[LINK] Somebody That I Used to Know :)

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Perhaps of interest. "Somebody That I Used to Know" is an indie pop song,
four minutes and five seconds long. It was written, recorded & videoed by
Aussie 'Gotye' at his parent's house, on the Mornington Peninsula in Vic.

As well as cleaning up at the ARIAs, Gotye has this week become the first 
Australian artist in 30 years to land the No.1 song of the year on the US 
Billboard charts.

In their 2012 Year-End issue "Billboard Magazine" ranked this song #1 for
the year in America, in ALL of the following charts: Hot 100 Songs, Radio 
Songs, Digital Songs, Adult Pop Songs, and Alternative Songs.

The song won the Triple J Hottest 100 poll, as well as ARIA Awards for 
Song of the Year and Best Video, and Gotye was named best male artist and 
producer of the year. 

It topped the ARIA Singles Chart, UK Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 100, 
as well as 23 other national charts, and reached the top 10 in more than 
30 countries around the world. 

As of May 2012, the song had sold more than one million copies in the 
United Kingdom, becoming the best selling single of the year, and over 
six million in the United States. It ranked number one in the 2012 Year-
End Canadian Hot 100 Songs chart.

It's the third-best-selling single of all-time in Australia, having been 
certified 10 times platinum. It is the most downloaded song of all time 
in Belgium, it's the Netherlands' most successful chart single ever, and 
the third best-selling digital single ever in Germany. 

"Somebody That I Used to Know" has sold more than 13 million copies 
worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling digital singles of all time.

Ref: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know> and
listen/see it here: <http://www.take40.com/news/36588/gotye-scores-
biggest-song-2012-on-us-billboard-charts----first-australian-in-30-years!>

Cheers,
Stephen