"The albums second single off the album was Mayday Parade's cover of Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye featuring New Zealand artist Kimbra, which also featured guest vocals by Vic Fuentes of the band Pierce The Veil, it sold more than 15,000 copies within the album's first week of release, debuting at numbers eighteen and nineteen on the ""Billboard"" Rock Songs and Heatseekers Songs charts, respectively., it was released on October 16, 2012. The third single off the album was SECRETS cover of Ass Back Home by Gym Class Heroes featuring English artist Neon Hitch, which was released"
"single of 2012 in the UK with 1,318,000 copies sold. On 15 July 2011, the song finished third in the 2011 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition, with the winning song, ""Cameo Lover"", by Kimbra. Earlier that year, Gotye had first noticed Kimbra when both were short-listed as finalists for the competition. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011, ""Somebody That I Used To Know"" won Single of the Year, Best Pop Release, Best Video (for Natasha Pincus), Engineer of the Year (for François Tétaz) and Producer of the Year (for Gotye). Gotye also won Best Male Artist for the song"
"The visuals were animated and directed by Darcy Prendergast and Oh Yeah Wow. Gotye performed ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" on ""Saturday Night Live"" on 14 April 2012 along with ""Eyes Wide Open"". These collective performances helped the single to reach Number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for the week ending 28 April 2012, giving Gotye his first U.S. Number 1 single; the first Australian artist to reach Number 1 in the U.S. since Savage Garden in 2000. In April 2012, ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" broke a 47-year-old record in the Netherlands by becoming the most"
"and Sting. Gotye's 2011 single ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, making him the fifth Australian-based artist to do so and the second born in Belgium (after The Singing Nun in 1963). He has won five ARIA Awards and received a nomination for an MTV EMA for Best Asia and Pacific Act. On 10 February 2013, he won three Grammy Awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Show: Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" and Best Alternative Music Album for ""Making Mirrors""."
"including The Gregory Brothers. In early 2012, the band's live cover of Gotye's ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" on YouTube gathered over 175 million views in a mere four months, receiving positive reviews from both Gotye and his co-singer on the song, Kimbra. The band released an accompanying video where all five members are shown playing on the same guitar simultaneously. The production was taken from the 26th cut of a 14-hour session. Ellen DeGeneres featured the band on her January 23, 2012, show where they played live, again on one guitar; they were also included in YouTube Rewind"
"named best male artist and producer of the year. The song came ninth in the Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years, 2013. In 2013, the song won two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Record of the Year. Commercially, ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" is Gotye's most successful and signature song. It has topped charts in the US, UK, and Australia, as well as 23 other national charts, and reached the top 10 in more than 30 countries around the world. The song has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, becoming one of"
"September 14, 2012, the song became Psy's first number one on the chart, ending the one-week reign of the Danish rock band Nephew's ""Hjertestarter"". The song remained at the top position for seven consecutive weeks, tying it with ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" performed by Gotye featuring Kimbra for the longest running number one single on the chart for 2012. In its 24th week, it climbed back to the top, giving it its 8th week in that position. The single spent 22 straight weeks in the top ten of the chart. In January 2013, the International Federation of the"
"Barclaycard Mercury Prize was awarded on 1 November 2012 to Alt-J for their album ""An Awesome Wave"". The 2012 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded on 1 November 2012 to Will Young for his single ""Jealousy"". The 10th British Composer Awards were held on 3 December 2012 at Goldsmiths' Hall, London and hosted by Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Andrew McGregor. The 2012 Record of the Year was awarded to ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" by Gotye featuring Kimbra. This was the final year that The Record of the Year was awarded. Notes: 2012 in British music This is a summary"
