It was hard to go anywhere in 2012 without hearing Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know." It comes as no surprise the track has been nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group ...

A light guitar strum—sampled from Brazilian maestro Luiz Bonfá’s “Seville”—oscillates back and forth, before merging with a spare xylophone solo. Hushed, melancholic vocals disrupt the hypnotic ...

Billboard is celebrating the 2010s with essays on the 100 songs that we feel most define the decade that was -- the songs that both shaped and reflected the music and culture of the period -- with… By ...

After a six-month build, Gotye has the breakout hit of the moment, with nearly 4.5 million copies sold and counting for his smash "Somebody That I Used to Know. How did a simple song with a lifted rif ...

He's best known for his iconic hit Somebody That I Used to Know, which topped the charts worldwide and became the best-selling song of the year. So it would be easy to assume that Belgian-Australian ...

Australian singer-songwriter Gotye has achieved a phenomenal level of success with his hit song Somebody That I Used to Know. The video for the song has been viewed more than 123 million times since ...

Producer Miami Nights 1984 gave Belgian singer and multi-instrumentalist Gotye’s track “Somebody That I Used To Know” an Eighties-inspired synth-pop remix, inspired by his love of old John Hughes ...

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I have written a lot about the internet phenomenon that is Gotye and the ubiquitous hit song, "Somebody That I Used To Know," but yesterday I got to talk to him (aka Wally De Backer) on the phone and ...