# Walk Of The Earth: Somebody That I Used To Know

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 14, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-of-the-earth-somebody-that-i-used-to-know/609537 "2012-01-14T22:35:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-of-the-earth-somebody-that-i-used-to-know/609537/1 "2012-01-14T22:35:07Z")

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Anyone seen this band? Surely you have. This video has nearly 20,000,000 views. Well…I’m late to the party and I am impressed! I like the “five people playing the guitar at once” gimmick (because it works) and also because their lead and harmony vocals are stellar…and its just a cool song. Check it out!

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d9NF2edxy-M/hqdefault.jpg "5 People 1 Guitar!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M)

Edit: I meant Walk OFF The Earth! Dammit!

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**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-of-the-earth-somebody-that-i-used-to-know/609537/2 "2012-01-15T09:22:17Z")

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It’s a good cover, but hopefully you’ve seen the original by [Gotye (featuring Kimbra)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY), it’s killer. (Cool video too.)

This song has been massive here in Australia, and I understand it’s starting to get a bit of attention in the US and elsewhere too, which is great.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-of-the-earth-somebody-that-i-used-to-know/609537/3 "2012-01-15T09:57:35Z")

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If you think that’s impressive, what about them [doing it on a ukulele](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ9xgrUqbgs)?

Was discussing this version with my bro (who is a musician) yesterday and we reckon it wasn’t done live - in his words, “the vocals are just too present”. I don’t doubt that they _can_ do it, but perhaps not so perfectly.

Best cover version I’ve ever seen.