Gnarls Barkley

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Gnarls Barkley
Danger Mouse (top, on keyboards) and Cee-Lo (far right, at microphone) on-stage in Boston, August 11, 2006
Danger Mouse (top, on keyboards) and Cee-Lo (far right, at microphone) on-stage in Boston, August 11, 2006
Background information
Origin Atlanta, Georgia
Genre(s) Soul/ R&B
Years active 2003 – present
Label(s) Downtown Records
Warner Music
Website www.GnarlsBarkley.com
Members
Cee-Lo
Danger Mouse

Gnarls Barkley is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and rapper/singer Cee-Lo (Thomas Callaway), from Atlanta. Their first album, St. Elsewhere, was released by Warner Music on April 24, 2006 in the UK and on May 9 in the US by Atlantic/Downtown Records. It was made available for download one week earlier in the U.S. via the iTunes Music Store and other online download stores.

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[edit] Awards

Gnarls Barkley won Best Song (for "Crazy") and the Future Sounds award at MTV's European Music Awards 2006 in Copenhagen.

[edit] Videos

To date Gnarls Barkley has released five music videos.

For more on these videos see Crazy, Smiley Faces, Gone Daddy Gone, Go-Go Gadget Gospel, and Who Cares.

[edit] Costumes

Gnarls Barkley has a propensity to appear in costume. For each live performance, as well as each photo shoot and interviews, the duo and their backing band dress in a different set of themed costumes. When performing live, the group will often open with a cover suited to their particular costume. For example, when they appeared as chefs in San Francisco, they opened with a cover of Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf."

Here is a partial list of costumes the group has worn in concert:

In photo shoots, as well as in the "Smiley Faces" video and various concerts, the group mimicks a classic movie. Here is a partial list of movies and/or movie characters they have referenced in publicity photos or otherwise:

[edit] Discography

[edit] Album

[edit] Singles

For more detailed chart listings, see the individual singles' articles
Title Release date Album Peak chart positions[3]
U.S. UK NZ AUS CAN BE IT EU
"Crazy" April 3, 2006 St. Elsewhere 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1
"Smiley Faces" July 17, 2006 St. Elsewhere - 10 - 38 - 35 9
"Who Cares?" / "Gone Daddy Gone" November 6, 2006 St. Elsewhere TBR 60 - 94 - -

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Top 50 Albums Chart. ARIA.
  2. ^ http://entertainment.skynet.be/index.html?l1=entertainment&l2=ultratop&l3=charts&chartid=4
  3. ^ Gnarls Barkley's Crazy: Chart Positions. Retrieved on May 26, 2006.

[edit] External links

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