Somebody That I Used to Know#Three Days Grace version
{{Short description|2011 single by Gotye featuring Kimbra}}
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| name = Somebody That I Used to Know
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| alt = A large heart shaped design is filled with a montage of images. Most are grey, black, and white; the central image includes red colouring. The name Gotye is styled as a signature at bottom right.
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| type = single
| artist = Gotye featuring Kimbra
| album = Making Mirrors
| released = {{Start date|2011|07|5|df=y}}
| recorded = January–May 2011
| studio =
- The Barn (Merricks, Victoria)
- Lucas Taranto's lounge room (Melbourne, Australia)
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| genre =
- Art pop{{cite web |author=Tris McCall |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/02/song_of_the_week_somebody_that.html |title=Song of the Week: 'Somebody That I Used to Know,' Gotye |work=The Star-Ledger |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=3 July 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201051902/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/02/song_of_the_week_somebody_that.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|last=Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine=Billboard|url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/49-gotye-feat-kimbra-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-2/|date= October 19, 2023|access-date= November 27, 2024}}
- alternative rock{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-22-30-alternative-rock-songs-that-defined-the-2010s/|title=30 Alternative Rock Songs That Defined the 2010s|publisher=iHeartMedia|last=Nattress|first=Katrina|date=22 November 2019|access-date=9 September 2022|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808031317/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-22-30-alternative-rock-songs-that-defined-the-2010s/|url-status=live}}
| length = {{duration|m=4|s=04}}
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| writer =
- Wally De Backer
- Luiz Bonfá
| producer = Wally De Backer
| chronology = Gotye
| prev_title = Eyes Wide Open
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = I Feel Better
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Kimbra
| type = single
| prev_title = Cameo Lover
| prev_year = 2011
| title = Somebody That I Used to Know
| year = 2011
| next_title = Good Intent
| next_year = 2011
}}
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"Somebody That I Used to Know" is a song written, produced and performed by the Belgian-Australian musician and singer Gotye featuring vocals from the New Zealander singer Kimbra. The song was released in Australia and New Zealand through Eleven Music on 5 July 2011 as the second single from Gotye's third studio album, Making Mirrors (2011). It was later released by Universal Music in December 2011 in the United Kingdom, and 20 January 2012 in Ireland and the United States. "Somebody That I Used to Know" was written and recorded by Gotye at his parents' house on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, and is lyrically related to the experiences he has had with romantic relationships.
The song is a mid-tempo ballad. It samples Luiz Bonfá's instrumental "Seville" from his album, Luiz Bonfá Plays Great Songs (1967) and “Milla piccolo cagnetto” from Luciano Silighini Garagnani,{{cite web |url= https://www.italiatopgames.it/articoli/gotye-accusato-di-plagio-ammette-parzialmente-la/10957/ |title= Gotye's and Milla' - Italy ANSA |website=Ansa |date=April 2012 }} with percussion over a xylophone melody based on "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep". Lyrically, the song describes the aftermath of a romantic relationship from both members’ perspectives.{{cite web |url= https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mixing-gotyes-somebody-used-know-francois-tetaz |title= Mixing Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' - François Tétaz |website=SOS |date=July 2012 }}
Commercially, "Somebody That I Used to Know" was a global success and became both artists' signature song. It reached the top of the charts in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as 25 other official charts, and reached the Top 10 in more than 30 countries. It was the most commercially successful recording of 2011 in Flanders (Belgium), the most successful of 2012 in Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States and Wallonia (Belgium), and the most successful of the 2010s decade by an Australian artist in Australia. It is certified multi-platinum in ten countries, including Diamond in Australia. Globally, "Somebody That I Used to Know" has sold more than 13 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling digital singles ever.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/my-secret-life-gotye-32-singersongwriter-8092721.html |title=My Secret Life: Gotye, 32, singer-songwriter |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=1 September 2012 |location=London |date=1 September 2012 |archive-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905092457/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/my-secret-life-gotye-32-singersongwriter-8092721.html |url-status=live}} In addition to the Hot 100, it was also placed at the top of Billboard{{'}}s Year-End Adult Top 40 and Alternative Airplay charts, and many other charts around the world. As of October 2024, it has been streamed more than 2.3 billion times on Spotify.{{cite web |url=https://www.musicmetricsvault.com/artists/gotye/2AsusXITU8P25dlRNhcAbG |title=Gotye: metrics on Spotify |access-date=10 October 2024 |archive-date=29 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729084910/https://www.musicmetricsvault.com/artists/gotye/2AsusXITU8P25dlRNhcAbG |url-status=live }}
The song won the Triple J Hottest 100 poll at the end of 2011 as well as ARIA Music Awards for Song of the Year and Best Video; Kimbra was voted "Best Female Artist" while Gotye was named "Best Male Artist" and "Producer of the Year". At the 55th Grammy Awards, "Somebody That I Used to Know" was awarded Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Record of the Year. The song has also been performed several times on major American television shows including The Voice, American Idol and Saturday Night Live.
Composition and recording
Gotye discussed writing "Somebody That I Used to Know" in an interview with Sound on Sound:
{{blockquote|"Writing 'Somebody' was a gradual and linear process. I started with the Luiz Bonfa sample, then I found the drums, and after that I started working on the lyric and the melody, and added the wobbly guitar-sample melody. After that, I took a break, and a few weeks later I came back to the session and decided on the chorus chord progression, wrote the chorus melody, and combined that with sounds like the Latin loop and some of the percussion and the flute sounds that further filled the space. At that point I hit a brick wall. I was thinking: 'This is pretty good, how can I get to the end really quickly?' and I was trying to take lazy decisions to finish the song. I considered repeating the chorus, an instrumental bridge, a change in tempo or key, I even considered finishing the song after the first chorus. But nothing felt like it was strong enough. So the third session was all about writing the female part and changing the perspective. 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. I guess the balance of sounds taken from records and samples I created myself is perhaps 50–50."Tingen, Paul (July 2012). [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul12/articles/it-0712.htm Mixing Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' – François Tétaz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523115002/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul12/articles/it-0712.htm |date=23 May 2016 }}. Sound on Sound. Retrieved 28 October 2013.{{long quote|reason=Quote being used as a substitute for exposition, per WP:OVERQUOTE|date=March 2025}}}}
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"Somebody That I Used to Know" is a mid-tempo art pop song{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/best-worst-one-hit-wonders-2010s-decade-songs-2019-11|title=The best and worst one-hit wonders of the 2010s decade|website=Business Insider|access-date=10 October 2021|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129123146/https://www.insider.com/best-worst-one-hit-wonders-2010s-decade-songs-2019-11|url-status=live|author-first1=Courteney|author-last1=Larocca|date=2019-12-10}} and has a length of four minutes and five seconds. Gotye uses a sample of Brazilian jazz guitarist Luiz Bonfá's 1967 instrumental song "Seville",{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/gotye-goes-bossa-in-big-business-of-money-and-music-20120419-1xa5i.html |title=Gotye goes bossa in big business of money and music |last=Quinn |first=Karl |work=The Age |date=20 April 2012 |access-date=1 June 2012 |location=Melbourne |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128054420/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/gotye-goes-bossa-in-big-business-of-money-and-music-20120419-1xa5i.html |url-status=live }} with additional instrumentations of beats and a xylophone playing a melody based on "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".{{cite web |last=Tessa |first=Joelle |title=Gotye: 'Somebody That I Used to Know' (ft. Kimbra) |url=http://trendland.com/gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-ft-kimbra/ |date=11 August 2011 |publisher=Trendland |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-date=2 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602194212/http://trendland.com/gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-ft-kimbra/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |title=How Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Became an Unlikely number 1 Dance Hit |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/dance/how-gotye-s-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-1007044752.story |magazine=Billboard |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-date=17 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517235359/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/dance/how-gotye-s-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-1007044752.story |url-status=dead }} It was written and produced by Gotye himself, while in his parents' barn on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Gotye commented that he wrote the song "in quite a linear way", explaining that "I wrote the first verse, the second verse, and I'd got to the end of the first chorus and for the first time ever I thought, 'There's no interesting way to add to this guy's story'. It felt weak."{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Cameron |title=Anatomy of number 1 hit 'Somebody That I Used to Know' by Gotye ft. Kimbra |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/anatomy-of-no1-single-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-by-gotye-ft-kimbra/story-e6frf9hf-1226117368086 |work=Herald Sun |access-date=28 May 2012 }}
