Album · Gotye
Like Drawing Blood by Gotye
Like Drawing Blood is an album by Gotye, released in 2006. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Hearts A Mess”, on 4 lists with a best position of #8.
Like Drawing Blood, the second studio album from Gotye, the Belgian-born Australian Wally De Backer, came out in Australia on 21 May 2006, his birthday, on Creative Vibes. It's art pop from a multi-instrumentalist with a big, aching voice and an ear for odd textures.
Three singles came off it: "Hearts a Mess", "Coming Back" and the tongue-twister "Learnalilgivinanlovin". "Hearts a Mess" is the one that stayed, a slow, brooding ballad that pointed straight toward the global smash he'd land a few years later with "Somebody That I Used to Know". De Backer was also a founding member of the Melbourne trio the Basics, and like his other solo albums this one came out independently.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Like Drawing Blood on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hearts A Mess | 4 | #8 | – | 2006–2025 | |
| 2 | Learnalilgivinanlovin | 1 | #94 | – | 2006 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.