Musical Moment - Battle of 'Somebody That I Used to Know' (Gotye vs. Walk Off the Earth)

Below: I am sure that by now you have heard this song by Gotye (pronounced like the designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.)

Reflective and intense, the song is about the end of a passionate love affair and in baring all emotionally, the music video shows the singer’s body also bare, slowly being painted with geometric shapes until he blends into the patterned wall. You then hear an intimate verse sung from the woman’s perspective, by Kiwi singer Kimbra.

Film clip for the Gotye song Somebody That I Used To Know, featuring Kimbra from the album Making Mirrors.

Below: Little known Canadian Indie band, Walk Off the Earth, recorded a captivating cover of the song soon after Gotye’s own release, and became an instant YouTube phenomenon mainly due to it’s five members all playing the same acoustic guitar… See it to believe it; Instrumentally impressive and just extraordinarily cool. They have subsequently earned a record deal.

"Somebody That I Used To Know" Mp3 available here: http://bit.ly/xe65hD Download our exclusive iTunes session here: http://smarturl.it/wote_itunes Download our album R.E.V.O. here: http://smarturl.it/revo WOTE merch available here: http://goo.gl/5Q9TuY Walk off the Earth performs a cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" using five people on one guitar.

Gotye’s reaction? "It's like a throwback to the Sixties where a local act could pip the original artist to the post in their market. I wish them all the best with the song - it's a clever, novelty cover. But I won't deny there's a part of my ego that really doesn't want their version to eclipse mine."

Currently, Goyte’s video has 107,865,288 views and Walk Off the Earth has 71,032,066…

Which do you prefer?