The track was recorded between January and May 2011 with Gotye struggling to find a suitable female vocalist, as a "'high profile' female vocalist" cancelled the collaboration at the last minute, and Kimbra "lucked out as the replacement".{{cite news |url=http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/129241/kimbra-replacement-for-first-choice-reveals-gotye.htm |title=Kimbra Replacement After First Choice Cancelled Reveals Gotye |last=Jones |first=Nicholas |work=Tone Deaf |publisher=Tone Deaf Network |date=15 February 2012 |access-date=26 May 2012 |archive-date=20 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420032635/http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/129241/kimbra-replacement-for-first-choice-reveals-gotye.htm |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/gotye/gotye.htm |url=http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/gotye/gotye.htm |title=Gotye |last1=Nimmervoll |first1=Ed |author-link1=Ed Nimmervoll |publisher=Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd |archive-date=26 July 2012 |access-date=11 February 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Martin Davies from Click Music considered the song "instantly captivating", and named Kimbra's voice "clean and sugar-soaked", further commenting that it bears an "uncanny resemblance" to singer Katy Perry.{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Martin |url=http://www.clickmusic.com/singles/article/gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know |title=Gotye – 'Somebody That I Used to Know' single review |publisher=Click Music |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301134113/http://www.clickmusic.com/singles/article/gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know#ixzz1w8iSCrPB |archive-date=1 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Gotye stated that the song was "definitely drawn from various experiences I've had in relationships breaking up, and in the parts of the more reflective parts of the song, in the aftermath and the memory of those different relationships and what they were and how they broke up and what's going on in everyone's minds. Yeah, so it's an amalgam of different feelings but not completely made up as such."{{cite web |last=Barden |first=Matt |date=17 February 2012 |url=http://www.purplerevolver.com/music/open-mic/122161-why-gotyes-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-is-taking-the-uk-by-storm--.html |title=Why Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' is taking the UK by storm |publisher=Purple Revolver |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-date=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908110354/http://www.purplerevolver.com/music/open-mic/122161-why-gotyes-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-is-taking-the-uk-by-storm--.html |url-status=live }} In an interview with Rolling Stone (Australia), he described the song as "a curated reflection of multiple past relationships".Treuen, Jason (30 October 2011). [http://jasontreuen.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/rolling-stone-gotyes-mad-world/ Rolling Stone: Gotye's Mad World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223192419/http://jasontreuen.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/rolling-stone-gotyes-mad-world/ |date=23 December 2011 }}. Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
In 2024, Gotye and Kimbra released a remix of the song alongside Fisher, Chris Lake and Sante Sansone.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/02/26/gotyes-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-is-a-hit-all-over-again/?sh=519d0c9516dd|title=Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' Is A Hit All Over Again|website=Forbes|author=Hugh McIntyre|date=26 February 2024|access-date=15 April 2024}}
Music video
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The music video for "Somebody That I Used to Know" was produced, directed and edited by Australian artist Natasha Pincus and filmed by Australian cinematographer Warwick Field. 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 the director's cut, this went as far as to feature concealed nudity, though this version was never posted.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} The video's background is based on a 1980s artwork created by Gotye's father, Frank de Backer, who also designed the cover art for the related album, Making Mirrors.{{cite news |last=O'Neil |first=Patrick |date=22 April 2012 |title=She made Gotye somebody we all know |url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/she-made-gotye-somebody-we-all-know-20120421-1xecb.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209160636/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/she-made-gotye-somebody-we-all-know-20120421-1xecb.html |archive-date=9 February 2022 |access-date=1 June 2012 |work=The Age |location=Melbourne}}{{cite news |last=Forrest |first=Nicholas |date=13 May 2012 |title=Painting Gotye: A Q&A with the Aussie Body-Painting Artist Behind the "Somebody I Used to Know" Video |url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/804036/painting-gotye-a-qa-with-the-aussie-body-painting-artist-behind-the-somebody-i-used-to-know-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807074103/http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/804036/painting-gotye-a-qa-with-the-aussie-body-painting-artist-behind-the-somebody-i-used-to-know-video |archive-date=7 August 2020 |access-date=30 May 2012 |work=Art+Auction |publisher=Louise Blouin}}{{Citation |title=Somebody That I Used To Know Uke tab by Gotye |url=https://www.ukulele-tabs.com/uke-songs/gotye/somebody-that-i-used-to-know-uke-tab-19847.html |access-date=7 April 2024}} Emma Hack, an Australian artist and skin illustrator based in Adelaide, was hired by Pincus to work on the body paintings for Gotye and Kimbra. Melbourne Scenic Artist Howard Clark painted the backdrop. According to Hack, it took more than 23 hours to paint both Gotye and Kimbra to fit with Howard's background. Their painting symbolises their combined relationship.
Before its official premiere, the music video was leaked on Take 40 Australia's website. According to Pincus, "It was stolen out of our system. I guess it's always wanted to get out there. Within five minutes it was everywhere". On 30 July 2011 it was officially premiered on YouTube and on the Australian music show Rage. The music video was well received for its artistic style, picking up 200,000 views in its first two weeks, as well as receiving promotion on Twitter by actor Ashton Kutcher and Katy Perry.
"What a video!" Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody enthused to Q. "I have become obsessed with it and not just because I'm in love with Kimbra. Gotye himself is an engaging character for sure... his solemnly expressive eyes finish a journey his lyrics only begin. 'Told myself that you were right for me but felt so lonely in your company' – simple, pure, and devastating. None more than the title line when it speaks of the end of love with prosaic brutality: 'Now you're just somebody that I used to know.' Great video, powerful lyrics, and a stunning voice. Oh, and Kimbra... my poor heart..."Q, December 2011
On 1 November 2022, the video hit 2 billion views and 13 million likes on YouTube.{{cite web |last1=de Backer |first1=Wally |date=5 July 2011 |title=Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) [Official Music Video] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311171025/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY |archive-date=11 March 2018 |access-date=26 May 2012 |publisher=gotyemusic |via=YouTube}} The video for "Somebody That I Used to Know" was voted number 1 in the annual Rage Fifty countdown.{{cite web |title=Rage Fifty |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s3399395.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614180513/http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s3399395.htm |archive-date=14 June 2013 |access-date=29 May 2012 |work=rage |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} Andy Samberg and Taran Killam parodied the video in a Saturday Night Live "digital short" that coincided with Gotye's 14 April 2012 performance on the show.{{cite web |last=Partridge |first=Kenneth |title=Gotye, SNL: Singer Gets a Visit from Naked, Painted-Up Andy Samberg |url=http://www.spinner.com/2012/04/15/gotye-snl-saturday-night-live/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516154544/http://www.spinner.com/2012/04/15/gotye-snl-saturday-night-live/ |archive-date=16 May 2012 |access-date=29 May 2012 |work=Spinner |publisher=AOL, Inc.}} The video was nominated for Video of the Year and Best Editing in a Video at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite web |title=2012 MTV Video Music Awards |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121111155/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/ |archive-date=21 November 2015 |access-date=31 July 2012 |publisher=MTV}} As of January 2015, Billboard named the video as one of the 20 best of the 2010s (so far).{{cite magazine |title=The 20 Best Music Videos of the 2010s (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6436761/best-music-videos-2010s |access-date=15 January 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}
