The blend sounds something akin to the eclectic sound of Guillemots, and the vocal style bares many similarities to Bjork. The track builds with clapping before the rhythmic percussive accompaniment kicks in, then eventually piano and bass. ' Settle Down' opens with multi-tracked rhythmic vocals accompanying Kimbra's luscious soulful vocal melody, later with gentle suggestions of tabla and bass. With a little bit of celebrity endorsement along the way that is.Ĭontinue reading: 'Somebody That I Used To Know' Wins Two Grammys But Can We Expect More Success From Gotye?įollowing the success of the over-played Gotye track on which Kimbra featured, New Zealand born vocalist Kimbra Lee Johnson's own musical endeavours are not quite as cohesive and consistent - as Vows, a confusing and hit and miss album of multiple musical personalities, proves.
‘Somebody That We Used To Know’ truly is a miracle of word of mouth and the power of song. We’ll bet the majority of our readers could hum a bit of ‘Somebody That We Used To Know,’ but could you pick Gotye’s Wouter De Backer out of a line-up? We thought not. This is a curious case of the appeal of the song being in the song itself and not the artist, it would seem. Can you name any other Gotye songs though? Nope, us neither. In fact, it’s so firmly lodged in the global consciousness, that the song, from the unassuming Australian-Belgian songwriter has now sold over 10 million copies worldwide, with 7 million copies shifted in the US alone. Recording company Giant Universal soon caught a whiff of its potential though and re-released the track, which has slowly wormed its way into public consciousness. ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ was originally released back in 2011 on the Australia label Eleven Music. So what made this song, from a relative unknown, so hugely popular? At last night’s Grammy awards (February 10, 2013), Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ brought home two awards (and the album Making Mirrors also took one home), for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo / Group Performance (the song features vocals from Kimbra).
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