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Gotye named best-selling single of record-breaking 2012

Gotye's hit track 'Somebody That I Used To Know' has been named as the best selling single of 2012 in the UK.

Incidentally, the last twelve months saw the best ever year for sales of singles in the country, with figures up 6% from 2011 to 188.6 million.

'Somebody That I Used To Know' accounted for 1,318,000 of those sales, with Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' the second highest selling track.

fun.'s 'We Are Young' shifted 986,000 units in 2012 whilst David Guetta's smash hit 'Titanium' was the fourth best selling song of the year.

X Factor winner James Arthur appears at No.5 on the list, despite his track 'Impossible' only being released in mid-December.

 

 

 

Watch Gotye perform 'Somebody That I Used To Know' live below: