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‘Fake’ is the second single from Simply Red’s eighth studio album Home, released in 2003. It followed the release of their first single ‘Sunrise’, which was an instant international success.
Home was the first album released on Mick’s own label, Simplyred.com, and went on to become a global success. To this day it remains one of the best-selling independent albums of all time. Mick went on to release several more albums on Simplyred.com, the most recent of which is Recollections – 40 newly recorded versions of Simply Red’s top tracks to celebrate 40 years of Simply Red, released in 2025.
The release of ‘Fake’ was accompanied by a music video featuring body doubles of celebrities. It shows Mick walking around a night club interacting with famous people, including Eminem, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Michael Jackson and David Beckham, as well as encountering his own double! The ‘Fake’ video remains one of the best loved and iconic of Simply Red’s music videos amongst fans.
SINGLE CREDITS
Words Mick Hucknall
Music Mick Hucknall, Mark Jaimes, Gota Yashiki, Ian Kirkham, Steve Lewinson, Dee Johnson, John Johnson, Kenji Suzuki, Sarah Brown, Chris de Margary & Kevin Robinson
EMI Songs Ltd/19 Songs/BMG Music Publishing Ltd/Strong Songs/Copyright Control
LYRICS
Watching love drifting away
And I feel like I’m someone else
The hurting is rough
Long are the days
And you have hurt me enough
Your mother she knows…
That something is wrong with ya babe
How wondering grows…
As u drift away here’s what I say
I read a book
And it’s your face
It’s your face now…Fake
Still my love for you was no mistake
I will always love you
Fake…
Hoping for love
Day after day
And it’s always someone else
The hurting is rough
Long are the days
And you have hurt me enough
You’re burning your hair
On your cigarette, oh baby
You’re turning your nose up
At the clothes your girlfriend wears
Shoot I don’t care
I read a book
And it’s your face
It’s your face now…Fake
Still my love for you was no mistake…obvious baby
Fake…
I read a book
And it’s your face…reading you baby
Fake…
Still my love for you was no mistake
I will always love you
…I will always love you
Your mother she knows
That something is wrong with ya babe
How wondering grows
As u drift away
Shoot I don’t care
I read a book
And it’s your face…oh no
Fake…
Still my love for you was no mistake…it’s obvious baby
Fake…
I read a book
And it’s your face…reading you baby
Fake…
Still my love for you was no mistake…
I will always love you…
You’re out of place…
Simply Red - Fake (Official Video)
Simply Red - Fake (Video Rushes)
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Simply Red’s latest release, ‘Recollections’, features 40 new recordings of Simply Red classic songs, to celebrate their incredible 40 year legacy, and is available to buy now.
The album includes beautiful but faithful versions of ‘Money’s Too Tight (To Mention)’, ‘Holding Back The Years’, ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’, ‘Stars’, ‘Fairground’ and 35 other fan favourites.
‘Recollections’ is available in three physical formats – a 4 LP vinyl, a 3 CD (both featuring all 40 tracks), and a cut-down double vinyl featuring 20 of their top tracks. All formats include a special booklet containing iconic and rare photos from 1985 onwards.
