I'd say less than a sample, this was simply an inspiration in style and technique. Facts about “Somebody That I Used to Know” “Somebody That I Used to Know” was written and produced by Gotye.

J Balvin and Ozuna's China. As of April 2012, the song had sold 187,000 units in the United States. [15] Allmusic's Jon O'Brien felt the track was an "unexpected chart-topper ... [it] is an oddball break-up song whose stuttering rhythms, reggae hooks, and hushed vocals sound like The Police as remixed by The xx". The video, which has received over 1.4 billion views on YouTube as of April 2020, premiered on 5 July 2011. Victor López Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score Grade: 1 (Easy) Item: 00-38680S. "Somebody That I Used to Know" is a mid-tempo ballad. [39][40] The song also topped the Alternative Songs chart for twelve weeks[35] tying with Fuel's Hemorrhage (In My Hands) and Linkin Park's Numb and New Divide, as well as topping the Radio Songs, Digital Songs, On-Demand Songs,[41] Pop Songs, Adult Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary, and Hot Dance Club Songs charts in that country. This straight-eighth rock groove is captivating. It shows Gotye and Kimbra naked throughout the clip, and as they sing, his skin is gradually painted into the backdrop via stop motion animation. In its fifteenth week on the chart – after it was performed by Matt Bomer and Darren Criss on Glee on 10 April; by Phillip Phillips and Elise Testone on the eleventh season of American Idol before more than 16 million viewers on 11 April;[33] and by Gotye and Kimbra on Saturday Night Live on 14 April – the song rose to number 1,[34] where it stayed for eight consecutive weeks. ", "Rihanna Scores 22nd Hot 100 Top 10, Gotye No. Somebody That I Used to Know By Luiz Bonfá / arr. The hit song's accompanying music video was directed by Australian artist Natasha Pincus. $38.00. [61], Before its official premiere, the music video was leaked on Take 40 Australia's website. You must be logged in to comment. By 22 February 2013, the song became the tenth longest-charting song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, at 59 weeks on the chart. [70] A cover by Right the Stars featuring Karmina, which was also uploaded to YouTube, was recommended by Miley Cyrus. [5] Gotye uses a sample of Brazilian jazz guitarist Luiz Bonfá's 1967 instrumental song "Seville",[6] with additional instrumentations of beats and a xylophone. The arrangement of 'Somebody' is reflective of me moving towards using sounds that provide me with inspiration for a texture or a platform for an idea, and then through sonic manipulation and coming up with original melodies and harmonic ideas to make it my own. 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Fortunately, dreams came true ... he smashed out an incredible set climaxing with a version of the song with Kimbra on co-lead vocals that people couldn't stop talking about all weekend long". It felt weak. [52][53], On 15 July 2011, the song finished third in the 2011 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition, with the winning song, "Cameo Lover", by Kimbra. When Gotye began to write this song, he wasn't thinking about making it a duet. Their cover became the first single from a Punk Goes... compilation album to chart on a Billboard chart, reaching number 18 on US Rock Songs. Although the snippet used in the song is minimal, Gotye's Melbourne-based lawyer David Vodicka confirmed the Bonfa estate received a split of royalties rather than a straight fee for use. [16], Writing for Digital Spy, Lewis Corner rated the song four stars out of five and described it as "a Bon Iver-styled ballad for the music-buying masses".

2 on Hot 100, Gotye Still No. [71] Dutch DJ Tiësto remixed the song for his album Club Life: Volume Two Miami. [89], *sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alonesales+streaming figures based on certification alone, In January 2012, Canadian indie rock group Walk Off the Earth uploaded a cover of "Somebody That I Used to Know" to YouTube. [21][22][23] It was released on 5 July 2011 in Australia and New Zealand by Eleven Music as the second single from his third studio album, Making Mirrors (2011). Kimbra – Somebody That I Used to Know", "Airplay Charts Deutschland – Woche 52/2011", The Irish Charts – Search Results – Somebody That I Used to Know", Italiancharts.com – Gotye feat. Join a community of music enthusiasts with a passion for music education. [10] He tested his girlfriend, Tash Parker, but "somehow their happiness meant that it didn't work out" so he followed the recommendation of the song's mixer and used Kimbra's vocals.

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