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'Glee' 'Somebody That I Used to Know': Gotye Disses Show's 'Dinky' Cover of His Hit

Posted on Apr 23rd 2012 10:55AM by Contessa Gayles

'Glee' 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Gotye Daniel Boczarski, Redferns via Getty Images

Currently No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Gotye's Kimbra-assisted track "Somebody That I Used To Know" is as popular as ever. That may be thanks, at least in part, to "Glee"s cover of the tune, featured in April 10's "Big Brother" episode. But Gotye is not exactly singing the "Glee" cast's praises -- quite the contrary. In fact, the Aussie singer publicly blasted the cover in two recent interviews!

"They did such a faithful arrangement of the instruments 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," Gotye told the Sunday Mail of Darren Criss and Matt Bomer's rendition of his song. "It made it sound dinky and wrong," he added in a separate interview with the Herald Sun.

Just days after the "dinky" "Glee" cover aired, Gotye took the "Saturday Night Live" stage to perform the hit (April 15), which may have also contributed to the song's current chart-topping success. Whether or not the singer-songwriter is a fan of "Glee" interpretation, he would be remiss if he didn't give the show at least a tiny bit of credit in helping introduce the song to a mainstream audience.

See AOL Music's In House Interview With Gotye (via Spinner.com)

fun.'s "We Are Young" shot to the top of the charts (currently No. 2) only after it received its own "Glee" treatment. It experienced a 1,650% jump in sales, from 3,000 to 49,000 units sold during the week following its "Glee" feature.

What do you think of "Glee"s Gotye cover? Listen to both versions below and tweet us your thoughts @aolmusic.

Listen to the "Glee" Cast Version of "Somebody That I Used to Know"

Watch Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" Feat. Kimbra Video