Fake It (Seether song)

{{about|Seether song|other songs|Fake It (disambiguation)#Music}}

{{short description|Seether single}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Fake It

| cover = seether_fake_it.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Seether

| album = Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces

| released = 28 August 2007

| recorded = 2006–2007

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = * Hard rock{{cite web|last1=Childers|first1=Chad|title=No. 43: Seether 'Fake It' – Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs Read More: No. 43: Seether 'Fake It' – Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs|url=http://loudwire.com/seether-fake-it-top-21st-century-hard-rock-songs/|website=Loudwire|accessdate=23 March 2015}}

• alternative rock{{Cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/2/|title = Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best|date = 5 July 2017}}

| length = 3:16

| label = Wind-up

| writer = * Shaun Morgan

• Dale Stewart
• John Humphrey

| producer = Howard Benson

| prev_title = The Gift

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Rise Above This

| next_year = 2008

}}

"Fake It" is a song by South African rock band Seether. It is the first single from the band's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. The single quickly rose to number one on both the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks 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 3x platinum by the RIAA, silver by the BPI, and 2x platinum by the RMNZ.

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 Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, Billboard ranked "Fake It" at number 10 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history;{{cite magazine|first=Kevin|last=Rutherford|title=Shinedown & Days of the New Rule Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Charts|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9581948/shinedown-days-of-the-new-top-greatest-of-all-time-mainstream-rock-charts/|access-date=November 29, 2023|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603220935/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9581948/shinedown-days-of-the-new-top-greatest-of-all-time-mainstream-rock-charts/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603233707/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-mainstream-rock-songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-mainstream-rock-songs|title=Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Songs|archive-date=June 3, 2021|access-date=November 29, 2023|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard}} in September 2023, the magazine ranked the song at number 93 on a similar retrospective list for the 35th anniversary of Hot Modern Rock Tracks (which by then had been renamed to Alternative Airplay).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/alternative-airplay-chart-35th-anniversary-foo-fighters-all-time-low-rule-1235408126/|title=Alternative Airplay Chart’s 35th Anniversary: Foo Fighters Remain No. 1 Act, ‘Monsters’ New Top Song|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|magazine=Billboard|date=September 7, 2023|access-date=November 29, 2023}}{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006001750/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/|title=Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs|archive-date=October 6, 2023|access-date=November 29, 2023|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard}}