"successful song in the history of the Dutch charts. Gotye was interviewed on 7 April 2012 broadcast of National Public Radio's ""All Things Considered"". The magazine American Songwriter named Gotye their Writer of The Week for the week of 6 February 2012. On 31 May 2012, Gotye announced that he would release a digital compilation of the 10 official remixes of ""Somebody That I Used To Know"" on 8 June. Gotye announced a world tour in May 2012 covering many parts of the world where he had not previously played. The tour began in August 2012 in Korea and wound"
"performance of ""Set Fire to the Rain"" by Adele, respectively. On December 11, 2012, ""Call Me Maybe"" was named ""Song of the Year"" for 2012 by MTV. In its 2012 Year-End issue, ""Billboard"" magazine ranked this song #2 in the Hot 100 Songs, Digital Songs, and Canadian Hot 100 charts, in each case behind ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", by Gotye featuring Kimbra. The song was also ranked number one by the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop poll, which compiles the votes of music critics from all over the United States. The song was the best-selling single worldwide"
"while Kimbra won Best Female Artist for her previous single, ""Cameo Lover"". At the APRA Music Awards of 2012, ""Somebody That I Used To Know"" won Most Played Australian Work and Song of the Year and Gotye won Songwriter of the Year. It was also nominated at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards for ""Choice Rock Song"" and ""Choice Break-Up Song"". The song was nominated at the 55th Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, winning both awards. ""The Village Voice""s Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll ranked ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" at number"
"Hottest 100 countdown-also rising to number three on the ARIA charts. The most prominent Australian song during 2011 and early 2012 was Gotye's ""Somebody That I Used To Know"" which reached number 1 in 11 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. The song also reached number 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 countdown and featured New Zealander pop singer, Kimbra, who also placed three times on the Triple J Hottest 100 as a solo artist. Electropop in Australia has been dominated by the use of synthesizers and"
"Making Mirrors Making Mirrors is the third studio album by Belgian-Australian artist Gotye. The album was released in Australia on 19 August 2011. In December 2011 it was announced that ""Making Mirrors"" was voted Triple J listeners' number-one album of 2011, making Gotye the first artist to win the Triple J album poll twice. It included the hit ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", which reached and topped charts worldwide. In Poland, after one day of release, the album was certified platinum. The album won the 2013 Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. The album was largely recorded at a"
"when both were short-listed as finalists for the competition. Gotye subsequently invited Kimbra to feature as the lead female vocalist on his recording of ""Somebody That I Used to Know"". The song was free on iTunes for the week of 22 May 2012. The song is about a guy who lives in the dark, he's brooding and the one who's singing the song, in this case Kimbra, is trying to bring him out. This song is composed in the key of C♯, and has the bpm of 128. The song features heavy synth and percussion. The official music video for"
"eight to find the best music of 2012. 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. It shows Gotye and Kimbra naked throughout the clip, and as they sing, his skin is gradually painted into the backdrop via stop motion animation. In the director's cut, it features concealed nudity. The director's cut was never posted. The painting used in the video's background, painted by Howard Clark, is based on a 1980s artwork created by Gotye's father, Frank de Backer, who also"
"with Gotye on ""Saturday Night Live"". On 15 July 2012, she performed in Santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. On 25 September, her song ""With My Hands"" was featured in Tim Burton's movie, ""Frankenweenie"". On 1 November, she had been nominated at the Vodafone 2012 New Zealand Music Awards and won for the ""International Achievement"", ""Best Female Solo Artist"", ""Best Pop Album"", ""Breakthrough Artist of the Year"" awards, and also won as a featured artist for the song ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", for ""Most Played Australian Work"" and ""Song of the Year"", at the APRA Music Awards of 2012. on the"
"2012 movie """", West rapped his verses from the song as a cappella. The song charted at 23 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart as reported by ""Billboard"", however it only spent one week on that chart. The song also appeared on the South Korean Gaon Chart at 86. Gorgeous (Kanye West song) ""Gorgeous"" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West from his fifth studio album, ""My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"" (2010). The track features a hook provided by Kid Cudi, a recording artist formerly signed to West's label GOOD Music, and a"
