Yeah, I'm totally hung up on the song too. I have it in the Glee version and the originary.

Check out the youtube video of the original.

I'm not sure what I think of his other songs. Not as good as "Somebody", but I've only heard a few.

I downloaded "Somebody I Used to Know" and liked it enough to download the rest of the album. Will report back.

Yeah, I'm really hung up on this song. Anybody got any other Gotye recs? Right now this is the only song I know?

"Heart's a Mess". [link] I have pimped this song here before, I love it (and the video clip is fun too).

Yeah, the video sort of brought it all together for me. Before I finally watched it, it was just this catchy song that sort of sounded like Sting. I didn't really know the words or anything.

When I finally sat down and watched it, I was hooked.

It's funny because people say they hear Sting or Peter Gabriel in his voice, and I do not. He does not sound like either to me (especially since his tunes don't sound like Sting or PG tunes, though perhaps closer to PG than Sting).

He sounds like "someone" to me, but it isn't Sting or PG. I can't put my finger on it though.

It's only vaguely for me, and only when he's belting. I think they have somewhat similar upper registers. When he's just singing, he doesn't sound like Sting at all.

Musically, he reminds me more of Florence. They have kind of similar musical sensibilities -- Unusual instrumentation, an ethereal quality, but with the ability to belt it and sometimes go big on the bombast.

It's only vaguely for me, and only when he's belting. I think they have somewhat similar upper registers. When he's just singing, he doesn't sound like Sting at all.

Heh. Am still listening to Making Mirrors. While reading this, I heard exactly what you're talking about.

The female performer on "Somebody I Used To Know" is NZ singer Kimbra. An example of her work, "Settle Down": [link]

Also, in watching the video, they kinda sorta have similar mouths. Like, there's a bit of a sneer-like curl to the upper lip, and a wide, open mouth when singing out. Mouth shape has a big effect on vocal sound. Whenever singers sound alike in any way, I'm always curious how similar their mouth shapes are when they sing.

I also suspect Gotye and Sting breathe in a similar way when belting. They keys to impersonating other singers are mouth shape, how you breathe the song, and where in your throat, chest and mouth cavity you're resonating.

bt, I just watched that Kimbra video following a link from the YouTube End-Clip-Mural and really enjoyed it. I was wondering where she was from.