Looks like even Gotye knows his song, "Somebody That I Used to Know," is an overplayed, viral sensation that has spawned an entire genre of YouTube covers. So the singer decided to acknowledge the hundreds of piano-playing, harp-plucking, and guitar-strumming fans who paid tribute to the catchy tune.
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How? He made a whole new song from the covers.
Gotye calls it "Somebodies," and it's just as annoyingly awesome as the original. He's one of the first artists to take covers of their own song, and create new music. Talk about crowd-sourcing talent.
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When Gotye posted the video on YouTube, he wrote, "Reluctant as I am to add to the mountain of interpretations of 'Somebody That I Used To Know' seemingly taking over their own area of the Internet, I couldn't resist the massive remixability that such a large, varied yet connected bundle of source material offered."
No need to be reluctant Gotye, this is pretty cool of you.
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