Which song was the inspiration behind the writing of " Somebody That I Used to Know " ?
Vince Aletti of " Rolling Stone " magazine , in a review of the album " Whitney " , criticized the song , commenting that " not taking any chances , the songwriters Griffith and Shannon Rubicam have simply come up with a clever anagram of their original hit Will I Know , and Michael Walden has glossed it over in an identically perky style .