"on May 3, 2012. It features a major appearance by ASAP Worldwide co-founder ASAP Yams. Complex named the song #30 on the 50 best songs of 2012 list. Rolling Stone named the song #27 on their 50 best songs of 2012 list. BET named the song the No. 35 music video of 2012 on their year-end ""Notarized"" countdown. Goldie (song) ""Goldie"" is a song by American hip hop recording artist ASAP Rocky. It was released on April 27, 2012 as the lead single from his debut studio album ""Long. Live. ASAP"" (2013). The song was produced by Hit-Boy, who wanted"
"Save Me (Gotye song) ""Save Me"" is a song written and recorded by a Flemish-Australian singer and songwriter Gotye. The song was released in Australia by on 13 August 2012 as the fifth single from his third studio album, ""Making Mirrors"" (2011), a year after the release of his signature song ""Somebody That I Used to Know"". Like most of the tracks from Gotye's album, he wrote and recorded the song in a barn on his parent's block of land in the Mornington Peninsula near his hometown, Melbourne in Victoria. The song is lyrically based on Gotye's depression, and the"
"this an unusual event."" In January 2012, prior to their fourth Australian tour, Corcoran and Jones wrote a parody of Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know', re-imagining the song in the style of Dannii Minogue. The track was sent to Scott Mills, who subsequently played it on BBC Radio 1 and mistakenly claimed that the recording was proof that Gotye's was a cover version of Dannii's original song. Mills caused a small internet furore, with Twitter users and various online blogs either taking the claim to be truth, or vehemently denying it. Comments ranged from ""i hope all the"
"Gold Coast on 30, 31 December 2012. On 10 February 2013, Kimbra and Gotye won the ""Record of the Year"" and ""Best Pop Duo/Group Performance"" awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Show for ""Somebody That I Used to Know"". This achievement made her only the third New Zealand singer to win a Grammy Award in history. Kimbra was also featured with the R&B singer John Legend in the song ""Made to Love"", published in the album ""Love in the Future"". The single was released on 11 June 2013 and the album was released on 30 August 2013. On 15"
"orchestra as part of Gotye's performance. Gotye was also to issue a follow-up single to ""Eyes Wide Open"" titled ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", on 11 July 2011. Upon the announcement of the track listing, Gotye also revealed that there would be a DVD accompanying the record which would include music videos and documentaries. However, controversy erupted on 5 July 2011, when the video for the new single, ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", was leaked online via the Austereo Radio Network's Take 40 website. Later that day, the song was aired for the first time on Triple J"
"with Gotye on the song, also won the ARIA award for Best Female Artist. On 18 October 2011, Gotye released a film clip for the song ""Don't Worry, We'll Be Watching You"" on YouTube and Vimeo. The visuals were animated and directed by Benjamin Drake and Eddie White. On 20 November 2011, Gotye released a film clip for the song ""Don't Worry, We'll Be Watching You"" on YouTube and Vimeo. The visuals were animated and directed by Greg Sharp and Ivan Dixon at Rubber House. On 1 February 2012, Gotye made his American television debut on ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"", performing"
"so relatable."" The album won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. !scope=""row""|Australia !scope=""row""|Austria !scope=""row""|Belgium !scope=""row""|Canada !scope=""row""|Denmark !scope=""row""|France !scope=""row""|Germany !scope=""row""|Italy !scope=""row""|Poland !scope=""row""|United Kingdom !scope=""row""|United States Making Mirrors Making Mirrors is the third studio album by Belgian-Australian artist Gotye. The album was released in Australia on 19 August 2011. In December 2011 it was announced that ""Making Mirrors"" was voted Triple J listeners' number-one album of 2011, making Gotye the first artist to win the Triple J album poll twice. It included the hit ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", which reached and topped charts worldwide. In Poland, after"
"was released as the album's second single on 26 February 2012. It peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, being held off the top spot by Gotye's ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" featuring Kimbra. The track was written and recorded as a solo piece, and the collaboration with Brian May did not occur until several months later, when the guitarist favoured Dappy's material. The third single, ""Good Intentions"", was released on 16 September 2012. The release of the track was first confirmed by Dappy at T4 on the Beach. The track premiered on BBC Radio 1 Xtra on"