Critical reception
The song received universal acclaim, winning the Grammy for Record of the Year. Take 40 Australia elaborated on the audience's reception at the July 2011 Splendour in the Grass festival, "Gotye's latest song featuring Kimbra 'Somebody That I Used To Know' had become somewhat of an unofficial anthem for the festival ... every car was cranking it over their speakers all day, every day ... and the question on everyone's lips was whether or not Kimbra would join him on the track. 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".{{cite web |url=http://www.take40.com/news/24937/review---splendour-in-the-grass-2011 |title=Review – Splendour in the Grass 2011 |author=Steph |publisher=Take 40 Australia. (MCM Entertainment) |date=2 August 2011 |access-date=20 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318233135/http://www.take40.com/news/24937/review---splendour-in-the-grass-2011 |archive-date=18 March 2012 }} 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".{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2319780 |title=Making Mirrors – Gotye |last=O'Brien |first=Jon |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=1 June 2012 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205012921/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2319780 |url-status=live }} 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".{{cite web |last=Corner |first=Lewis |title=Gotye ft. Kimbra: 'Somebody That I Used to Know' – Single review |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a360820/gotye-ft-kimbra-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-single-review.html |publisher=Digital Spy (Nat Mags) |access-date=14 May 2012 |date=5 February 2012 |archive-date=3 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703203529/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a360820/gotye-ft-kimbra-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-single-review.html |url-status=live }}
Entertainment Weekly ranked the song at number 2 on their "Best singles of 2012" list: "When a funny-named Aussie and his New Zealand sidekick first emerged with a quirky, minimalist breakup ballad, it seemed like the least likely candidate for a Hot 100 No. 1 since 'Macarena.{{'"}}{{cite magazine |title=THE 75 BEST SONGS OF 2012 |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/12/21/best-singles-2012-carly-rae-jepsen-gotye-fun/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=30 April 2023 |date=21 December 2012 |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430191633/https://ew.com/article/2012/12/21/best-singles-2012-carly-rae-jepsen-gotye-fun/ |url-status=live }} MTV ranked the song at number 3 on their "Best Songs of 2012" list.{{cite web |title=Best Songs of 2012 |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/trhjor/best-songs-2012 |publisher=MTV |access-date=30 April 2023 |date=7 December 2012 |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430195244/https://www.mtv.com/news/trhjor/best-songs-2012 |url-status=dead }} PopMatters ranked the song at number 14 on their "The 75 best songs of 2012" list: "Gotye manages to balance real nuanced emotions of a tortured heart bested only when the woman he is pouring his heart out to takes the stage revealing his inability to see past his own nose."{{cite web |title=THE 75 BEST SONGS OF 2012 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/165966-the-75-best-songs-of-2012-2495794402.html |work=PopMatters |access-date=30 April 2023 |date=2 December 2012 |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430190532/https://www.popmatters.com/165966-the-75-best-songs-of-2012-2495794402.html |url-status=live }}
Metro placed "Somebody That I Used To Know" on their "Top 10 annoying songs of 2012" list: "According to the internet there is going to be an apocalypse on Friday, but you can be sure that once the dust has settled the plinky plonky xylophone intro of this inexorable viral hit will drift into earshot, as if emanating from the scorched earth itself."{{cite web |title=Top 10 annoying songs of 2012: Psy, Coldplay, Will.i.am and more |url=https://metro.co.uk/2012/12/19/top-10-most-annoying-songs-of-2012-psy-coldplay-will-i-am-and-more-3321105/ |publisher=Metro |access-date=30 April 2023 |date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430195846/https://metro.co.uk/2012/12/19/top-10-most-annoying-songs-of-2012-psy-coldplay-will-i-am-and-more-3321105/ |url-status=live }}
John Watson, who co-manages Gotye with Danny Rogers, said of the single's success: "We've never seen any song make a deeper or more immediate connection with so many people. It's a really special recording and video".{{cite web |last=Jolly |first=Nathan |url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/artists/2011/07/21/ashton-kutcher-gets-behind-gotye/ |title=Ashton Kutcher gets behind Gotye – Artists |publisher=The Music Network |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-date=25 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125095240/http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/artists/2011/07/21/ashton-kutcher-gets-behind-gotye |url-status=live }} Talking about the overwhelming reception and the amount of coverage received, Gotye commented that "I don't really feel like it [the song] belongs to me anymore".{{cite web|title=Gotye: 'There are days when I'm sick of 'Somebody That I Used to Know' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/gotye/63473 |work=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721220935/https://www.nme.com/news/gotye/63473 |access-date=28 May 2012|archive-date=21 July 2015 }} He further explained that "sometimes I feel like I'm a bit sick of it. My inbox, on any given day, has at least five covers or parodies or remixes of it and there's only so many times you can listen to the one song."
= Accolades =
In July 2011, the song finished third in the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition{{cite web |date=15 July 2011 |title=2011 Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition – Winners Announcement |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/news/allnews/Kimbrawinsthe2011VandaYoungSongwritingCompetition!.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925070615/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/news/allnews/Kimbrawinsthe2011VandaYoungSongwritingCompetition%21.aspx |archive-date=25 September 2012 |access-date=16 July 2011 |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)}} Earlier that year, Gotye had first noticed Kimbra when both were short-listed as finalists for the competition. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011, "Somebody That I Used to Know" won Single of the Year, Best Pop Release, Best Video (for Natasha Pincus), Engineer of the Year (for François Tétaz) and Producer of the Year (for Gotye). Gotye also won Best Male Artist for the song while Kimbra won Best Female Artist for her previous single, "Cameo Lover".{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Megan |date=19 April 2012 |title=Gotye gets right to the top with US Billboard number one |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/music/gotye-gets-right-to-the-top-with-us-billboard-number-one-20120419-1x8ek.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422031250/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/music/gotye-gets-right-to-the-top-with-us-billboard-number-one-20120419-1x8ek.html |archive-date=22 April 2012 |access-date=2 May 2012 |work=Brisbane Times}}{{cite web |title=Winners by Year: 25th ARIA Awards 2011 |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174953/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2011 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=1 June 2012 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)}} At the APRA Music Awards of 2012, "Somebody That I Used to Know" won Most Played Australian Work and Song of the Year and Gotye won Songwriter of the Year.{{cite web |date=24 May 2012 |title=Winners for the 2012 APRA Music Awards Announced |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/news/allnews/Winnersforthe2012APRAMusicAwardsannounced.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531221339/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/news/allnews/Winnersforthe2012APRAMusicAwardsannounced.aspx |archive-date=31 May 2012 |access-date=1 June 2012 |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)}} It was also nominated at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards for "Choice Rock Song" and "Choice Break-Up Song".{{cite web |last=Finn |first=Natalie |date=18 May 2012 |title=Teen Choice Award Nominations: Did The Hunger Games Top Twilight? |url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/teen_choice_award_nominations_did/317465 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102200402/http://uk.eonline.com/news/teen_choice_award_nominations_did/317465 |archive-date=2 January 2013 |access-date=16 June 2012 |publisher=E!}}{{cite web |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |date=14 June 2012 |title=2012 Teen Choice Awards: Second Round of Nominations Announced |url=http://popcrush.com/2012-teen-choice-awards-second-round-of-nominations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616150658/http://popcrush.com/2012-teen-choice-awards-second-round-of-nominations/ |archive-date=16 June 2012 |access-date=16 June 2012 |work=PopCrush}} The song was nominated at the 55th Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, winning both awards. The Village Voice{{'}}s Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll ranked "Somebody That I Used to Know" at number eight of the best music of 2012.
