Pierce the Veil is No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart for the first time, reigning on the April 4-dated list with “So Far So Fake.”
The San Diego rockers rule with their second charted song on the survey, after “Pass the Nirvana” peaked at No. 39 in 2022.
“So Far So Fake” has also become Pierce the Veil’s first multiformat hit, as it topped Alternative Airplay for three weeks in 2025. The band boasts two No. 1s there; “Emergency Contact” led for one frame in 2023.
Concurrently, “So Far So Fake” rises to No. 1 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 5.5 million audience impressions in the week ending March 26, a boost of 7%, according to Luminate. It’s likewise the band’s first leader on the list and second entry, after “Emergency Contact” reached No. 10.
“So Far So Fake” takes over No. 1 on Rock & Alternative Airplay from Sublime’s “Ensenada,” which dominated for a record 26 weeks and falls to No. 3. (Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide” rises to No. 2 with 5.1 million impressions amid its sixth week atop Adult Alternative Airplay and fifth frame at No. 1 on Alternative Airplay.)
“So Far So Fake” previously became Pierce the Veil’s first song to make the Billboard Hot 100, hitting No. 64 last August. It ranked at No. 24 on the most recently published Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart (dated March 28, reflecting data accumulated March 13-19); in addition to its radio airplay, it drew 2.2 million official U.S. streams.
“So Far So Fake” parent LP The Jaws of Life debuted at No. 1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart in February 2023 and has earned 446,000 equivalent album units to date.
All Billboard charts dated April 4 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, March 31.
