"Fake Tales of San Francisco" is a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys originally released on the band's first EP, Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys, in May 2005.

The lyrics expressed how bands portrayed this "fake" image of who they were and what they wanted their audience to perceive them as.

There is a dry sorrow feel to the lyrics, especially when love is compared to be blind and deaf as well.

[4][5][6] The music video for the song is the same as when it was previously released on Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys.

Although he has now left the band, the video includes several shots of former bassist Andy Nicholson.