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Fake (Simply Red song)

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"Fake"

SinglebySimply Red

from the album Home

Released

7 July 2003^[1]

Genre

Dance-pop

Length

3:58

Label

Simplyred.com

Songwriter(s)

Sara Brown
Chris de Margary
Mick Hucknall
Mark Jaimes
John Johnson
Dee Johnson
Ian Kirkham
Steve Lewinson
Kenji Suzuki
Gota Yashiki

Producer(s)

Mick Hucknall
Stewart Levine

Simply Red singles chronology

"Sunrise"
(2003)

"Fake"
(2003)

"You Make Me Feel Brand New"
(2003)

Music video

"Simply Red - Fake (Official Video)"onYouTube

"Fake" is a song written and recorded by British soft rock group Simply Red. It was released in July 2003 as the second single from the album, Home. It was the next single after their international smash hit "Sunrise". It reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play for the week of 14 February 2004.

Track listings[edit]

CD single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fake" (Radio Mix)	3:43
2.	"Fake" (Album Edit)	3:15
3.	"Fake" (Love To Infinity Classic Radio Mix)	4:37
4.	"Fake" (Love To Infinity Club Mix)	7:00
5.	"Fake" (Phunk Investigation Radio Edit)	3:02
6.	"Fake" (Phunk Investigation Exte-Club Mix)	7:03
7.	"Fake" (Phunk Investigation In Elettrica Dub Mix)	7:07

Music video[edit]

The music video was filmed at a nightclub in Watford, England and was directed by Andy Morahan.^[2] It features Mick Hucknall walking around in the nightclub and talking to people who look like famous artists and celebrities. Among them are doubles of Eminem, Ozzy Osbourne, Naomi Campbell, Kylie Minogue, Diana Ross, Robert De Niro, Madonna, Britney Spears, Pamela Anderson, Cameron Diaz, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, Halle Berry, Michael Jackson, Joan Collins, Cher, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham. Hucknall also meets his own double. It also features Hucknall in a library when the line "I read a book and it's your face" is said.

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for "Fake"
Chart (2003–2004)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	97
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[4]	4
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)^[5]	12
Croatia (HRT)^[6]	10
Germany (Official German Charts)^[7]	43
Italy (FIMI)^[8]	7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[9]	6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[10]	19
Scotland (OCC)^[11]	19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[12]	41
UK Singles (OCC)^[13]	21
USBillboard Hot Dance Club Play^[14]	1

Year-end charts[edit]

Year-end chart performance for "Fake"
Chart (2003)	Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[15]	77

References[edit]

^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 7 July 2003: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 5 July 2003. p. 21. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

^ Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - Simply Red - "Fake"". Music Video DataBase. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 253.

^ "Simply Red – Fake" (in Dutch). Ultratip.

^ "Simply Red – Fake" (in French). Ultratip.

^ "Top Lista Hrvatskog Radija". Croatian Radiotelevision. Archived from the original on 3 October 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

^ "Simply Red – Fake" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

^ "Simply Red – Fake". Top Digital Download.

^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Simply Red" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.

^ "Simply Red – Fake" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

^ "Simply Red – Fake". Swiss Singles Chart.

^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

^ "Hot Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 14 February 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2003". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

v t e Simply Red singles
Picture Book	"Money's Too Tight (to Mention)" "Holding Back the Years"
Men and Women	"The Right Thing" "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
A New Flame	"It's Only Love" "If You Don't Know Me by Now" "A New Flame" "You've Got It"
Stars	"Something Got Me Started" "Stars" "For Your Babies" "Thrill Me" "Your Mirror"
Life	"Fairground" "Remembering the First Time" "Never Never Love" "We're in This Together"
Greatest Hits	"Angel"
Blue	"Night Nurse" "Say You Love Me" "The Air That I Breathe"
Love and the Russian Winter	"Ain't That a Lot of Love"
Home	"Sunrise" "Fake" "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
Simplified	"Perfect Love"

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