Gotye

Not a lot of movement in this week's Top 8@8. Telephones seem to be very popular as two of the top 3 songs refer to calling people. Take a look at this week's chart:

One of today's hottest stars falls off our Top 8@8 this week. Adele's "Rumour Has It' leaves our countdown making room for a new song. Check out our Top 8@8:

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Goyte‘s smash hit ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ will be honored by the release of a new album featuring 10 remixes of the song.

If you haven’t heard Gotye‘s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know,’ there’s a good chance you’re living under a rock. The song has been everywhere in 2012, and now we’re about to get some (OK, a lot of) variations on one of the year’s most played tracks.

It really should come as no surprise, given the worldwide breakout status that Gotye‘s already achieved this year, but the vocalist was the big winner at Australia’s APRA Music Awards over the weekend.

Here is a review of our Top 8@8. After three weeks on top, FUN. falls to number two giving us a new number one song.

With a bassline made with a gigantic musical fence (only in Australia!), Gotye‘s ‘Eyes Wide Open’ is arguably more tense than ‘Somebody That I Used To Know,’ though it lacks quite the same charge as the song that (has almost) made he and Kimbra stars. Nonetheless, ‘Eyes Wide Open’ is a sincere, exciting cut, not destined to conquer charts, but sure to make its home in more than a few hearts. Read

As acts that seemingly came out of nowhere to score the year’s two biggest hits so far, fun. and Gotye have a lot in common. The guys of fun. have paid tribute to their fellow chart-topper with a cover of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore.

Gotye‘s extraordinary 2012 just keeps getting more extraordinary. ‘Somebody That I Used to Know,’ the hot Aussie export’s crossover smash featuring New Zealander Kimbra, continues its assault of the Billboard charts, racking up its fourth week atop the Hot 100 and its tenth at No. 1 on the Alternative tally.