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'''Gnarls Barkley''' is an American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music soul] duo composed of the artists Brian Joseph Burton (known professionally as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Mouse Danger Mouse]) and Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (known professionally as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cee_Lo_Green Cee Lo Green]). Their first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_album studio album] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album) St. Elsewhere]'' was released in 2006 along with its first single "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Gnarls_Barkley_song) Crazy]". Both single and album were a major commercial success and have been noted for their large sales by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_download download]. The duo released their second album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(album) The Odd Couple]'' in March 2008.

==Contents==

 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley# hide]] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#History 1 History]

**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#Background 1.1 Background]

**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#Band_name 1.2 Band name]

**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#St._Elsewhere_.282006.E2.80.932007.29 1.3 ''St. Elsewhere'' (2006–2007)]

**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#The_Odd_Couple_.282008.29 1.4 ''The Odd Couple'' (2008)]

**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#Third_album_.282012-present.29 1.5 Third album (2012-present)]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#Discography 2 Discography]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#Awards 3 Awards]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#See_also 4 See also]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#References 5 References]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#External_links 6 External links]

==History[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnarls_Barkley&action=edit&section=1 edit]]==

===Background[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnarls_Barkley&action=edit&section=2 edit]]===

Cee Lo first entered the scene as part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta Atlanta] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music hip hop] group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodie_Mob Goodie Mob] which had a large hand in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hip_hop Dirty South] movement of the 1990s. Cee Lo left the group after their third album in 1999 and started his solo career. That year he sang on "Do You Like the Way" along with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill Lauryn Hill] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santana_(band) Santana]'s multi-platinum ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(Santana_album) Supernatural]'' album. Cee Lo has three solo albums as of November 2010.

Danger Mouse has produced albums for a number of hip hop and rock artists, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillaz Gorillaz]' ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Days Demon Days]''. He received international attention for his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(music) mash-up] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grey_Album The Grey Album]'', which blended the a cappella edition of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z Jay-Z]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Album_(Jay-Z_album) The Black Album]'' with samples from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles The Beatles]' ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album) White Album]''.

The two men first met while Cee Lo was on a tour for which Danger Mouse happened to be the DJ. They became musical partners and worked together on the songs that would become ''St. Elsewhere''; prior to the release of that album they collaborated on the songs "What You Sittin' On?" for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Records Lex Records] in 2004, and "Benzie Box" from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Doom Danger Doom] album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_and_the_Mask The Mouse and the Mask]'' in 2005.

===Band name[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnarls_Barkley&action=edit&section=3 edit]]===

Danger Mouse explains that the name Gnarls Barkley came from "fictional celebrity names like ''Prince Gnarls'' and ''Bob Gnarley''" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody parodies] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Charles Prince Charles] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley Bob Marley], respectively) made up by their friends. When [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavens_(band) Heavens] band member [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Steinbrick Josiah Steinbrick] came up with "Gnarls Barkley", a parody of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball basketball] star [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Barkley Charles Barkley], Burton wrote it down.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-Fontina-1 [1]] In fact, earlier in their career, various radio DJs incorrectly attributed their songs to the basketball star instead of the band.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-Fontina-1 [1]]

According to a Billboard article: "Burton and Cee Lo have been cagey about what the name of the act means, and each live performance is an opportunity to play dress-up as tennis players, astronauts and chefs, among many other get-ups. The costuming extends to photo shoots, as Burton and Cee Lo would rather impersonate characters from such films as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future Back to the Future]'' or ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%27s_World Wayne's World]''.

About Gnarls Barkley, Cee Lo said in an interview: "That is that electric industrial Euro soul, that's what I call it... if I can call it anything. It truly is shapeless and formless. My style and my approach is still water, and it runs so deep. So, with that project I got a chance to be a lil' zany, of course a continuation of eccentricity, abstract and vague, and all of those wonderful things that make art exactly what it is. And that's subject to interpretation. As far as the artiste himself, it does cater to and extend the legacy of Cee Lo Green, and showcase the diversity and range and intention of Cee Lo Green. It is a great project that I'm very, very proud of".[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-2 [2]]

===''St. Elsewhere'' (2006–2007)[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnarls_Barkley&action=edit&section=4 edit]]===

Downtown/Atlantic in the U.S. and Warners Bros. Records in the United Kingdom signed the band after several songs including "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_(Gnarls_Barkley_song) Crazy]" were played for them by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Mouse Danger Mouse]'s management company [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waxploitation Waxploitation].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-3 [3]] "Crazy" was released as their first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music) single] on April 3, 2006, preceded by its release as digital download and 12" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_record vinyl record] single in March 2006. It gained some of its popularity due to its use on primetime [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_1 BBC Radio 1] DJ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe Zane Lowe]'s television advert, and it was also made Record of the Week by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bruce Ken Bruce] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_2 BBC Radio 2], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Mills Scott Mills] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Whiley Jo Whiley] of BBC Radio 1 as well as being made 'Weekend Anthem' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Spoony DJ Spoony] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Cox Sara Cox] (also of Radio 1).

The track is based on an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy Italian] song named ''Nel cimitero di Tucson'' (''In Tucson's cemetery'') composed by brothers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Reverberi Gianfranco] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Piero_Reverberi Gian Piero Reverberi] from the soundtrack of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_western spaghetti western] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparati_la_bara! Preparati la bara!]'' (1968), starring[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Hill Terence Hill].