In 2019, Stereogum ranked the song as the 161st best song of the 2010s.{{cite web |date=5 November 2019 |title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s |url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105192557/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/ |archive-date=5 November 2019 |access-date=24 November 2019 |website=Stereogum}} In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", "Somebody That I Used to Know" was ranked number 98.{{cite news |date=27 January 2018 |title=Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100' |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/songs-made-triple-ms-ozzest-100/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813034315/https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/songs-made-triple-ms-ozzest-100/ |archive-date=13 August 2020 |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=Musicfeeds}} In 2021, its first year of eligibility, "Somebody That I Used to Know" was inducted into the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia as an Australian sound recording with "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance."{{cite web |title=Sounds of Australia 2021 |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/sounds-australia-2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206213642/https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/sounds-australia-2021 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |access-date=6 December 2021 |website=NFSA |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive}}
Commercial performance
In the week commencing 18 July 2011, "Somebody That I Used to Know" debuted at number 27 on the ARIA Singles Chart.{{cite web |last=Wallace |first=Ian |date=6 June 2011 |url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1116.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110729140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20110730-0000/Issue1116.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2011 |title=The ARIA Report: Chartifacts |publisher=ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) |issue=1116 |page=2 |access-date=1 June 2012 }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}Note: A free, open-source original online document for this reference does not exist. In this case, the original is from Pandora Archive and was preserved there on 30 July 2011.{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gotye+feat.+Kimbra&titel=Somebody+That+I+Used+To+Know&cat=s |title=Gotye feat. Kimbra – 'Somebody That I Used to Know' |last=Hung |first=Steffen |publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-date=19 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419201801/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gotye+feat%2E+Kimbra&titel=Somebody+That+I+Used+To+Know&cat=s |url-status=live }} Note: based on information supplied by ARIA Singles Chart.{{cite web |last=Gilmore |first=Thomas |url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/industry/2011/07/18/chart-wrap-up-christina-perris-strong-debut/ |title=Chart wrap-up: Christina Perri's strong debut – Music Industry |publisher=The Music Network |date=18 July 2011 |access-date=20 January 2012 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406140735/http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/industry/2011/07/18/chart-wrap-up-christina-perris-strong-debut/ |url-status=dead }} 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). Despite an initial lack of airplay on major radio stations, the song reached number 1 in the week ending 15 August, becoming the first single by either artist to do so and their most successful single.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 |title=Top 50 Singles Chart – Australian Record Industry Association |publisher=Ariacharts.com.au |date=16 January 2012 |access-date=20 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917080655/http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 |archive-date=17 September 2010 }} Until 2014, the song was one of the two-second-longest-running Australian number-one songs, with eight weeks at the top, tied with Savage Garden's 1997 song "Truly Madly Deeply", and behind Daddy Cool's 1971 hit "Eagle Rock", which stayed there for ten weeks.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/gotyes-single-chalks-up-six-weeks-in-top-spot/story-e6frf96f-1226140807216 |title=Gotye's single chalks up six weeks in top spot |last=Adams |first=Cameron |work=Herald Sun |date=19 September 2011}} In August 2011, the song was released in Belgium and the Netherlands. After a few weeks in the charts, it reached number 1 in both countries, topping the Belgian Singles Chart for 12 weeks.{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/d36f1/Gotye-feat.-Kimbra-Somebody-That-I-Used-To-Know |title=Gotye feat. Kimbra – 'Somebody That I Used to Know' |last=Hung |first=Steffen |publisher=Ultratop 50. Hung Medien |access-date=31 May 2012 |language=nl |archive-date=30 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530151703/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/d36f1/Gotye-feat.-Kimbra-Somebody-That-I-Used-To-Know |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Gotye+feat%2E+Kimbra&titel=Somebody+That+I+Used+To+Know&cat=s |title=Gotye feat. Kimbra – 'Somebody That I Used to Know' |last=Hung |first=Steffen |publisher=Media Control Charts. GfK Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien |access-date=31 May 2012 |language=nl |archive-date=6 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506122206/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Gotye+feat%2E+Kimbra&titel=Somebody+That+I+Used+To+Know&cat=s |url-status=live }} Also in August, "Somebody That I Used to Know" debuted at number 4 in New Zealand on the RIANZ Singles Chart, reaching number 1 three weeks later,{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gotye+feat.+Kimbra&titel=Somebody+That+I+Used+To+Know&cat=s |title=Gotye feat. Kimbra – 'Somebody That I Used to Know' |last=Hung |first=Steffen |publisher=New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-date=19 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419201801/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gotye+feat%2E+Kimbra&titel=Somebody+That+I+Used+To+Know&cat=s |url-status=live }} Note: based on information supplied by RIANZ Singles Chart. thus making Gotye the first Australian artist to reach number 1 since Guy Sebastian did so in February 2011 with "Who's That Girl".{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Guy+Sebastian+feat%2E+Eve&titel=Who%27s+That+Girl&cat=s |title=Guy Sebastian – 'Who's That Girl' |last=Hung |first=Steffen |publisher=RIANZ Charts Portal. Hung Medien |access-date=7 January 2011 |archive-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518234535/http://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Guy+Sebastian+feat%2E+Eve&titel=Who%27s+That+Girl&cat=s |url-status=live }} The song debuted on the Irish Singles Chart on 13 January 2012 at number 47, later reaching number 1 position.{{cite web |url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2012&year=2012&week=05 |title=Top50 Singles, Week Ending 2 February 2012 |publisher=GfK Chart-Track. Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910040111/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2012&year=2012&week=05 |archive-date=10 September 2017 |url-status=dead }} In the United Kingdom, "Somebody That I Used to Know" spent five non-consecutive weeks at number 1.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Somebody%20That%20I%20Used%20To%20Know |title=Gotye Featuring Kimbra – Singles – 'Somebody That I Used to Know' |publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=13 February 2012 |archive-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705085445/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/somebody%20that%20i%20used%20to%20know/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |first=Paul |last=Sexton |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/499917/gotye-military-wives-atop-uk-charts |title=Gotye, Military Wives Atop U.K. Charts|magazine=Billboard |date=19 March 2012 |access-date=31 May 2012 }}
In the United States, it debuted at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 21 January 2012. 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; and by Gotye and Kimbra on Saturday Night Live on 14 April – the song rose to number 1,{{cite magazine |title=Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Roars to No. 1 on Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/493385/gotyes-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-roars-to-no-1-on-hot-100 |magazine=Billboard}} where it stayed for eight consecutive weeks.{{cite magazine|title=Chart Highlights: Gotye's Top of the Pop, Adult Pop Songs Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-gotye-s-top-of-the-pop-1007115352.story |magazine=Billboard |access-date=22 May 2012 |date=21 May 2012 }}Gary Trust, [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/485449/phillip-phillips-storms-hot-100s-top-10-gotye-has-years-longest-running-no-1 "Phillip Phillips Storms Hot 100's Top 10, Gotye Has Year's Longest-Running No. 1."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529211158/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/485449/phillip-phillips-storms-hot-100s-top-10-gotye-has-years-longest-running-no-1 |date=29 May 2013 }}, Billboard (30 May 2012).Gary Trust, [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/483810/rihanna-scores-22nd-hot-100-top-10-gotye-no-1-for-eighth-week "Rihanna Scores 22nd Hot 100 Top 10, Gotye No. 1 For Eighth Week"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620031411/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/483810/rihanna-scores-22nd-hot-100-top-10-gotye-no-1-for-eighth-week |date=20 June 2018 }}, Billboard (6 June 2012). thus becoming the longest-running number 1 by a solo male artist since Flo Rida's "Low" led for ten weeks in 2008. The song had the fourth highest-selling single week ever with 542,000 digital downloads sold, and was the first Australian single to top the Hot 100 since Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" in 2000.{{cite magazine |first=Gary |last=Trust | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/493385/gotyes-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-roars-to-no-1-on-hot-100 |title=Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Roars to No. 1 on Hot 100 |date=18 April 2012 |magazine=Billboard }} The song also topped the Alternative Songs chart for twelve weeks 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,{{cite magazine |first=Gary |last=Trust |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488416/trains-drive-by-completes-trip-to-hot-100s-top-10 |title=Train's 'Drive By' Completes Trip to Hot 100's Top 10 |magazine=Billboard |date=16 May 2012 |access-date=15 June 2012}} Pop Songs, Adult Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary, and Hot Dance Club Songs charts in that country.{{cite magazine |first=Gary |last=Trust |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/486833/carly-rae-jepsen-jumps-to-no-2-on-hot-100-gotye-still-no-1 |title=Carly Rae Jepsen Jumps to No. 2 on Hot 100, Gotye Still No. 1 |magazine=Billboard |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=31 May 2012 }} On 2 May 2012 the song became the first to reach digital sales of at least 400,000 for three consecutive weeks,{{cite magazine |first=Gary |last=Trust |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts-articles/chart-alert/gotye-s-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-atop-1006941752.story |title=Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Atop Hot 100 for Third Week |date=2 May 2012 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-date=28 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528125806/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts-articles/chart-alert/gotye-s-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-atop-1006941752.story |url-status=dead }} and the following week it became the first to simultaneously top the Alternative Songs, Hot Dance Club Songs, and Dance Mix Show Airplay charts.{{cite magazine |first=Caulfield |last=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488452/carrie-underwoods-blown-away-nabs-second-week-at-no-1 |title=Carrie Underwood's 'Blown Away' Nabs Second Week at No. 1 |magazine=Billboard |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=13 June 2012}} It also became the number 1 song of 2012 on the Alternative Songs, Adult Pop Songs, and Billboard Hot 100 charts. 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.{{cite web|url=http://edit.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1549815/weekly-chart-notes-baauer-continues-the-harlem-hit-parade|title=Weekly Chart Notes: Baauer Continues The 'Harlem' Hit Parade|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=22 February 2013|access-date=25 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407184332/http://edit.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1549815/weekly-chart-notes-baauer-continues-the-harlem-hit-parade|archive-date=7 April 2013|url-status=dead}} As of October 2015, the song has sold 7.9 million copies in the US, making it the country's fourth all-time best-selling digital single.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6715365/ask-billboard-lady-gaga-first-artist-with-two-7-million-selling |title=Ask Billboard: Lady Gaga First Artist With Two 7-Million-Selling Downloads |last=Trust |first=Gary |magazine=Billboard |date=2 October 2015 |access-date=3 October 2015}}
