"Somebody That I Used to Know" is a song by Australian-Belgian singer and songwriter Gotye from his third studio album Making Mirrors, and features New Zealand singer Kimbra. The song was written by Gotye himself, lyrically about the experiences he has had with relationships
COMPOSITION
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The song was both produced and written by Gotye in his parents' barn on the Mornington Peninsula where it was recorded. The song begins sampling Luiz Bonfá's track "Seville" along with the beats playing and a xylophone solo that sounds similar to the nursery rhyme, Ba Ba Black Sheep
CHART PERFORMANCE
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Australia (ARIA) = 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75) = 46
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)= 1
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)= 3
Canadian Hot 100 = 84
Canadian Alternative Rock= 15
Germany (Media Control Charts)= 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)= 1
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)=1
New Zealand (RIANZ)= 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)= 73
US Rock Songs (Billboard)= 28
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)= 21
LYRICS
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Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I told myself that you were right for me,
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
You can get addicted to a certain kind'a sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
I don't even need your love,
but you treat me like a stranger And that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect you records
And then change your number
Guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believin it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna' live that way,
reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go,
and I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know-oh-oh
but you didn't have cut me out
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing (oh)
I don't even need your love,
but you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
(oh)
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect you records
And then change your number (oh)
Guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
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