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Film clip for the Gotye song Somebody That I Used To Know
Featuring Kimbra from the album Making Mirrors

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Directed, produced and edited by Natasha Pincus
Body art by Emma Hack
Cinematographer and colourist: Warwick Field
Scenic artist: Howard Clark
Key grip: Rob Hansford
Assistants: Rose Cidoni, Claire Leighton, Rob Murray
Original artwork by Frank De Backer

Music credits:
Produced by Wally De Backer
Mixed by Francois Tetaz, assisted by Wally at Moose Mastering, Richmond, VIC
Bass recorded by Wally in Lucas Taranto's loungeroom, Melbourne, VIC
All other sounds put together by Wally in The Barn, Merricks, VIC

Bass guitar: Lucas Taranto
Lead and backing vocals: Kimbra
Guitar, flutes, percussion and synth samples, lead and backing vocals: Wally

Contains a sample of the recording “Seville” as performed by Luiz Bonfa.
Courtesy of Geffen Records, under license from Universal Music Enterprises.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end
Always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
And I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know...

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

I used to know
That I used to know

Somebody...
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Somebody That I Used To Know is from the Gotye album Making Mirrors
Single and film clip released by Eleven: A Music Company
Release/catalogue number: ELEVENDIG100
Release date: Jul 11, 2011

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  • Trixie Barretto plus 7 months ago
    Nice one, very clever!
    That would've been an interesting exercise in meticulousness and patience!
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  • Hunz 7 months ago
    This is really wonderful!!
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  • Lora-Mae Adrao plus 7 months ago
    Beautiful!
  • AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL! :)
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  • arundel 7 months ago
    Beautiful!
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  • Daisy Tam Tam 7 months ago
    I love drama
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  • nFlame Creative 7 months ago
    Wally, this is gorgeous! Can't think of a better way to finish this very cold and miserable day here in Canberra. Thankyou!

    Cheers

    Damian
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  • 27DC 7 months ago
    Wonderful clip. Love your work
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  • Manuel Creignou plus 7 months ago
    wow... amazing ! very beautiful
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  • Tess O'Flaherty 7 months ago
    Brilliant work by all, form the camera work to the art work and performances also a fantastic song!
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  • Emanuela Gualersi 7 months ago
    simple and beautiful
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  • xox 7 months ago
    i heart
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  • Rolando Mays 7 months ago
    DOPE! DOPE! DOPE! So original!
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  • Jilara Kuch 7 months ago
    Pure brilliance!
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  • Jessie Ngaio 7 months ago
    God that was intense. Incredible.
  • Mo Kanaan 3 months ago
    it is...
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  • Matt Elliott 7 months ago
    Watched this 9 times already this morning and it's only 11.42am. Gotye, you have come up with a ripping song, well done, congratulations.
  • Svetlana Eremenko 5 months ago
    I've watched this about 20 times now. And it's only 12:18 pm
  • Maciej Puczynski plus 3 months ago
    I've watched it 7 times, and it's only 2:53 am :-)
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  • Beau Penny 7 months ago
    Wow. Heard this on the J's this morning and they were talking about the filmclip. Incredible. YOU ROCK.
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  • David Morgenthaler 7 months ago
    Wow. What an amazing song and video. I love that Kimbra (or whoever she might represent) is literally out of the picture at the end.
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  • Benjamin Dowie 7 months ago
    Beautiful.
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  • CaroH Photographe 7 months ago
    What a great song, and love the video!
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  • xox 7 months ago
    i think i've listened to this about 20 times today...... can't wait for the album xoxox
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  • mpared plus 7 months ago
    OMG PERFECTION!!!!!!Its up at thecuriousbrain.com/ well done!!
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  • thebrandnewcolony 7 months ago
    what a wonderful clip! what a wonderful song! bravo! posted with enthusiasm at thebrandnewcolony.com
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  • Peak Music plus 7 months ago
    Lovely stuff
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  • Weldon Byrns plus 7 months ago
    Love it!
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  • Ian Kath 7 months ago
    As usual Wally, just bloody brilliant.
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  • Henk Gubbels 7 months ago
    Beautiful song, great great video!
    Gonna buy the cd
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  • Dasius 7 months ago
    The song and the video are both beautiful but i have the feeling that they are not meant for each other. I prefer to listen to the song without watching the video. It's only my opinion though.
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  • Edgard Antonorsi 7 months ago
    Really liked both Video - superb. and the music, it is a style i´ve not heard in a while.
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  • John Waiblinger plus 7 months ago
    Totally, incredibly wonderful! I'm watching it over and over...
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  • Chris Pettit plus 7 months ago
    Same reaction.... (I'm eventually going to have to stop watching it and go back to work!)

    Stunning piece of work.
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  • Jean Desveaux plus 7 months ago
    Great song, great voice, amazing music video.
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  • Cole Nichols 7 months ago
    Great job!!!
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  • K C plus 7 months ago
    Been a while since I've watched a video this many times. Soon, I'll know all the words and it'll be stuck in my head for a month. ;)

    I guess the painting's always greener on the other side, too.
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  • Oliver Dowling 7 months ago
    This is absolutely awesome, I cant stop listening to it!

    Is it just me though, or is there a faint sound at 3:31 that sounds similar to a skype message sound.
  • Oliver Dowling 7 months ago
    I think the sound is just fingers sliding up the guitar...
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  • Simon Boedecker 7 months ago
    What an ingenious piece of ear candy! Heard it at least a dozen times this morning. Love it so much...