"Somebody That I Used to Know" reached number one in more than 23 national charts and charted inside the top ten in more than 30 countries around the world. By the end of 2012, the song became the best-selling song of that year with 11.8 million copies sold,{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/documents/Australia_DMRmaster_final11.03.13.pdf|title=IFPI Digital Music Report 2013|work=ARIA Charts|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=3 June 2012|archive-date=9 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409080521/http://www.aria.com.au/documents/Australia_DMRmaster_final11.03.13.pdf|url-status=live}} ranking among the best-selling digital singles ever. As of April 2012, it is the most downloaded song ever in Belgium,{{cite web |author=MA – DO19u – 21u |url=http://www.mnm.be/shows/blok-hits/gotye-meest-gedownload-aller-tijden |title=Gotye meest gedownload aller tijden | |publisher=MNM |language=nl |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-date=1 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201224655/http://www.mnm.be/shows/blok-hits/gotye-meest-gedownload-aller-tijden |url-status=live }} as well as being the third best-selling digital single in Germany with sales between 500,000 and 600,000 copies,{{cite web |url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/poker-face-knackt-500000er-download-marke.html |title='Poker Face' knackt 500.000er-Download-Marke |publisher=Media Control Charts |location=Germany |language=de |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129073337/http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/poker-face-knackt-500000er-download-marke.html |url-status=live }}{{cite press release |title=600.000 Verkäufe: Michel Teló legt Download-Rekord hin |language=de |trans-title=600,000 sales: Michel Teló makes downloads record |publisher=Media Control Charts |location=Germany |date=30 March 2012 |url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/600000-verkaeufe-michel-telo-legt-download-rekord-hin.html |access-date=2 May 2012 |archive-date=28 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928052116/http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/600000-verkaeufe-michel-telo-legt-download-rekord-hin.html |url-status=dead }} and the most successful song in the history of the Dutch charts.{{cite web |first=T |last=Veenkamp |url=http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/media/2012/04/gotye_scoort_populairste_top_4.html |title=PowNed : Gotye scoort populairste Top 40-hit ooit |publisher=Powned.tv |language=nl |date=3 April 2012 |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-date=6 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506072548/http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/media/2012/04/gotye_scoort_populairste_top_4.html |url-status=live }} As of January 2013 it has received eleven Platinum certifications in Australia, accounting for shipments exceeding 770,000 units.{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSINGLEaccreds2012.htm |title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Singles |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-date=15 July 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160715083000/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSINGLEaccreds2012.htm |url-status=live }} In New Zealand, it was certified four times Platinum. The song was the best-selling single of 2012 in the UK with 1,318,000 copies sold.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-of-2012-revealed-1784/ |title=The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2012 revealed! |author=Dan Lane |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=2 January 2013 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=21 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121034604/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-of-2012-revealed-1784/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1049631&c=1 |title=Official Charts Analysis: UK suffers lowest album sales week since 1996 |last=Jones |first=Alan |work=Music Week |publisher=IntentMedia (Joe Hosken) |date=21 May 2012 |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825175735/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1049631&c=1 |url-status=live }}
Gotye has not monetised the song or any of his others through advertisements on YouTube, as he believes that there is too much advertising in the world. He has licensed its use to student films free of charge, but has turned down approaches from some commercial films: "If someone wants to use it commercially I look at what the budget is and the creativity of the project".{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Cameron |title=Why Gotye turned down $10 million from YouTube royalties |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/why-gotye-turned-down-10-million-from-youtube-royalties/news-story/ec27419e485ed67b9cc4964c6de79e1a |access-date=29 January 2021 |publisher=News.com.au |date=21 July 2017 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042746/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/why-gotye-turned-down-10-million-from-youtube-royalties/news-story/ec27419e485ed67b9cc4964c6de79e1a |url-status=live }}
Track listings
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- "Somebody That I Used to Know" {{small|(Gotye featuring Kimbra)}} – 4:04
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" (radio mix) {{small|(Gotye featuring Kimbra)}} – 3:33
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" (instrumental) {{small|(Gotye)}} – 4:04
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Tiësto remix) {{small|(Gotye featuring Kimbra)}} – 4:33
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;7-inch vinyl single{{cite AV media notes |title=Somebody That I Used to Know |others=Gotye |year=2012 |type=liner notes |publisher=Samples 'n' Seconds Records |id=UNIR 22544-7 }}
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" {{small|(Gotye featuring Kimbra)}} – 4:04
- "Bronte" – 3:13
;CD single{{cite AV media notes |others=Gotye |year=2012 |title=Somebody That I Used to Know |type=liner notes |publisher=Vertigo Records |id=06025 2791493 0 }}
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" {{small|(Gotye featuring Kimbra)}} – 4:04
- "Easy Way Out" – 1:57
;Japanese promotional CD single{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/19997728-Gotye-Feat-Kimbra-Somebody-That-I-Used-To-Know|title = Gotye Feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know|website = Discogs}}
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" {{small|(Gotye featuring Kimbra)}} – 4:04
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Tiësto remix) {{small|(Gotye featuring Kimbra)}} – 4:33
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{{Track listing
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| title11 = Somebody That I Used to Know
| note11 = {{small|(Gotye featuring The Basics and Monty Cotton)}}
| length11 = 4:47
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Credits and personnel
- Gotye – songwriter, producer, assistant mixer, recording, lead and backing vocals, guitar, synthesizer, xylophone, flutes, percussion, samples
- François Tétaz – mixer, engineer
- Lucas Taranto – bass guitar
- Kimbra – lead and backing vocals
- William Bowden – mastering
- Ralph Thane – remixer (radio mix)
- Frank De Backer – artwork (back and inside cover painting, handwriting)
- Kat Kallady – artwork (front cover painting)
Credits adapted from "Somebody That I Used to Know" CD single liner notes.
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Somebody That I Used to Know" !Chart (2011–2025) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Austria|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Bulgaria|2|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|url=http://www.bamp-bg.org/en/2009-07-08-09-48-53/nmc-charts/292-02042012-08042012.html|urltitle=Airplay Top 5|access-date=25 October 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Canada|1|artist=Gotye|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|5|artist=Gotye|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|1|artist=Gotye|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|1|artist=Gotye|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|5|artist=Gotye|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Czech Republic|1|week=18|year=2012|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Denmark|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Finland|1|artist=Gotye|song=Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat. Kimbra)|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|France|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|rowheader=true|songid=866033|access-date=2 January 2021}} |
| scope="row"|Germany (Airplay Chart){{cite web |url=http://germancharts.com/airplay_charts.asp?week=201152 |title=Airplay Charts Deutschland – Woche 52/2011 |publisher=German Charts |access-date=30 January 2017 |archive-date=4 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204192050/http://germancharts.com/airplay_charts.asp?week=201152 |url-status=live }}
|1 |
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| {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|129|artist=Gotye|rowheader=true|access-date=2 April 2025}} |
| scope="row"|Greece Digital Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2012-04-21/greece | magazine = Billboard| title = Digital Singles Charts – Greece}}
|2 |
| scope="row"|Honduras (Honduras Top 50){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007003703/http://www.tiempo.hn/fuzion/top-50|title=Top 50|language=es|url=http://tiempo.hn/fuzion/top-50|date=4 October 2012|archive-date=7 October 2012|url-status=dead|work=Fuzion|publisher=El Tiempo}}
|33 |
| {{single chart|Hungarydance|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|year=2012|week=30|access-date=9 August 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Hungary|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|year=2012|week=17|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Iceland (Tónlistinn){{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög|trans-title=The Music – Songs|language=is|publisher=Plötutíðindi|access-date=13 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320060341/http://plotutidindi.is/|archive-date=20 March 2012}}
|4 |
| {{single chart|Ireland2|1|artist=Gotye featuring Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=27 January 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Israel (Media Forest){{cite web|title=Media Forest: Airplay chart |url=http://mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx?year=2012&week=12 |publisher=mediaforest.biz |language=he |date=24 March 2012 |access-date=5 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230043/http://mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx?year=2012&week=12 |archive-date=4 October 2013 }}
|1 |
| {{single chart|Italy|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| Italy Airplay (EarOne){{cite web|url=https://earone.com/charts/earone-airplay-radio/2012/13|title=Earone Airplay - Settimana #13 dal 23/03/2012 al 29/03/2012|date=20 January 2012 |language=it|publisher=Earone}}
| 1 |
| scope="row"|Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100){{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2013&month=02&day=25 |title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard Japan |language=ja |access-date=21 February 2013 |archive-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006062351/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2013&month=02&day=25 |url-status=live }}
|10 |
| scope="row"|Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703192851/http://www.radionotas.com/charts_mx.aspx?f=3 |title=Top 20 Inglés |language=es |archive-date=3 July 2012 |url=http://www.radionotas.com/charts_mx.aspx?f=3 |access-date=5 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}
|1 |
| scope="row"| Mexico (Billboard Mexican Airplay){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718201050/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/internationalcharts/mexico|title=Mexican Airplay|archive-date=18 July 2012|url-status=live|date=21 July 2012|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/internationalcharts/mexico|access-date=5 July 2012}}
|8 |
| scope="row"|Portugal (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2012-05-19/portugal|magazine = Billboard|access-date=19 May 2013|title=Portugal Digital Songs – Peak}}
|2 |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=30 October 2013|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Norway|2|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Poland|1|chartid=585|year=2012|access-date=31 January 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Romania (Airplay 100){{cite news|url=https://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/54/Airplay-100-Cristi-Nitzu|title=Airplay 100 – Cristi Nitzu {{!}} Kiss FM – 17 June 2012|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=Kiss FM|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127090412/https://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/54/Airplay-100-Cristi-Nitzu|archive-date=27 January 2018}} Note: User may scroll down the 'Podcasturi' menu to play or download the respective podcast.
