Nick Hansen glimpses a young woman shopping who is a doppelgänger for his girlfriend,Marissa Minor that has been dead for 20 years in a fire | Nick quickly becomes a person of interest and his subsequent actions don't help his case with the police |
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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 | Gotye uses a sample of guitarist 's 1967 instrumental song "Seville", with additional instrumentations of beats and a |
On 2 May 2012 the song became the first to reach digital sales of at least 400,000 for three consecutive weeks, and the following week it became the first to simultaneously top the Alternative Songs, Hot Dance Club Songs, and charts.
20It is Multiplatinum in ten countries, including Diamond in Australia | In November 2011, music blog This Must Be Pop predicted the song as a post-Christmas UK hit |
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It was covered by Canadian group using a single guitar played simultaneously by all five band members and by actors and in the episode "" | Select Platinum in the Certification field |
In the United States, it debuted at number 91 on the on 14 January 2012.
12Gotye 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 | Note: User may scroll down the 'Podcasturi' menu to play or download the respective podcast |
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On 23 May 2012, Internet cartoon band did a cover of the song | In its fifteenth week on the chart — after it was performed by and on on 10 April; by and on the eleventh season of before more than 16 million viewers on 11 April; and by Gotye and Kimbra on on 14 April — the song rose to number 1, where it stayed for eight consecutive weeks |