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| Gnarls Barkley: Dangermouse and Cee-Lo Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo costumed in an homage to the film A Clockwork Orange | |
| Background information | |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Members | Cee-Lo, Danger Mouse |
| Website | www.GnarlsBarkley.com |
Gnarls Barkley is a musical collaboration between producer Danger Mouse and rapper/singer Cee-Lo. Their first album, St. Elsewhere, was released by Warner Music on April 24 2006 in the UK and on May 9 in the U.S. by Atlantic/Downtown Records. It was made available for download one week earlier in the U.S. iTunes Music Store and other online download stores.
Career
"Crazy", their first single, gained some of its popularity due to the use of it on primetime BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's television advert, and it was also made Record of the Week by Ken Bruce of BBC Radio 2. It was released as a single on April 3 2006, preceded by its release as digital download and 12" vinyl single in March 2006. On 2 April 2006, it became the first ever UK number one based on download sales alone.[1] Previously, such sales counted towards a chart position if the song could also be bought in shops. It spent nine weeks at the top of the charts.
In an interview with Observer Music Monthly, Danger Mouse denied that the band's name is a reference to former basketball player Charles Barkley, saying "Nope. It's just like everything else on this record. There was no conscious decision about stuff."[2]
The duo made their debut performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 30 2006,[3] but their first concert, hosted by Myspace.com, part of the Secret Show series, took place at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on April 28 2006. They are set to perform at Lollapalooza 2006 in Chicago. Their U.S. television debut was made on May 25 2006 during Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The duo also appeared on the prestigious BBC TV music show, Later with Jools Holland, on May 19 2006.
"Crazy" is the first single to top the UK singles chart for nine weeks consecutively since 1994 when Wet Wet Wet's "Love Is All Around" was number one for fifteen weeks (the last song to spend exactly nine weeks on top was "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood in 1984). It has also equalled the Queen 1975 classic Bohemian Rhapsody, which also topped the UK singles chart for nine weeks. Crazy is also the longest number 1 on the UK Official Download Chart with its stay lasting 11 consecutive weeks. Gnarls Barkley announced that as the record had spent its ninth week at Number 1, 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".[4]
Gnarls Barkley perfomed along with Christina Aguilera, AFI, and Wolfmother at the MTV Movie Awards 2006 June 8 2006 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.[5]
Gnarls Barkley will be appearing at the 02 Wireless Festival in London on Friday, June 23, at the 02 Wireless Festival in Leeds on Saturday, 24th June, and at the Pacific Amphitheatre on Thursday, July 20 with Peeping Tom featuring Mike Patton.
Discography
Album
- St. Elsewhere (2006) #1 UK, #14 US, #7 AUS[6], #9 BEL [7]
Singles
| Title | Release date | Album | Peak chart positions[8] | |||||||||||
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| US | UK | IRE | DAN | AUT | NZ | AUS | SWE | NED | FIN | GER | BEL | |||
| "Crazy" | April 3 2006 | St. Elsewhere | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| "Smiley Faces" | set for July 17 2006[9] | St. Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
See also
References
- ^ "Crazy song makes musical history". BBC News. Retrieved April 2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|Year=ignored (|year=suggested) (help) - ^ ""Plain crazy"". Observer Music Monthly. Retrieved April 23.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2006). "Billboard Bits: Gnarls Barkley, Test Icicles, Malkmus". Billboard. Retrieved February 28.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Gnarls Go Out On Top". The Daily Record. Retrieved May 28.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1530297/story.jhtml
- ^ "Australian Top 50 Albums Chart". ARIA.
- ^ http://entertainment.skynet.be/index.html?l1=entertainment&l2=ultratop&l3=charts&chartid=4
- ^ "Gnarls Barkley's Crazy: Chart Positions". Retrieved May 26.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ ""Smiley Faces" CD single listing at HMV". Retrieved May 8.
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