Brian Joseph Burton,known professionally as Danger Mouse,is an American musician and record producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album,which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from the Beatles' The Beatles,also known as The White Album. In 2008,Esquire named him one of the "75 most influential people of the 21st century".
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway-Burton,known professionally as CeeLo Green,is an American singer,songwriter,rapper,record producer,and actor. He is known for his work in hip hop and R&B,including the Gnarls Barkley single "Crazy" and his solo single "Fuck You".
Jorma Christopher Taccone is an American actor,comedian,writer,director,producer,and musician. He is one-third of the sketch comedy troupe The Lonely Island,with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. In 2010,Taccone co-wrote and directed the SNL spinoff film MacGruber,which was his directorial debut. He directed his second feature alongside Schaffer,the musical comedy Popstar:Never Stop Never Stopping,which he also co-wrote and co-starred in with Schaffer and Samberg.
St. Elsewhere is the debut album by American soul duo Gnarls Barkley. It was released on April 24,2006,in the United Kingdom,where it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart,and on May 9,2006,in the United States,although it was available for purchase one week earlier as a digital download in the US iTunes Store. St. Elsewhere debuted at No. 20 on the US Billboard 200,and peaked at No. 4. It topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart for 39 non-consecutive weeks in 2006 and 2007.
"Crazy" is the debut single of American soul duo Gnarls Barkley,taken from their 2006 debut album,St. Elsewhere. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in the United Kingdom,Canada,Ireland,New Zealand,and several other countries.
"Smiley Faces" is a song by American soul music duo Gnarls Barkley from their debut album,St. Elsewhere (2006). It was released July 17,2006,as the second single from that album in the United Kingdom and peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Lil Star" is the second international single from Kelis' fourth studio album,Kelis Was Here (2006). Released outside US,the single features Cee-Lo,who was at the time half of the duo Gnarls Barkley. Following the moderate success of "Bossy",the single has proven to be a return to form for Kelis;it debuted at number eight in Ireland and was also a huge hit in the United Kingdom reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart. The track was hailed by many music fans and critics as Kelis' "comeback" single,despite the fact "Bossy" was written specifically for Kelis' return to music.
"Who Cares?" and "Gone Daddy Gone" are songs performed by Gnarls Barkley and are featured on their debut album,St. Elsewhere. The songs were released on November 6,2006 as a double A-sided single from that album in the United Kingdom. A week later,on November 13,2006,the single debuted at No. 60 in the UK Singles Chart. "Gone Daddy Gone" is a cover of the Violent Femmes song. The song peaked at No. 26 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart,and at No. 35 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart. The song "Gone Daddy Gone" is also featured in the soundtrack for the video game Tony Hawk's Project 8,the soundtrack for Forza Motorsport 2 and in the trailer for the Chris Rock film I Think I Love My Wife.
Gnarls Barkley are an American soul duo,composed of singer-songwriter CeeLo Green and producer Danger Mouse. They released their debut studio album,St. Elsewhere,in 2006. It contained their hit single "Crazy",which peaked at number two on the US Hot 100 and topped the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated at the 2007 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year,and was platinum certified for shipping over 1,000,000 records. St. Elsewhere also received a nomination for Album of the Year. The Odd Couple,their second studio album,was scheduled for release in April 2008,but due to a leak of the album over the internet,they decided to release it early. The album in its entirety received similarly positive reviews.
The Odd Couple is the second and most recent studio album by Gnarls Barkley,released digitally on March 18 and in stores March 25,2008. Due to an early leak of the album over the Internet in early March 2008,the duo decided to push up the release from April 8. The album was released to the iTunes Store and Amazon MP3 on March 18.
"Run (I'm a Natural Disaster)",also known more commonly as "Run",is a song written and recorded by Gnarls Barkley. It is the first single to be released from the band's second album The Odd Couple. Released in February 2008 as a digital download in the UK and the US via the iTunes Store,a physical release of the single followed in the UK on March 31. The song features a sample from Keith Mansfield's "Junior Jet Set" from the KPM LP Flamboyant Themes and "Starting Out the Day" by Strawberry Alarm Clock. The song is featured in the film X-Men:First Class,as a playable song in the video game Dance Central 2,and is heard in promos for Disney-Pixar's Cars 2 and the eight series of CBBC's Raven. This song was number 34 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.
"All Dressed in Love" is a song written by Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo,Jack Splash and Salaam Remi and recorded by Jennifer Hudson for Sex and the City:The Movie. Despite not being released as a single,the song debuted at number 72 on the UK Singles Chart on the strength of paid downloads alone.
"Pretty Please (Love Me)" is the fourth UK-single from British hip-hop artist Estelle's second album Shine. The single features a song-writing credit,production values additional vocals by Cee-Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley. The single is due for release in the UK on 15 September 2008 and was added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist C-list on 13 August 2008.
Aasha Davis is an American actress best known for her roles as Waverly Grady on Friday Night Lights and Chelsea Lewis on South of Nowhere.
"Jizz in My Pants" is a SNL Digital Short which aired on Saturday Night Live on December 6,2008,and YouTube on the same day. It serves as the music video for the first single from the Lonely Island's debut album,Incredibad. The video stars the Lonely Island members Andy Samberg,Jorma Taccone and,briefly,Akiva Schaffer,and also features guest appearances by Justin Timberlake,Molly Sims and Jamie-Lynn Sigler.
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards,honoring the best music videos from the previous year between June 2008 to June 2009,were presented on September 13,2009,at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City,and televised by MTV. The ceremony was hosted by Russell Brand.
"Fuck You",known as "Forget You" or "FU" for the clean versions,is a song by American recording artist CeeLo Green. It was written as a collaboration among Green,Bruno Mars,his production team the Smeezingtons,and Brody Brown. It was released on August 19,2010,as the first single from Green's third solo studio album,The Lady Killer (2010). "Fuck You" received acclaim from music critics,and was an international commercial success,making the top-10 in thirteen countries,including topping charts in the United Kingdom,and number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
The discography of American recording artist CeeLo Green consists of six studio albums,one compilation album,thirty-nine singles and twenty-five music videos.
"Georgia" is the first promotional single released by American recording artist Cee Lo Green from his third studio album,The Lady Killer;however,the track appears only on the Japanese and American Digital versions of the album. The single was released on May 11,2010 as a digital download and a limited edition 7" single. Green revealed that he wrote the song as a tribute to his home in the state of Georgia.
The discography of Gnarls Barkley,an American alternative hip hop duo composed of record producer Danger Mouse and soul singer Cee Lo Green,consists of two studio albums,two extended plays,seven singles and seven music videos. The duo originally met in the late 1990s,and began to record music together in 2003 following the release of Danger Mouse's 2003 album Ghetto Pop Life. Their first single,"Crazy",was released in 2006;it achieved worldwide chart success,reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 –where it was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) –and reaching the top ten of the Australian,New Zealand and Swiss singles charts,among others. It also topped the UK Singles Chart,attracting considerable attention for becoming the first song ever to top the chart on digital download sales alone,following a change to the chart's eligibility rules allowing songs to chart purely on digital sales providing that it was given a physical release the following week. The song appeared on Gnarls Barkley's debut studio album,St. Elsewhere,which peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 as well as topping the New Zealand and United Kingdom albums charts. Three further singles –"Smiley Faces",which reached the top ten of the UK and Irish singles charts,"Who Cares?" and a cover of the Violent Femmes song "Gone Daddy Gone" –were released from St. Elsewhere,although none of them appeared on the Billboard Hot 100.
