Gnarls Barkley (Danger Mouse & Cee Lo) - "Crazy"

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

I heard this because it was #1 on XFM London's list for Import/Export.

It's like indie rock, funk, R&B, and classical all in one. Worth a listen. It reminds me of Moby a little.

Yes, the same Cee Lo that was on trick Daddy's hit "Sugar" last year.

[AFRO SAMURAI]

Interesting song... Haven't quite decided what I think about it, though.

Cee-Lo is generally a pretty creative artist. Good thing he left Goodie Mob to do his own thing, otherwise he'd never have a chance to make these sort of out-of-the-box records.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

#1 UK

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

This is the first record to top the chart on just download sales (It's released on CD this week).

It will definately be #1 for a second week because of the media interest and the fact that 34,000 phyiscal copies were bought on Monday alone!

Incidentally it sold 31,000 copies last week, and the week before would have charted at #3 if the downloads were chart eligible that week.

[francky]

Gnarls Barkley

‘Crazy’ to be deleted after nine consecutive weeks at #1

Gnarls Barkley’s phenomenal smash hit ‘Crazy’ will be deleted on Monday, ending a phenomenal run of nine consecutive weeks at the top of the charts.

The decision to delete ‘Crazy’ has been made to ensure that the focus of the Gnarls Barkley campaign now falls on the second single, ‘Smiley Faces’, that is scheduled for a July 17th release on Warner Bros. Records UK.

Korda Marshall, Managing Director of Warner Bros. Records UK, commented, “’Crazy’ has proved to be a huge international smash hit that has travelled and communicated around the world incredibly well. We feel that the album, ‘St. Elsewhere’, is such a strong depth of work that we want to move onto ‘Smiley Faces’ for the summer”.

Gnarls Barkley agreed adding ‘"I consider myself a realist. I suppose that goes for most of us. But I have found a way to at once hold them, fold them, walk away and run. This was not a painless decision. But pain is nothing but a bi-product of beauty. Potentially toxic, to be sure, but that's all it is."

The success that Gnarls Barkley have enjoyed with ‘Crazy’ has been nothing short of remarkable. Having made music history when the track became the first to top the UK singles chart on download sales alone, ‘Crazy’ has dominated the music industry with sales of in excess of 700,000. The deletion of the track – the longest running #1 single since Wet Wet Wet’s ‘Love Is All Around’ in 1994 – will ensure that ‘Crazy’ has only ever charted at #1. The duo also enjoyed the rare 1-2-3 of simultaneous single, album and airplay domination.

Gnarls Barkley’s debut album, ‘St. Elsewhere’, has followed its initial tremendous critical reception with a hugely successful commercial release. Having debuted at #1, the album remains a strong seller in the Top 5 of the album charts and has already been certified for Platinum status.

All signs now point to Gnarls Barkley recreating their success on these shores in the States. Having debuted at #20 on the Billboard charts, it rose to #15 in its second week of release.

The Gnarls Barkley juggernaut will roll through the summer with a series of international festival dates in support of ‘Smiley Faces’ and ‘St. Elsewhere’. Their UK dates include their debut headline show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on July 5th as well as festival gigs at The Wireless Festival in London and Leeds on June 23rd and 24th respectively before returning to play Creamfields on August 26th

[That Skipping Rope.]

What the f**k? Stupid decision.

[francky]

Yeah that's dumb, as if it would stop people from buying "Smiley Faces".
They complain single sales are falling, then they delete one that's selling a lot, lmao.

[tozion]

I guess they're trying to shift focus to the album so they don't end up one hit wonders. Shakira's album was a perfect example of there actually being a lot of people out there who will buy the album if they can't buy the single.

[francky]

You could be right. They probably want to focus about their album sales.