"EMI Group, he worked on Katy Perry's blockbuster multi-platinum-selling smash Teenage Dream, which produced a record-setting five #1 singles. Other notable projects included Beastie Boys' final studio effort Hot Sauce Committee Parts 1 & 2, and crucial releases from Thirty Seconds to Mars and The Decemberists. Attracted to the cutting edge ethos of Republic Records, he became a part of the label's family in 2011 as Executive Vice President of A&R. Stevenson signed Gotye, whose ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" [featuring Kimbra] became the top selling song of 2012, selling over 6.8 million digital downloads. “Somebody That I Used"
"26 June 2012 In addition Ingrid Michaelson, The Fergies, and Sam Tsui have covered the song. In February 2012, Rita Ora covered the song at BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. A cover by Right the Stars featuring Karmina, which was also uploaded to YouTube, was recommended by Miley Cyrus. Dutch DJ Tiësto remixed the song for his album """". Phillip Phillips and Elise Testone covered the song on the eleventh season of ""American Idol"" on 11 April 2012. In February 2012, Gotye made his American television debut on ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"" where he performed the song. The song has since"
"for the Gotye music video for the song ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", which uses stop-motion animation body painting and has received over 800 million views on YouTube. Hack now creates her own canvas backgrounds and her work is often featured with live birds, representing nature. Hack's artworks are exhibited worldwide. Los Angeles artist, Paul Roustan, is known for his work in body painting and photography which spans both the fine art and commercial worlds. His body painting has garnered numerous awards, including winner of the North American Body Paint Championships. Trina Merry is a body painter known for"
"had left over that we weren't able to put on this project, that we’d do a sequel. So, you know, the sequel to this album will be ""He Who Wears the Crown"". That’s the primary reason for the subtitle. That's the purpose of the sequel, so we’ll have a platform to display and release these songs."" On October 19, 2012, in an interview, West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar revealed that he recorded a song with T.I. for the album. The song reportedly also features B.o.B and samples Gotye's hit single ""Somebody That I Used to Know"". The song's mass appeal"
"and premiered August 26, 2012 on MTV Jams as the Jam of The Week. Mos Def was not available when the video was shot, so Ashanti took his place. The official remix was released on September 17, 2012. The remix features Trey Songz, Pusha T, Ashanti and Miguel. Pride N Joy ""'Pride N Joy'"" is a song written by American rapper Fat Joe. The song features Kanye West, Miguel, Jadakiss, Mos Def, DJ Khaled, Roscoe Dash and Busta Rhymes, although Kanye West and Roscoe Dash are the main features with Roscoe doing the hook and Kanye sharing the first verse"
"also stolen at the event. The album's lead single, ""Goldie"", was released on April 30, 2012. The song was produced by Hit-Boy. For the song, Hit-Boy wanted to play-off Rocky's laid-back style of rapping, accompanied by intentional vocal distortions, to produce a sound bordering along comatose. Beneath the beat, Hit-Boy added a reverberating chant meant to add a sinister atmosphere to the track. ""Goldie"" peaked at number 65 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. ""Complex"" named the song at number 30 on a list of the best 50 songs of 2012. On May 3, 2012, the music video was released"
"on the top spot with Gotye's ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" outselling Minaj by 20,000 copies. Despite this, the song made it Minaj's highest single at the time in that country (until ""Bang Bang"" topped the chart in 2014). It also became the 6th most played song of 2012 in the UK. It was ranked the 7th best-selling song of 2012 in the UK for selling 864,000 copies as of 31 December, also becoming the best-selling song not to peak at number one. As of 16 June 2013, the song has spent 69 weeks in the charts. In Scotland,"
"related to the experiences he has had with relationships. ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" is a mid-tempo ballad. It samples Luiz Bonfá's instrumental ""Seville"" from his 1967 album ""Luiz Bonfa Plays Great Songs"". The song received a positive reception from critics, who noted the similarities between the song and works by Sting, Peter Gabriel, and American folk band Bon Iver. In Australia, the song won the Triple J Hottest 100 poll at the end of 2011, as well as ARIA Awards for song of the year and best video, while Kimbra was voted best female artist and Gotye was"