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And He'll Spend The Rest Of His Career Trying To Write A Hit Without A Sample
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Obscure Facts: Gotye's massive hit "Somebody That I Used To Know" is based on a sample from an obscure 1967 song "Seville" by the late Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa. Back when he was unknown, Gotye gave Bonfa co-writing credit, meaning Bonfa's estate got 45% of the songwriting royalties for the song. That's over a million bucks just from sales. Not bad, and pretty generous. I mean, it was the right thing to do (although 45% is maybe a little high), but would you be kicking yourself if it turned out that your song was your one huge hit? (Radio.com)
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