Somebody That I Used to Know

Track 95 on Glee: The Music - The Complete Season Three

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“Somebody That I Used to Know” is featured in Big Brother, the fifteenth episode of Season Three. It is sung by Blaine (Darren Criss) and Cooper (Matt Bomer).

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Somebody That I Used to Know Lyrics

[BLAINE]
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

[COOPER]
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So, when we found that we could not make sense
Well, you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

[BLAINE (with COOPER)]
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough

No, you didn't have to (Stoop so low)
Have your friends collect your records and then (Change your number)
I guess that I don't (Need that though)
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[BLAINE & COOPER]
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[BLAINE]
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done

But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

[(BLAINE) & Cooper]
But you didn't have to cut me off
(Oh-oh-oh) Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
(Oh-oh-oh) And I don't even need your love
(Oh-oh-oh) But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough

(Oh-oh-oh) No, you didn't have to stoop so low
(Oh-oh-oh) Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
(Oh-oh-oh) I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[BLAINE & (BAND MEMBERS)]
Somebody (I used to know)
Somebody

[COOPER (with BAND MEMBERS)]
Now you're just somebody (That I used to know)

[BLAINE & (BAND MEMBERS)]
Somebody (I used to know)
Somebody

[COOPER (with BAND MEMBERS)]
Now you're just somebody (That I used to know)

[BLAINE & COOPER]
I used to know
That I used to know
I used to know
Somebody

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“Somebody That I Used to Know” is featured in Big Brother, the fifteenth episode of Season Three. It is sung by Blaine (Darren Criss) and Cooper (Matt Bomer).

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What did Glee Cast say about "Somebody That I Used to Know"?

Gotye on how he felt about the song and it’s use in the show:

They did such a faithful arrangement of the instrumentals but the vocals were that pop Glee style, ultra-dry, sounded pretty tuned and the rock has no real sense, like it’s playing to you from a cardboard box.

– Via Hollywood Reporter (2012)

How did the song perform commercially?

The song peaked at #21 on the Canadian Hot 100, #25 on Ireland Singles Top 100, #26 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #48 on the UK Singles chart.

The song marked the first and only Glee cover of a Gotye song to appear on the series and on any music chart.

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