    Thanks for make me smiling! :-)
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  • Chamier plus 7 months ago
    This song let me take a few into somebodys and my future, so I make a decision.
  • Chamier plus 7 months ago
    Thanks, I love that song.
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  • Richard De Souza plus 7 months ago
    great song, nice work
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  • Wonderful at 2'30''
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  • Nicolai Kovács 7 months ago
    beautiful!
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  • Nicolai Kovács 7 months ago
    the music sounds like the doors and the voice sounds like phil collins !
  • Matthew McLemore 7 months ago
    Not to me either (Doors) but...I can hear the P. Collins comparison...and the music reminds me of Manu Chao a bit...love this song bye the way.
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  • Nicolai Kovács 7 months ago
    i think it's only the part at 0:48 that reminds of the doors. And maybe his hair and his figure, just like this famous picture of jim morrison... And i agree with manu chao.
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  • John Hand 7 months ago
    Totally outstanding and incredibly entertaining. I, too, have listened many times and will listen one more time before I pack up for the day, here in Boston, Massachusetts...5:15pm on a Friday. Vaguely reminds of Men At Work style and fun, not The Doors. Anyone know when the CD comes out. I stumbled upon the Video, but I am HOOKED!!
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  • Laura Di Mare plus 7 months ago
    I am in love with a video and a song, didn't know something like this could happen I thought It only occurred with people!
  • Laura Di Mare plus 7 months ago
    I should be sleeping, not watching this video over and over again...
  • I totally agree! :)
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  • Vlad Stoian 7 months ago
    Eternal. This is fockin poetry in sound and movement... So charming, so pure, so real... I'm impressed.
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  • First Dark 7 months ago
    Fantastic.
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  • i say 7 months ago
    Amazing
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  • Mag_gma 7 months ago
    Kimbraaaaaaaaaa !♥
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  • Zosia Drozd 6 months ago
    Elegant
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  • Shahane Bekarian plus 6 months ago
    Am loving this clip at the moment. It's just kept pure by its simplicity and the energy between the two are amazing. I'm feelin it.
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  • Brad McColl 6 months ago
    Damn near perfect.
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  • fullmooner 6 months ago
    ♥ ~
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  • cayoyin 5 months ago
    I became addicted to this song. And I'm not kidding. Thank you. It's amazing.
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  • Edurance Udiηov 5 months ago
    beautiful video for an amazing song. i love it
    the chorus is just stuck in my head after the first listen
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  • _▁▁▂▄▅▆ 4 months ago
    Lo habìa visto en youtube y me preguntaba quièn habrìa hecho algo tan hermoso, me encanta y esta canciòn es bonita tambièn.
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  • The Panda Rabbit 4 months ago
    superb!
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  • Petra Janssen 3 months ago
    Incredibly brilliant ...! ♥
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  • aguirres 3 months ago
    real and honest!
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  • Brice Habeger plus 3 months ago
    It fits together so well!
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  • Wonderfully amazing song and clip.
    Will screen at Sandfly Festival this month.
    sandflyfilmfestival.com
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  • chandra hall 3 months ago
    i love his wolf teeth forever.
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  • Great video for a great song! Well done, so inspiring!
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  • Joel Rörsch 3 months ago
    Good stuff, both musically and visually! Peter Gabriel would be proud ;)
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  • Agnieszka Zimolag 3 months ago
    and this sentence about sadness so true , so develish sadness. f**k it
    and all the emotions
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  • Jonathan Zuckerman 3 months ago
    Wow, somehow this song really captures the angst that I probably never had any right to feel, but did anyway.
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  • Pili Altamirano 2 months ago
    amo este vídeo y esta canción
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  • Jose Concepcion 1 month ago
    Love your music since I heard "Heart's a Mess" for the first time. You are magic.
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  • Matthew McLemore 1 month ago
    Probably watched this 100 times and it gets better every time...like poetry. This is art. Love it.
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  • makalati 1 month ago
    j'adore cette chanson :)
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  • Jitka Novakova 1 month ago
    Simple, genius concept.... Fantastic job on STOP MOTION!,love lyrics....love voices.... Just brilliant work!!
    I did buy song from ITunes , but I'm sure, I'm not only one, who would love to have videoclip tooooooooo!!!!!! can U do something about it????? Thanks.... I'm going to see U soon, live in New York , at your concert ;))))))))
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  • Ovi Loves 4 weeks ago
    Poetry in Emotion. Addictive. ♥
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  • Maxx Capps 4 weeks ago
    Im kinda sad i just found this video.. and im hesitant to hit play… Last time i enjoyed this song I couldnt get it out of my head for like 3 damn weeks. The video is awesome too =(
  • Ovi Loves 4 weeks ago
    Ah haha... the comment above is the highest paid... I love it! I know what you mean. I have 4 kids in my house, all on different computers, and they're listening to it...over and over...and sharing it with all their friends. Great talent and inspiration are so contagious. Very healing to the bone.
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  • Greg Nilles 3 weeks ago
    Awesome, hypnotic, beautifully written, sung amazingly. 10 out of 10.
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  • Gustavo Garcia 2 weeks ago
    completely addicted to it!!
    absolutely gorgeous...
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  • Phil Schmidt 2 weeks ago
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  • AMAZING!!
    I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!!
    MAKES ME SO HAPPY! :)
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  • oneinspain 3 days ago
    awesome song, awesome video!!!!!
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  • 20110828 2 days ago
    Love love love love
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