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Not All That Fake
Simply Red sometimes surprises me when it comes to their music. Nevertheless, Mick Hucknall & company still can make a decent song, but not all the way enjoyable as they did before. Largely because of the drop of their popularity in the U.S. during the mid 90's. Arguably, there is no stopping them. Their latest single, Fake, the third from their Home album, doesn't seem to catch me right away. Although the song is alright, it really doesn't match their earlier songs such as If You Don't Know Me By Now, or Stars. Although the song has a little bit of a lively feel, similar to the horns of Chicago, it just isn't there. Fake is really a song that is in the middle. I only suggest you try to listen to it, if you're a die hard Simply Red fan.

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Second number one Billboard Club Play track.
This single follows the flawless "Sunrise" up to the number one place on the Club Play charts on Billboard. This cd is from Holland and features the remixes that took it there. The best mix on this cd single is the Phunk Investigation Exte-Club Mix(7:03)- it begins as a typical house mix, kicks in with a keyboard lick right out of "I'm In Love" by Evelyn Champagne King and then morphs into a string laden disco mix with a Chicago house piano line right from 1987. Then the vocals and background vocals work the magic of this mix. There is even a percussion break down that is too good for words. Incredible mix!!!This is the rest of the mixes:
Fake:
1-Radio mix(3:43)
2-Album Edit(3:15)
3-Love To Infinity Radio mix(4:37)-beautiful
4-Love To Infinity Club Mix(7:00)- a vocal dub mix
5-Phunk Investigation Radio Edit(3:02)
6-Phunk Investigation Exte-club mix(7:03)
7-Phunk Investigation in Electtica Dub Mix(7:07)- harder house mix than the vocal mix.
The Phunk Investigation vocal mix is tremendous and the reason for the 5 stars. Flawless. Look out for the remixes for "You Make Me Feel Brand New" next!!!!!

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Great single with a TRAGIC flaw...
Yes, this is a great single with a lot of mixes. But for my personal tastes, which is more hard/energy house, they made a huge mistake. The best version of "Fake" is the Love to Infinity Classic mix, which is only presented in a radio edit...clocking in at 4:37. None of the other versions, which are all long versions, can compare to this version. What a bummer! We'll just have to make do with the short version.