In the United Kingdom, "Crazy" became the first ever single to top the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart UK Singles Chart] purely on download sales as it was released online a week before it was released as a CD single.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-4 [4]] It is also the first single to top the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart UK Singles Chart] for nine weeks consecutively since 1994 when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_Wet_Wet Wet Wet Wet]'s "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_All_Around_(The_Troggs_song) Love Is All Around]" was number one for fifteen weeks (the last song to spend exactly nine weeks on top was "Two Tribes" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood Frankie Goes to Hollywood] in 1984). It has also equaled the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) Queen] 1975 classic "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody Bohemian Rhapsody]", which also topped the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks. Gnarls Barkley announced that as the record had spent its ninth week at number one, it was to be deleted as a vinyl/CD listing from May 28, 2006, so people will "remember the song fondly and not get sick of it".[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-5 [5]] "Crazy" is also the longest number-one on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Official_Download_Chart UK Official Download Chart] with its stay lasting eleven consecutive weeks. In late 2009 the song was voted as the best song of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-6 [6]]

The group released their debut album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album) St. Elsewhere]'', on April 24, 2006, in the United Kingdom and on May 9, 2006, in their native United States. For their American television debut on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_with_Conan_O%27Brien Late Night with Conan O'Brien]'', May 24, 2006, the band performed "Crazy".

They performed along with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Aguilera Christina Aguilera], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI_(band) AFI], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfmother Wolfmother] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_Awards_2006 MTV Movie Awards 2006] on June 8, 2006.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-7 [7]] They were dressed as characters from the film series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars Star Wars]''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Alliance Rebel Alliance] pilots, Imperial officers,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Stormtroopers Stormtroopers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jango_Fett Jango Fett], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan Obi-Wan], with Cee-Lo singing as an unmasked [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader Darth Vader].

In October 2006, Gnarls Barkley recorded a live session for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_from_Abbey_Road Live from Abbey Road]'' at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios Abbey Road Studios].

''St. Elsewhere'' has been certified Platinum by the RIAA for selling over 1,000,000 albums in the U.S. A limited edition deluxe package of ''St. Elsewhere'' was released on November 7, 2006. The CD+DVD package includes a 92-page booklet, four music videos and bonus songs from live performances.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gnarls_Barkley_in_Melbourne.jpg][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gnarls_Barkley_in_Melbourne.jpg]Gnarls Barkley at the Mini V festival in Melbourne, 2007From January until March 2007, they toured with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers] through the U.S.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-8 [8]]

They did a collaborative short film in both the Spring of 2006 and 2007 with the international TV series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Faux Kung Faux]'' which airs heavily on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_V Channel V] around the world, and they also toured Australia in March and April 2007 as part of the Channel V Festival.

The song "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" appears in the show ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondocks_(TV_Series) The Boondocks]''. It was sung by Rev. Rollo Goodlove, who was voiced by Cee-Lo.

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Klinghoffer Josh Klinghoffer] joined the band for the tour playing the rock organ.

===''The Odd Couple'' (2008)[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnarls_Barkley&action=edit&section=5 edit]]===

In early March 2008, the duo's second album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(album) The Odd Couple]'', was leaked over the internet prompting the duo to push the release date up from April 8. On March 18, 2008, the album became available via download on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Store iTunes Store] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_MP3 Amazon MP3]. Hard copies of the album were released on March 25.

They appeared as the musical guest on the April 12, 2008 episode of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live Saturday Night Live].'' They were supposed to be in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNL_Digital_Shorts Digital Short] parodying amateur music videos according to the scrolled text but only appeared in the singing performances of the live broadcast.

On November 11, 2008, they released an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play EP], ''Who's Gonna Save My Soul'', featuring four versions of the song which originally appeared on ''The Odd Couple'', along with a live version of "Neighbors" and a previously unreleased song, "Mystery Man". A music video for "Mystery Man" was directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Robot Walter Robot] and premiered on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Music Yahoo! Music].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-9 [9]]

===Third album (2012-present)[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnarls_Barkley&action=edit&section=6 edit]]===

At [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Festival Virgin Fest] in September 2011, Cee Lo Green stated during his performance that Gnarls Barkley would be releasing another album in 2012.[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]''] Although this did not occur and the duo was dormant for several years, it was confirmed in 2013 that Gnarls Barkley will be releasing a third album in the future. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-10 [10]]

==Discography[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnarls_Barkley&action=edit&section=7 edit]]==

Main article: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley_discography Gnarls Barkley discography]*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album) St. Elsewhere]'' (2006)

*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(album) The Odd Couple]'' (2008)

==Awards[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gnarls_Barkley&action=edit&section=8 edit]]==

*2006 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_European_Music_Awards MTV European Music Awards], Best Song ("Crazy") and the Future Sounds Award

*2007 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award Grammy Award], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Urban/Alternative_Performance Best Urban/Alternative Performance] ("Crazy") and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Alternative_Music_Album Best Alternative Music Album] (''St. Elsewhere'')[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley#cite_note-11 [11]]

*2007 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET_Award BET Award] for Best Group

*2008 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards MTV Video Music Awards], Best Art direction and best choreography for the video 'Run'

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone_100_Best_Songs_of_the_Decade Rolling Stone 100 Best Songs of the Decade] - No. 1 Crazy