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| {{single chart|Russia|1|date=29 October 2012|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2012}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20120303|access-date=26 February 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Slovakia|1|year=2012|week=17|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Slovenia (SloTop50){{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=37|title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart|publisher=SloTop50|language=sl|access-date=15 September 2013|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063918/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=37|url-status=dead}}
|17 |
| {{single chart|Spain|3|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Gotye feat. Kimbra|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UK|1|date=20120218|access-date=12 February 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Ukraine|20|date=31 December 2012|rowheader=true|access-date=16 March 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=6 June 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=4 June 2014|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=6 June 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=6 June 201|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=6 June 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceairplay|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=26 December 2014|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=6 June 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=26 December 2014|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Gotye|access-date=6 June 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|10|artist=Gotye|access-date=1 October 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Venezuela Pop Rock General (Record Report){{cite web |title=Pop Rock General |url=http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519234544/http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock |date=24 May 2012 |archive-date=19 May 2012 |publisher=Record Report |access-date=24 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}
|1 |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Bastian Van Shield Remix version) !scope="col"|Chart (2024) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"| Moldova Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/md/weekly/20241129-20241205|title=Top Radio Hits Moldova Weekly Chart: Dec 5, 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=8 December 2024}}
| 86 |
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| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Somebody That I Used to Know" (remix version) ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Greece International (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) (Week: 30/2024)|publisher=IFPI Greece|access-date=1 August 2024|archive-date=31 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731114805/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|url-status=dead}}
| 82 |
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| {{single chart|Billboarddanceelectronic|24|artist=Gotye|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 April 2024}} |
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Certifications and sales
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{{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Somebody That I Used to Know"}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|artist=Gotye|title=Somebody That I Used to Know|award=Platinum|number=22|certyear=2024|relyear=2011|access-date=30 June 2024}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Austria|artist=Gotye|title=Somebody That I Used to Know|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2012|relyear=2011}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Belgium|artist=Gotye|title=Somebody That I Used to Know|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2012|relyear=2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Somebody That I Used to Know|artist=Gotye|award=Diamond|number=2|type=single|certyear=2024|relyear=2011|access-date=20 June 2024}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Canada|artist=Gotye|title=Somebody That I Used to Know|nocert=true|salesamount=653,000|salesref={{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/14/adele-carly-rae-jepsen-nielsen_n_2471458.html |title=Adele, Carly Rae Jepsen, Celine Dion Rule Nielsen/Billboard 2012 Canadian Music Industry Report |last=MacNeil |first=Jason |work=The Huffington Post Canada |date=14 January 2013 |access-date=26 November 2014 |archive-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170422112937/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/14/adele-carly-rae-jepsen-nielsen_n_2471458.html |url-status=live }}}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Denmark|artist=Gotye|title=Somebody That I Used to Know|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2013|relyear=2011|relmonth=12|id=6463|access-date=27 September 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Finland|artist=Gotye|title=Somebody That I Used To Know|award=Gold|certyear=2012|relyear=2012|access-date=31 July 2012|salesamount=6,774}}
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Release history
Covers and media appearances
In February 2012, Gotye made his American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he performed the song.{{cite news |last=Vitcavage |first=Adam |date=2 February 2012 |title=Watch Gotye Make His U.S. Television Debut |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/02/watch-gotye-make-his-us-television-debut.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204231618/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/02/watch-gotye-make-his-us-television-debut.html |archive-date=4 February 2012 |access-date=9 February 2012 |work=Paste |publisher=Wolfgang's Vault}}
Dutch DJ Tiësto remixed the song for his album Club Life: Volume Two Miami.{{cite web |author=Akshay Bhansali |date=24 April 2012 |title=Tiesto's Club Life – Volume Two Miami a Tribute to City He Loves |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683811/tiesto-club-life-miami-tribute.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430021850/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683811/tiesto-club-life-miami-tribute.jhtml |archive-date=30 April 2012 |access-date=13 May 2012 |publisher=MTV}}
The a cappella group Pentatonix covered the song on YouTube video in February 2012, later releasing the track on their EP PTX, Volume 1, on 26 June 2012.{{cite web |date=19 June 2012 |title=PTX volume 1 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/ptx-volume-1/id534570842 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616002302/http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/ptx-volume-1/id534570842 |archive-date=16 June 2012 |access-date=19 June 2012 |publisher=iTunes (Apple)}} "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a cover as part of his polka medley "NOW That's What I Call Polka!" for his 2014 album Mandatory Fun.Mandatory Fun (liner notes). "Weird Al" Yankovic. RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. 2014.
