" entered the top 20 in the Czech Republic and New Zealand. 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 the Mainstream Rock chart, 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 the Modern Rock chart (which by then had been renamed to Alternative Airplay).
Music video The music video, which was directed by Tony Petrossian, debuted on Seether's website as part of a "worldwide fan premiere" on 23 October 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 17 February 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.WWE: TV Shows > No Way Out It also appears on the soundtrack in the video game Burnout Paradise., Top 10 songs featured in racing games – progamist.com (20 August 2011) On 8 June 2010, it was released in the Rock Band Network for Rock Band 2, but was later released as official Rock Band 4 DLC on 19 July 2018. It was also featured as Rocksmith 2014 DLC on 10 February 2015 in the Seether song pack.
Personnel Shaun Morgan – lead vocals, guitar Dale Stewart – bass, backing vocals John Humphrey – drums, percussion
Charts
Weekly charts +Chart (2007–2008)Peak position Czech Republic Rock (IFPI) 6US Pop 100 (Billboard) 59
Year-end charts + Chart (2007) Position US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) 27
+ Chart (2008) Position US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) 4 US Modern Rock (Billboard) 5
Certifications
References