: The distinctive opening guitar riff is sampled from Luiz Bonfá's 1967 instrumental "Seville".
The , directed by Natasha Pincus, became as iconic as the song itself. It features: Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
: Gotye and Kimbra appear naked and are gradually painted into a geometric background inspired by Gotye's father's artwork. : The distinctive opening guitar riff is sampled
: The video has surpassed 2 billion views on YouTube and helped the song reach No. 1 in more than 25 countries. : The video has surpassed 2 billion views
: The song features a sparse xylophone melody based on the first nine notes of the nursery rhyme "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".
: The painting symbolizes the shared history of the relationship, with Kimbra eventually "washing clean" of the paint as she breaks away.
Lyrically, the song is an "amalgam" of Gotye's past relationship experiences. It captures the frustration of a partner who feels discarded and the counter-perspective of a partner who feels gaslit or suffocated.