The song has been covered twice on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge: by Rita Ora in February 2012,{{cite web |date=15 February 2012 |title=BBC Radio 1Xtra Programmes – Trevor Nelson, DJ Fresh in the 1 Xtra Live Lounge, Rita Ora – 'Somebody I Used to Know' (Live Lounge) |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00p6rlr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210224208/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00p6rlr |archive-date=10 December 2012 |access-date=13 May 2012 |publisher=BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)}} then by fun. and Hayley Williams in May 2012.{{cite news |title=Fun Gotye Hayley Williams Video 'Somebody That I Used to Know' BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCim_0MZ2qI |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516234025/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCim_0MZ2qI&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=16 May 2012 |access-date=16 May 2012}} In May 2012, American duo Karmin made a cover of the song on Sirius XM Hits.{{cite web |last=Wieselman |first=Jarett |date=9 May 2012 |title=Karmin Covers Gotye's Omnipresent Hit |url=http://www.theinsider.com/music/52149_Karmin_Somebody_That_I_Used_To_Know_Gotye_Cover/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712140401/http://www.theinsider.com/music/52149_Karmin_Somebody_That_I_Used_To_Know_Gotye_Cover/index.html |archive-date=12 July 2012 |access-date=22 October 2012 |work=The Insider |publisher=CBS Studios, Inc}} "Somebody That I Used to Know" has been covered by many other artists, including Ingrid Michaelson, The Fergies, Benee, Sam Tsui,{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Crystal |date=3 April 2012 |title=Glee Covers Gotye: 11 Best 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Covers |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/glee-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know_n_1400324.html#s838688&title=Ingrid_Michaelson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510195521/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/glee-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know_n_1400324.html#s838688&title=Ingrid_Michaelson |archive-date=10 May 2012 |access-date=13 May 2012 |work=HuffPost |publisher=AOL (Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, Jonah Peretti)}} Right the Stars featuring Karmina,{{cite news |last=Bose |first=Lilledeshan |date=1 February 2012 |title=Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know': The Five Best Covers |url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2012/02/gotyes_somebody_that_i_used_to.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522021327/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2012/02/gotyes_somebody_that_i_used_to.php |archive-date=22 May 2012 |access-date=13 May 2012 |work=OC Weekly}} Coheed and Cambria,{{cite news |title=Coheed and Cambria, 'Somebody That I Used to Know': Band Covers Gotye Hit |url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/04/30/coheed-and-cambria-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-gotye/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526220722/http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/04/30/coheed-and-cambria-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-gotye/ |archive-date=26 May 2012 |access-date=26 May 2012}} and Your Favorite Martian.{{cite news |title='Somebody That I Used to Know' (Gotye cover) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ogDd6xEBas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524012913/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ogDd6xEBas&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=24 May 2012 |access-date=23 May 2012}}
Phillip Phillips and Elise Testone covered the song while competiting on the eleventh season of American Idol on 11 April 2012.{{cite web |last=Bibel |first=Sara |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/12/wednesday-final-ratings-modern-family-csi-american-idol-survivor-law-rock-center-down/128848/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415010908/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/12/wednesday-final-ratings-modern-family-csi-american-idol-survivor-law-rock-center-down/128848/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2012 |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: Modern Family, CSI, American Idol, Survivor, Law & Order: SVU Up; Rock Center Down |publisher=TVbytheNumbers |date=12 April 2012 |access-date=12 April 2012 }} and The Voice of Ireland by Andy Mac Unfraidh.{{cite news |last=Judkis |first=Maura |date=17 April 2012 |title=Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know': The breakup song's ubiquity |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/gotyes-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-the-breakup-songs-ubiquity/2012/04/17/gIQAg1tQOT_blog.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223182921/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/gotyes-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-the-breakup-songs-ubiquity/2012/04/17/gIQAg1tQOT_blog.html |archive-date=23 December 2014 |access-date=31 May 2012 |newspaper=The Style Blog, The Washington Post}}
English fingerstyle guitarist Mike Dawes released an arrangement of the song on his debut album What Just Happened? in 2013, garnering praise from Gotye.{{cite web |title=LMG Interview with Gotye | Featured Interviews |url=http://www.livemusicguide.com/blog/featured-interviews/lmg-interview-with-gotye.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003222009/http://www.livemusicguide.com/blog/featured-interviews/lmg-interview-with-gotye.html |archive-date=3 October 2013 |access-date=29 January 2013}} Jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson included the song in his 2015 album Take This.{{cite web |last1=collar |first1=Matt |title=Take This – Jacky Terrasson {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-this-mw0002794152 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314191655/https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-this-mw0002794152 |archive-date=14 March 2021 |access-date=25 September 2020 |publisher=AllMusic}}
Gotye paid tribute to the large number of cover versions of the song by creating a video remix, released in August 2012, using segments from hundreds of online covers to create a new, unique version of the track, titled "Somebodies: A YouTube Orchestra".{{cite web |last=De Backer |first=Wally (Gotye) |date=13 August 2012 |title=Somebodies: A YouTube Orchestra |url=http://gotye.com/reader/items/somebodies-a-youtube-orchestra-209.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005192642/http://gotye.com/reader/items/somebodies-a-youtube-orchestra-209.html |archive-date=5 October 2013 |access-date=9 September 2013 |publisher=Wally (Gotye) and GEA-Interactive Pty Ltd}}{{cite web |date=12 August 2012 |title=Somebodies: A YouTube Orchestra |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opg4VGvyi3M |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221001750/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opg4VGvyi3M |archive-date=21 December 2012 |access-date=20 December 2012 |publisher=Gotye}} Gotye states the concept "was directly inspired here by Kutiman's Thru-You project", released in March 2009, which edited numerous YouTube videos to create a new cohesive song.
On March 4, 2025, Doechii officially released her single "Anxiety" to digital streaming platforms after it went viral on TikTok.{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=March 4, 2025 |title=Doechii Drops 'Anxiety' Single: Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/doechii-anxiety-single-listen-1235915226/ |access-date=March 7, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} The song, which prominently samples "Somebody That I Used to Know",{{Cite web |last=Chelosky |first=Danielle |date=March 5, 2025 |title=Doechii Shares New Song "Anxiety": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2299200/doechii-anxiety/music/ |access-date=March 7, 2025 |website=Stereogum}} was originally recorded for her 2019 self-released mixtape, Coven Music Session, Vol. 1.{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Marina |date=March 5, 2025 |title=Doechii Finally Releases 'Anxiety' — a Song That She Recorded in Her Bedroom in 2019 |url=https://people.com/doechii-releases-anxiety-song-11691188 |access-date=March 7, 2025 |website=People}} "Anxiety" was sampled by Sleepy Hallow for his 2023 song of the same name, before Doechii's original demo became popular on TikTok.
The song has been featured on the TV series 90210,{{cite web |title=90210 Music – Season 4, Episode 8: 'Vegas Maybe?' |url=http://www.cwtv.com/music/90210/season-4/episode-408 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219033420/http://www.cwtv.com/music/90210/season-4/episode-408 |archive-date=19 December 2011 |access-date=2 December 2011 |publisher=The CW Television Network}} Gossip Girl,{{cite web |date=1 December 2011 |title=Gossip Girl Loves Gotye Just Like Everyone Else |url=http://www.pedestrian.tv/music/news/gossip-girl-loves-gotye-just-like-everyone-else/59344.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422121404/http://www.pedestrian.tv/music/news/gossip-girl-loves-gotye-just-like-everyone-else/59344.htm |archive-date=22 April 2012 |access-date=2 December 2011}} and Carpool Karaoke: The Series.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} The song was also featured in the film Boyhood.{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Cain |date=13 June 2014 |title=Soundtrack For Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' Includes Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Flaming Lips & More |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/soundtrack-for-richard-linklaters-boyhood-includes-arcade-fire-coldplay-flaming-lips-more-20140613 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810152506/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/soundtrack-for-richard-linklaters-boyhood-includes-arcade-fire-coldplay-flaming-lips-more-20140613 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |access-date=2 August 2014 |website=IndieWire}}
= Walk Off the Earth version =
{{Infobox song
| name = Somebody That I Used to Know
| cover = WOTE_-_Somebody_That_I_Used_single.jpg
| alt = Central image is a charicature of a guitar being played by numerous hands. The band's name is in large lettering across the top and the single's name in small letterubg across the bottom.
| type = single
| artist = Walk Off the Earth
| album = R.E.V.O.
| released = {{Start date|2012|01|6|df=y}}
| recorded = December 2011
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=4|s=08}}
| label = Columbia
| writer = Wally De Backer, Luiz Bonfá
| producer = Gianni Luminati
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Red Hands
| next_year = 2012
}}
In January 2012, Canadian indie rock group Walk Off the Earth uploaded a cover of "Somebody That I Used to Know" to YouTube. Their version uses a single guitar played simultaneously by all five band members.
Also in January 2012, Walk off the Earth had their U.S. television debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, recreating the single-guitar performance live. Saying that she wanted to "help," Ellen humorously gifted the group with a matched set of 5 electric guitars.https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16781213 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214030656/https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16781213|date=14 February 2023}} – accessed 13 February 2023
As of April 2012, the song had sold 187,000 units in the United States.{{cite magazine |last=Smirke |first=Richard |date=13 April 2012 |title=Gotye's Smash Hit Almost Didn't Happen |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/495278/gotyes-smash-hit-almost-didnt-happen |access-date=14 April 2012 |magazine=Billboard}} As of February 2023, the 3 identical YouTube postings of the video have received a total of over 214 million views.
