Smoke and Mirrors
Gotye | Artist Essentials
First released: 2011 (year verified)
Original studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The restless percussion provides a useful counterweight to the controlled vocal delivery.
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First released: 2011 (year verified)
Original recording release year; later singles and reissues do not replace this date.
Recording: Original studio recording
Credit: Gotye
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Making Mirrors
Apple Music: Gotye - Making Mirrors
Authorized original album catalog identifies Making Mirrors as a 2011 release; earlier individual single dates are checked separately. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Apple catalog: Making Mirrors track metadata
Individual tracks confirm 2011 for selected album recordings and Somebody That I Used to Know, 2010 for Eyes Wide Open, and the Kimbra feature credit. | 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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