Ger Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 It was 2012, and two hit wonders came out from nowhere, Gotye and Kimbra to dominate the year. "Somebody That I Used to Know" exploded and became the biggest smash of the year, topping the U.S., the UK, Australia, Canada, and other 20 countries. The humongous success includes: selling more than 13 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling digital singles of all time, a multi-format radio smash denoting appeal from a wide appeal for the song from the GP, and its music video has been watched more than 2 billion times. It ended up as one of the biggest classics of the last decade. Considering: - The two artists are one-hit wonders, and they never charted before. - The song is far from a conventional pop song. - Different from the typical mainstream sound of the time. How did it become in such a huge worldwide smash?
Virgos Groove Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 People thought Katy was the feature Seriously tho, it was the video
luckythisway Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 By being one of the best songs released in the 2010s decade
Julia Fox Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 I think it went viral on Facebook or something and people started to catch up because they found the song art in every way -also her music video is very artsy btw- and also I remember it having cute and very well known remixes for the EDM fans
ontherocks Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 It's one of those songs you hear once and you just know, it's gonna be a hit. And where the song is lyrically sad, bitter and angry, the music is quite uplifting. So it's not just your typical break-up song.
Da Vinci Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 It was very Tumblr'd and Hipster'd both of which exploded in popularity that year (see: Lana Del Ray and Born To Die)
Ascareus Kratos Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 It should be everybody used to know
GraceRandolph Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, Da Vinci said: It was very Tumblr'd and Hipster'd both of which exploded in popularity that year (see: Lana Del Ray and Born To Die) This
rebeltwat Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 34 minutes ago, Da Vinci said: It was very Tumblr'd and Hipster'd both of which exploded in popularity that year (see: Lana Del Ray and Born To Die) This. 2012 was pretty much that year following the electro pop era of 2008-2011. People wanted a break.
shookspeare Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 same reason everyone was carrying around a stupid ukulele and wearing birkenstocks suddenly
Nightingale Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 People were tired of the EDM sound and this was a refreshing take. It was catchy enough for the GP but also hipster enough for that audience
Alldeezy Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 I honestly don't know it came out around 2010/09 here was quite overplayed then few years later got popular WW and then we had to put up with the song overplaying again x_x
naval23 Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 the chorus is just euphoric sadness and so moving
Just a Gay on ATRL Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 It’s an amazing, UNIQUE song that has a show-stopping anthemic chorus. The build of tension and anticipation in the first verse, to chorus, back to a more quiet rebuttal from kimbra from female perspective, back to a final combined climatic end, was perfection. No other song before or after it sounds like it. I still love it.
GreatestLoveofAll Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 wasnt it actually very much of its time? I mean we are young came out that year too right and its also alt-pop kinda music. either way tho its still a mystery but i love when random one-hit wonders have the biggest song of the year and never appear again.
Ger Posted November 29, 2022 Author Posted November 29, 2022 1 minute ago, GreatestLoveofAll said: wasnt it actually very much of its time? I mean we are young came out that year too right and its also alt-pop kinda music. either way tho its still a mystery but i love when random one-hit wonders have the biggest song of the year and never appear again. There was a strange transition starting in the mainstream scene with alternative-sound surging, but the scene was still full of dance-pop/electro-pop hits. 2012 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles 1. Somebody That I Used to Know 2. We Are Young 3. Call Me Maybe 4. Payphone 5. Lights 6. Glad You Came 7. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) 8. We Found Love 9. Starships 10. What Makes You Beautiful So I'd say 3/10 songs being "indie" (STIUTK, WAY and Lights).
fauxtography Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ger-55 said: There was a strange transition starting in the mainstream scene with alternative-sound surging, but the scene was still full of dance-pop/electro-pop hits. 2012 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles 1. Somebody That I Used to Know 2. We Are Young 3. Call Me Maybe 4. Payphone 5. Lights 6. Glad You Came 7. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) 8. We Found Love 9. Starships 10. What Makes You Beautiful So I'd say 3/10 songs being "indie" (STIUTK, WAY and Lights). I mean, this list just shows it was indeed the year of one hit wonders. We Found Love included if you count the bill as primarily Calvin.
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