Not Fakin' It

Not Fakin' It is the second studio album by Hanoi Rocks singer Michael Monroe, released in September 1989 through PolyGram; a remastered edition was reissued through Lemon Recordings in 2003. The album is Monroe's most commercially successful solo release to date, reaching No. 14 on the Finnish albums chart, No. 161 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and being certified certified gold in Japan. The music video for "Dead, Jail or Rock 'N' Roll" featured Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose and received substantial rotation on MTV; it was later covered by the band Warrant for their 2002 album Under the Influence.

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Fakin' It

Fakin' It may refer to:

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Fakin' It (Simon & Garfunkel song)

"Fakin' It" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on July 7, 1967 as the third single from the duo's fourth studio album, Bookends (1968).

The song was a minor hit in the United States, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

Shortly before production began in earnest on Simon & Garfunkel's fourth LP, Bookends, Paul Simon hit a dry spell in his writing. Amid concerns for Simon's idleness, Columbia Records chairman Clive Davis arranged for up-and-coming record producer John Simon to kick-start the recording.

His first session with the group was for "Fakin' It" in June 1967. The duo were signed under an older contract that specified the label pay for sessions ("As a folk duo, how much could recording costs be?" said John Simon). Simon & Garfunkel took advantage of this indulgence, hiring viola and brass players, as well as percussionists. When the viola players arrived, the duo were so taken with the sound of the musicians tuning their instruments before recording that they spent nearly all night (at Columbia's expense) trying to find the random sound.

Fakin' It (K. Michelle song)

"Fakin' It" is a single by American R&B singer K. Michelle, featuring guest vocals by Grammy Award–winning female rapper Missy Elliott. It was co-written by Michelle, Elliott and then–unknown Ester Dean. The song was also the single that attained slight media attention for Michelle and was intended to serve as the buzz single for her formerly titled debut studio album Pain Medicine.

Background and meaning

In an October 2009 interview, K. Michelle described "Fakin' It" as a fun record that is a "part that women go through," and went on to add that the remaining tracks of her debut weren't like that. Michelle also felt that the record went into detail about sexual issues in regard to relationships and stressed the need to bring it to light in the record.

In response to the male public discrediting the song for its "male-bashing" lyrics, Michelle stated that she wanted the song to be empowering for women as a whole and added that there may be women in relationships who might have a man who "lacks bedroom skills" or "common sense." She also implied that "Fakin' It" was a response to Young Money's "Every Girl," describing: "[Young Money] wanted to say, 'I wish I could fuck every girl in the world;' my thing was to say, 'Okay, well while you're doing it, we're faking [the orgasm].'"