Counterfeit (song)
| "Counterfeit" | ||||
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| Single by Limp Bizkit | ||||
| from the album Three Dollar Bill, Y'all | ||||
| B-side | "Nobody Loves Me" | |||
| Released | August 26, 1997 | |||
| Studio | Indigo Ranch (Malibu, California) | |||
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| Length | 5:07 | |||
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| Producer | Ross Robinson | |||
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"Counterfeit" is the debut single by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit, released on August 26, 1997. It is from their debut studio album, Three Dollar Bill, Y'all (1997). Notable for showcasing guitarist Wes Borland's experimental playing style, the song was written by Borland, DJ Lethal, Fred Durst, John Otto and Sam Rivers as a response to local bands that copied Limp Bizkit's style.
"Counterfeit" was the subject of controversy when Interscope Records paid a Portland radio station to play the song fifty times as a paid advertising, sparking payola accusations and criticism of the band and label. In 1999, the song was reissued as another single under the title "Counterfeit Countdown". It also appears on multiple compilations.
In 2022, Eli Enis of Revolver included the song in his list of the "10 Heaviest Nu-Metal Songs of All Time".