Fake Love (Drake song)
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- 3:28 (single version)
- 3:32 (album version)
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| Released | October 29, 2016 | |||
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"Fake Love" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, released as the lead single from his 2017 mixtape, More Life.[1][2] It was co-written by Drake with Starrah, Vinylz, and Frank Dukes, while the latter two handled the song's production.[3][4] The song was released for digital download on October 29, 2016, through Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records.[5][6]
"Fake Love" features an R&B beat. Lyrically, it focuses on peers who only appreciate Drake for his success, and would not care for him otherwise, hence the lyric, "fake people showing fake love to me".[7]
The lyrics "That's when they smile in my face/Whole time they wanna take my place" are an interpolation of The O'Jays' song "Back Stabbers".[8][better source needed]
Critical reception
Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork compared the song to "Hotline Bling" and called it "infectious and vaguely familiar, with top notes of several songs in the Drake canon".[4]
Commercial performance
As of March 27, 2017, "Fake Love" has sold 784,000 copies in the United States.[9]
