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Somebody That I Used To Know
Gotye, Kimbra
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- Album
- Making Mirrors
- Released
- 2011
- Genres
- Length
- 4:05
- Tempo
- 129 BPM
- Label
- Samples & Seconds / Republic
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About this song
The song charted first in Australia in late 2011 and then continued climbing the charts in the United States in 2012 and 2013. It is credited to Gotye with Kimbra.
What it's about
The song tells of a relationship that both people ended, in which one person feels a hurt that the other refuses to feel.
Fun facts
- Samples “Seville by Luiz Bonfá” and “Woke Up This Morning by The Mexicali Brass”.
- Sampled in 93 other songs, like “What NYC Sounds Like by 917 Rackz”.
- Covered 43 times, including “Somebody That I Used to Know by First to Eleven”.
- Written by Gotye and Luiz Bonfá.
- Produced by Gotye.