"Fake" | ||||
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Single by Simply Red | ||||
from the album Home | ||||
Released | 7 July 2003 | |||
Format | CD single, CD maxi, 12" single | |||
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 |
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Producer(s) |
Mick Hucknall Stewart Levine |
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Simply Red singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
The music video was filmed at a nightclub in Watford, England and was directed by Andy Morahan. 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, 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.