== Track listing ==
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" – 4:08
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" (music video) – 4:25
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" – 4:08
- "Money Tree" – 3:13
- "Joan and Bobby" – 3:38
- "From Me to You" – 1:48
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" (video) – 4:25
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== Weekly charts ==
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| {{single chart|Austria|30|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|30|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia|28|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Canada|13|artist=Walk Off the Earth|artistid=1398323|access-date=20 May 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|42|artist=Walk Off the Earth|access-date=20 May 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Denmark|12|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|France|80|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|41|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true|songid=961948}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|9|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Sweden|45|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|54|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Somebody%20That%20I%20Used%20To%20Know |title=Walk off the Earth – 'Somebody That I Used to Know' |publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=13 February 2012 |archive-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705085445/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/somebody%20that%20i%20used%20to%20know/ |url-status=live }}
|80 |
| {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|9|artist=Walk Off the Earth|song=Somebody That I Used to Know|access-date=2 January 2021|rowheader=true}} |
==== Year-end charts ====
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| Chart (2012)
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| scope="row"|Canada (Canadian Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013}}
|96 |
==== Certifications and sales ====
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= ''Glee'' cast version =
{{Infobox song
| name = Somebody That I Used to Know
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Glee cast
| album =
| released = {{Start date|2012|04|12|df=y}}
| recorded = 2012
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = {{duration|m=4|s=06}}
| label = Columbia
| writer = {{hlist|Wally De Backer|Luiz Bonfá}}
| producer =
| prev_title =
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}}
The song was covered in the Glee episode "Big Brother" and performed by Darren Criss (as Blaine Anderson) and Matt Bomer (as Cooper Anderson). It sold 152,000 digital downloads in its first week of release and debuted on the Digital Songs chart at number 10 and the Hot 100 at number 26.{{cite web |url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-adult-pop-songs |work = US Adult Pop Songs |date = 18 March 2016 |access-date = 16 March 2018 |title = Greatest of All Time Adult Pop Songs : Page 1 |archive-date = 21 May 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180521130127/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-adult-pop-songs |url-status = live }}
== Charts ==
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!Peak |
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| {{single chart|Canada|21|artist=Glee|song=Somebody That I used To Know|artistid={{BBID|Glee}}|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|artistid=5980|48|artist=Glee Cast|song=Somebody That I used To Know|songid=51140|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|26|artist=Glee|song=Somebody That I used To Know|artistid={{BBID|Glee}}|access-date=5 July 2012|rowheader=true}} |
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= Mayday Parade version =
{{Infobox song
| name = Somebody That I Used to Know
| cover = Somebody That I Used to Know.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mayday Parade featuring Vic Fuentes
| album = Punk Goes Pop 5
| released = {{Start date|2012|10|16|df=y}}
| recorded = 2012
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=24}}
| label = Fearless
| writer = Wally De Backer, Luiz Bonfá
| producer =
| chronology = Mayday Parade
| prev_title = When You See My Friends
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Ghosts
| next_year = 2013
}}
Alternative rock band Mayday Parade released a cover of this song featuring Pierce the Veil's lead vocalist Vic Fuentes for the fifth edition of the compilation album Punk Goes Pop, which features bands of the punk, alternative, and hardcore genres covering hit pop songs. Their cover reached number 18 on the Billboard US Rock Songs chart. Alternative Press named their version as the fourth best "Top 50 Punk Goes Pop covers of all time".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.altpress.com/best-punk-goes-pop-covers-ranked/|title=Here are the top 50 Punk Goes Pop covers of all time|magazine=Alternative Press|author=Ariana Leo|date=7 January 2021|access-date=25 November 2022}}
== Charts ==
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| Chart (2012)
!Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|UKrock|32|date=20121111|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 March 2023}} |
| scope="row"|US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mayday-parade/chart-history/ark/|title=Mayday Parade Chart History (Hot Rock Songs)|magazine=Billboard|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118022831/https://www.billboard.com/artist/mayday-parade/chart-history/ark/|archivedate=18 November 2021|accessdate=13 January 2020 }}
|18 |
| scope="row"|US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mayday-parade/chart-history/hts/|title=Mayday Parade Chart History (Heatseekers Songs)|magazine=Billboard|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113183442/https://www.billboard.com/music/mayday-parade/chart-history/hts/|archivedate=13 January 2020|accessdate=13 January 2020}}
|19 |
= Three Days Grace version =
{{Infobox song
| name = Somebody That I Used to Know
| cover = Somebodyiusedtoknowtdg.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Three Days Grace
| album =
| B-side =
| released = 22 July 2020
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = * Hard rock
| length = 3:29
| label = RCA
| writer = {{hlist|Wally De Backer|Luiz Bonfá}}
| producer = {{hlist|Neil Sanderson|Howard Benson}}
| prev_title = Right Left Wrong
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = So Called Life
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|IaWqvtShfGQ|"Somebody That I Used to Know"}}}}
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On 22 July 2020, Canadian rock band Three Days Grace covered the song and released it as a non-album single.{{Cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/149025767/credits|title=Three Days Grace – Somebody That I Used to Know|date=22 July 2020 |via=Tidal|access-date=28 July 2020|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728081533/https://listen.tidal.com/album/149025767/credits|url-status=live}} The song was later included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the group's seventh album Explosions.{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/threedaysgrace/discography/SICP-6457|title=エクスプロージョンズ|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|accessdate=4 February 2023|language=ja-JP|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204131300/https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/threedaysgrace/discography/SICP-6457|url-status=live}} A music video (directed by Mike Filsinger) was also released for this version, which features the band performing in a Sketch-like background.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/three-days-grace-cover-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know/|title=Three Days Grace Rock Up Cover of Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know|website=Loudwire|author=Chad Childers|date=22 July 2020|access-date=4 February 2023|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204163316/https://loudwire.com/three-days-grace-cover-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know/|url-status=live}} Their cover charted in the rock song charts of Canada and the United States. The song reached number seven on the Billboard Canada Rock chart and number 19 on the US Rock Airplay chart.
Lead vocalist Matt Walst noted about the song, saying: "The first time I heard 'Somebody That I Used to Know' I got goosebumps! This has only happened to me a few times in my life. I remember listening to it over and over and just being happy. Music releases a mood[-]enhancing chemical in the brain that can set good moods and peak enjoyment. Music is truly the best drug!"
The track was produced by drummer Neil Sanderson and Howard Benson.{{cite AV media notes|title=Somebody That I Used to Know|type=Digital liner notes|others=Three Days Grace|publisher=RCA Records|year=2020}} Bassist Brad Walst told Brave Words that Matt Walst sent him a voicemail of him singing the song with an acoustic guitar and Brad thought it would be a good idea to release a cover of it. The group recorded the track separately.{{cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/features/three-days-graces-brad-walst-distinguished-gentlemen-among-young|title=Three Days Grace's Brad Walst – 'Distinguished Gentlemen Among Young'|website=Brave Words|author=Greg Prato|date=10 May 2022|access-date=15 April 2024}}
A music video was released on 22 July 2020, and was directed by Mike Filsinger.{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/three-days-grace-debuts-cover-of-gotyes-somebody-that-i-used-to-know|title=Three Days Grace Debuts Cover of Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know'|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=22 July 2020|access-date=15 April 2024}} It was recorded on an iPhone with the band members performing in front of a white tarp and a filter was added on top of it after it was finished.
== Track listing ==
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| title1 = Somebody That I Used to Know
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| title2 = Right Left Wrong
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| scope="row"|US Hot Hard Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-hard-rock-songs/|title=Hot Hard Rock Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=18 March 2022}}
|43 |
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| scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/mainstream-rock-songs-artists/|title=Mainstream Rock Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=19 January 2022}}
|50 |
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See also
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- List of Airplay 100 number ones
- List of best-selling singles
- List of best-selling singles in the United States
- List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2012 and 2013 (U.S.)
- List of Billboard Adult Top 40 number-one songs of the 2010s
- List of Billboard Alternative Songs number ones of the 2010s
- List of Billboard Dance Club Songs number ones of 2012
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012
- List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2012
- List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2012
- List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2011
- List of highest-certified singles in Australia
- List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom
- List of number-one dance airplay hits of 2012 (U.S.)
- List of number-one digital songs of 2012 (U.S.)
- List of number-one hits (Denmark)
- List of number-one hits of 2011 (Germany)
- List of number-one hits of 2012 (Austria)
- List of number-one hits of 2012 (France)
- List of number-one hits of 2012 (Italy)
- List of number-one singles from the 2010s (New Zealand)
- List of number-one singles of 2011 (Australia)
- List of number-one singles of 2012 (Finland)
- List of number-one singles of 2012 (Ireland)
- List of number-one singles of 2012 (Poland)
- List of number-one singles of the 2010s (Sweden)
- List of UK singles chart number ones of the 2010s
- List of Ultratop 50 number-one singles of 2011
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