 In November 2011 , music blog This Must Be Pop predicted the song as a post @-@ Christmas UK hit . John Watson , who co @-@ manages Gotye with Danny Rogers , said of the single 's success : " We 've never seen any song make a deeper or more immediate connection with so many people . It 's a really special recording and video " . Talking about the overwhelming reception and the amount of coverage received , Gotye commented that " I don 't really feel like it [ the song ] belongs to me anymore . " He further explained that " sometimes I feel like I 'm a bit sick of it . My inbox , on any given day , has at least five covers or parodies or remixes of it and there 's only so many times you can listen to the one song . " 
