Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 2.4 | Somebody That I Used to Know | 4:06 | Gotye feat. Kimbra | Bravo: The Hits 2012 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 060075340853 (7) |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.9 | Somebody That I Used to Know | 4:05 | Gotye | Triple J: Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years | Various Artists | Other + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Wally De Backer (bass guitar) |
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| producer: | Wally De Backer |
| assistant mixer: | Wally De Backer |
| mixer: | François Tétaz (Australian film composer) |
| bass guitar: | Lucas Taranto |
| sampler [guitar, flutes, percussion and synth samples]: | Wally De Backer |
| background vocals and lead vocals: | Kimbra (New Zealand singer-songwriter) Wally De Backer |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Samples ’n’ Seconds Records (in 2011) Samples ’n’ Seconds Records Pty Ltd (in 2011) |
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| recorded at: | Lucas' Loungeroom in Melbourne (bass) The Barn in Merricks (bass) |
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| mixed at: | Moose Mastering in Richmond |
| part of: | triple j’s Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (number: 10) Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 1) (order: 1) MIA Award: Song of the Year (number: 2011) (order: 5) Billboard Decade End Chart: Adult Contemporary Songs (2010s) (number: 8) (order: 8) Grammy Award: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nominees (number: 2013 winner) (order: 10) Triple J’s Hottest 100: Twenty Years (2013) (number: 9) (order: 11) Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 24) (order: 24) triple j’s Hottest 100 (Australian annual music listener poll) (number: 2011) (order: 24) Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 36) (order: 36) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 49) (order: 49) Stereogum: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 161) (order: 162) Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 404) (order: 406) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/1qDrWA6lyx8cLECdZE7TV7 [info] |
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| stream video for free: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY [info] |
| recording of: | Somebody That I Used to Know |
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Related works
Somebody That I Used to Know
| lyricist: | Walter De Backer |
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| composer: | Luiz Bonfá Walter De Backer |
| publisher: | J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd Op Shop Songs Pty Ltd. Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Unichappell Music, Inc. Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. |
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| referred to in medleys: | Breakup Mashup Crazy, Hazy Maze Cave NOW That’s What I Call Polka! (order: 8) |
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| later parody versions: | Soibody I Used To Know |
| later translated versions: | jan pi tenpo weka |
| is the basis for: | Anxiety jan pi sona weka |
| music quoted in and lyrics quoted in: | Mama, I’m Sorry |
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