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Gotye
Solo artist Brugge Australia
Gotye is an artist from Brugge. Gotye has 81 chart appearances on 70 radio countdowns from 33 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Somebody That I Used To Know”, which appears on 65 lists and was voted number one five times. In total the artist has topped 5 countdowns. The station that charted Gotye most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 12 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
Gotye is the stage name of Wouter "Wally" De Backer, a Belgian-born Australian who came into the world in Bruges in 1980 and grew into a proper one-man band. A singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he put out his studio albums independently, and on the side he helped start the Basics, an indie-pop three-piece out of Melbourne.
Like Drawing Blood, in 2006, brought "Hearts A Mess" to the countdowns. Then came Making Mirrors and "Somebody That I Used to Know", a sparse, aching duet with Kimbra that builds from a hush to a full-throated standoff. Released in 2011 through Universal Republic, it climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and a stack of charts around the world, and ranked among the biggest-selling singles anywhere in 2012.
The awards piled up after that: 5 ARIAs back home, and at the Grammys the song won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance while Making Mirrors took Best Alternative Music Album. "Eyes Wide Open" and "I Feel Better" showed there was more to the record than its one monster hit.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Gotye on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somebody That I Used To Know | 65 | #1 | 5 | 2012 | |
| 2 | Eyes Wide Open | 7 | #25 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | Hearts A Mess | 4 | #8 | – | 2006 | |
| 4 | I Feel Better | 1 | #34 | – | 2011 | |
| 5 | Save Me | 1 | #102 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | In Your Light | 1 | #87 | – | 2011 | |
| 7 | Learnalilgivinanlovin | 1 | #94 | – | 2006 | |
| 8 | Easy Way Out | 1 | #48 | – | 2012 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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