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Gotye | Artist Essentials
First released: 2006 (year verified)
Original studio recording
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First released: 2006 (year verified)
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Recording: Original studio recording
Credit: Gotye
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Like Drawing Blood
Gotye: Like Drawing Blood on the artist's Bandcamp
The artist supplies the original track list and May 2006 release date. Later regional releases and singles do not replace the original year. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Gotye
Gotye is the recording name of Wally de Backer, a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Like Drawing Blood established his independently developed work before Making Mirrors reached a much wider audience. The latter album included Somebody That I Used to Know with featured singer Kimbra, followed by international touring in 2012. Gotye identifies de Backer's solo recording project; the featured vocal collaboration does not make Gotye and Kimbra a continuing group or merge their individual catalogs.
Artist background sources
Gotye - Eleven Music label biography
Wally de Backer recording identity, songwriting, production and instruments, Like Drawing Blood/Making Mirrors sequence, Kimbra feature and 2012 tour. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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