

Now and then I think of when we were together Like when you said you felt so happy you could die I 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 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 No, 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 you're just somebody that I used to know 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 But 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 No, 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 Somebody (I used to know) Somebody (now you're just somebody that I used to know) Somebody (I used to know) Somebody (now you're just somebody that I used to know) (I used to know) (That I used to know) (I used to know) Somebody
Now and then I think of when we were together Like when you said you felt so happy you could die I 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 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 No, 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 you're just somebody that I used to know 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 But 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 No, 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 Somebody (I used to know) Somebody (now you're just somebody that I used to know) Somebody (I used to know) Somebody (now you're just somebody that I used to know) (I used to know) (That I used to know) (I used to know) Somebody
A canção foi escrita, gravada e produzida por Gotye em casa dos pais, na Península de Mornington, na Austrália.
O refrão incorpora um trecho instrumental de Luiz Bonfá chamado “Seville” (1967) e um xylophone inspirado em “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” da coleção de 1961 de Joseph Cooper.
Em 2011, “Somebody That I Used to Know” tornou-se o maior hit comercial de 2011 na Flandres e, em 2012, o mais bem-sucedido de 2012 em Canadá, Israel, Reino Unido e Estados Unidos, além de ser o single mais vendido da década de 2010 por um artista australiano na própria Austrália.
O single recebeu o Grammy de Record of the Year e de Melhor Performance de Dueto/Grupo Pop no 55º Grammy, além de ser eleito o melhor vídeo e o melhor cantor masculino e produtora no ARIA Awards de 2011.
Desde seu lançamento, o tema foi reprisado em programas de televisão de grande alcance, como The Voice, American Idol e Saturday Night Live, e em 2025 foi votado 10º na Triple J Hottest 100 de canções australianas.
Em agosto de 2026, o Spotify contabilizou mais de 3,2 bilhões de streams, com 22,3 milhões de ouvintes ativos no mês anterior.
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