After delivering one of the most unforgettable songs during the era, the award-winning singer who stepped away from stardom is turning 46 today.
In celebration of his birthday, let's look back on his breakout hit that cemented his place in music history and why he was labelled as a “one-hit wonder.”
From Unknown Electronic Artist to Grammy Winner to One-Hit Wonder Icon
Thanks to strong support from voters, the local youth radio station Triple J heavily promoted his singles "Learnalilgivinanlovin" and "Hearts a Mess,” making the tracks reach No. 94 and No. 8 on their respective charts.
From being a rising star to an Australian indie darling, he transitioned to an international phenomenon after releasing Making Mirrors.
Gotye with Kimbra at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2013.Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
The track not only dominated the music chart with the No. 1 spot for eight weeks straight but also became Billboard’s biggest song of 2012.
The musician told Elle Magazine that he was overwhelmed by the massive public reception and there “have been plenty of moments of surprise over the past years.”
However, after his massive success and being dubbed the “indie version of Sting,” the 46-year-old singer gradually faded from the spotlight, with his breakout hit “Somebody That I Used to Know” remaining his defining mainstream success.
“I would take a sort of perverse pleasure if a certain part of the public thought of me as a one-hit-wonder,” he shared with NME. “If I go on to never make any music that is as commercially successful as this and that means that there’s a divide between some people’s perception of me in the pop sphere versus me and the actual music that I’ve made, and people actually taking the time to listen to the rest of it, then I think that’s actually kind of interesting.”
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