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“Fake It” by Seether

From the album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces (2007)

“Fake It” by Seether appears on 25 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2007 and 2025. It was first released in 2007 on the album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. Its best result is #2 on the 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 alternative song of 2007, #2,980 alternative song of all time and #388 of the '00s.

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18stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
2007–2025years charted

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"Fake It" was the lead single from Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, the South African band Seether's 2007 album, and it started small: Shaun Morgan first recorded it in his bedroom, and that early take went out under the name "Quirk" as an iTunes bonus for fans who pre-ordered the record. The finished version is lean, loud post-grunge with a sneer on its face. Morgan wrote the words, sings and plays guitar, Dale Stewart plays bass and sings backup, and John Humphrey drums, the three sharing the music credit; Howard Benson produced, Mike Plotnikoff recorded and Chris Lord-Alge mixed.

It topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts and reached 56 on the Hot 100, second only to "Broken" among their singles, and in 2021 Billboard ranked it 10th among the most successful songs in the Mainstream Rock chart's history.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 39 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 91
2007 83 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 106
2007 17 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 48 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 89
2007 28 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 12 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2007 105
2007 16 KWOD Sacramento, CA KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 106
2008 22 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008 91
2008 90 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 105
2008 32 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008 103
2008 7 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 106 Songs of 2008 105
2008 2 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 99
2008 56 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 103
2008 55 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2008 88

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2010 151 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2010 76 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2014 189 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 210 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 272 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 443 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 453 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2023 250 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 25 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 100
2025 376 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 64 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 100

Charting alongside it in 2007

Best songs of 2007 →
  1. 1Icky ThumpThe White Stripes
  2. 2DashboardModest Mouse
  3. 3The PretenderFoo Fighters
  4. 4Lazy EyeSilversun Pickups
  5. 5Read My MindThe Killers
  6. 6TarantulaThe Smashing Pumpkins

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