Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Happy 37th anniversary to "Fake", a song written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and recorded by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It is the first single from the O'Neal's second studio album, Hearsay (1987). It is one of the artist's most recognizable signature songs, and a favorite of many O'Neal fans worldwide. The single was O'Neal's most successful song on both the US soul and pop charts. "Fake" went to number one on the Hot Black Singles chart for two weeks, and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was also O'Neal's most successful single on the dance charts, peaking at number seven. It initially reached number 33 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987, but would reach a higher peak of number 16 with the release of a remixed version in 1988. The song’s punchy drum/percussion beat pattern was also later sampled for the song “Sleigh Ride” off of O’Neal’s fourth, and specifically, first and only Christmas album “My Gift to You”, in addition to a bass line played similar to that of “Fake”.
Released: May 5, 1987
Recorded: 1986
Genre: Post-disco, dance-pop, R&B
Length: 3:57 (album version), 3:10 (single edit)
Label: Tabu
Songwriters: James Harris, Terry Lewis
Producers: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
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Happy 37th anniversary to "Fake", a song written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and recorded by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It is the first single from the O'Neal's second studio album, Hearsay (1987). It is one of the artist's most recognizable signature songs, and a favorite of many O'Neal fans worldwide. The single was O'Neal's most successful song on both the US soul and pop charts. "Fake" went to number one on the Hot Black Singles chart for two weeks, and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was also O'Neal's most successful single on the dance charts, peaking at number seven. It initially reached number 33 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987, but would reach a higher peak of number 16 with the release of a remixed version in 1988. The song’s punchy drum/percussion beat pattern was also later sampled for the song “Sleigh Ride” off of O’Neal’s fourth, and specifically, first and only Christmas album “My Gift to You”, in addition to a bass line played similar to that of “Fake”.
Released: May 5, 1987
Recorded: 1986
Genre: Post-disco, dance-pop, R&B
Length: 3:57 (album version), 3:10 (single edit)
Label: Tabu
Songwriters: James Harris, Terry Lewis
Producers: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
#alexanderoneal #Fake #rnb #rnbsinger #soul #funk #soulsinger #80srnb #blackmusic #rnblegend #funklegend #taburecords #rnbicon #JimmyJamandTerryLewis #flytetyme #flytetyme40 #clarenceavant #flyte_tyme_tunes
