Walk off the Earth is a Canadian indie band formed in 2006 in Burlington, Ontario.
They have gained success around the world by making low-budget music videos of covers and originals. The band built their fan base independently with no help from record labels, booking agents or management.
The band’s first success came from covering the songs of The Gregory Brothers. The video of their cover of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” became rapidly popular on YouTube in early 2012, gathering over 80 million views in two months and received positive responses from both Gotye and his co-singer on the song, Kimbra. In the video, the five musicians are shown playing a single guitar.
The band has also covered “Someone Like You” by Adele, “Party Rock Anthem” byLMFAO, and dozens of other tracks.
The band’s cover of The Beatles song “From Me to You” was used in a Telus television advertisement.
