"Fake Love"

October 29, 2016

  • 3:28 (single version)
  • 3:32 (album version)

Composition and lyrics[edit]

"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]

Critical reception[edit]

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[edit]

As of March 27, 2017, "Fake Love" has sold 784,000 copies in the United States.[9]