
Somebody That I Used to Know" is a song by artist and songwriter Gotye. The song was written by Gotye himself, about his past relationship with a girl that broke his heart. You hear both sides of the story as the singers sing to each other why they fell out of love and that they're glad they did. The man (Gotye) seems heartbroken in the song while his ex girlfriend explains why she ended it with him. It was released on July 6, 2011 as the lead single and most popular song off his album "Making Mirrors".
The video takes place in a room full of painted triangles, as the singers sing the song to each other.....naked...and blend into the wall themselves. They begin without anything on them, and as the song progresses, the paint on the walls begin to come onto the singers until they are almost impossible to see.
It is Gotye's most successful song and his first #1 song. "Somebody That I Used To Know" is also his first song to make the top 100 in the United States. It has been played in the TV series "90210", "Gossip Girl", and "Glee".
Following "Somebody That I Used To Know" is "We Are Young" buy Fun, which was the number one song for a few weeks until this song passed it.