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Crazy – Gnarls Barkley (aka CeeLo Green & Danger Mouse)

Record: St. Elsewhere, 2006

Official Video: Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Official Video) - YouTube

I get the idea behind the official trailer but boy, was it not entertaining

Best Video: Gnarls Barkley- - - " Crazy " ( H Q ) - YouTube Much better. The official is not hard to beat IMO

Honorable mention: a fun “Star Wars” version Gnarls Barkley Crazy - MTV 2006 (Legendado) - YouTube

Best Cover: "Crazy" (Gnarls Barkley) - Angela Ricci - YouTube I don’t know who Angela Ricci is but she has a beautiful voice
Lyrics: GnarlsÂ*Barkley – Crazy Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

Awards:

Grammy for “Best Urban/Alternative Performance”.

Rolling Stone named it as the ‘Best Song of the Year’ in 2006.

When the album St. Elsewhere was released in the United States on May 9, 2006, the song had debuted at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached the top 40 on May 23, 2006. In the summer of 2006, "Crazy" spent seven consecutive weeks in the number two spot, below Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" for four weeks and Fergie's "London Bridge" for an additional three weeks. It became the year's first single to peak at number two and never reach number one. The song also charted well on other charts, hitting number seven on the US Modern Rock chart and number 53 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Tracks. As of June 2013, the song has sold 3,401,000 downloads copies in the United States.[24]

Lyrics & Meaning:

there was a time in the industry where the individual adult was celebrated. You had Elton John and Alice Cooper. You had these people who you could celebrate being an idiosyncratic, caricature. It could all be embellished.
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“But there’s also an underbelly that is in opposition against the individual. So, I’m saying that to say this: the song, ‘Crazy,’ is more or less about the idea,

In the first verse he recounts when he ‘lost his mind’. And he ultimately came to the realization that the reason he “was out of touch” wasn’t due to some type of mental deficiency per se but rather as a result of ‘knowing too much’. And in being so, he insinuates that his level of thinking is actually on a higher level than that of the next man. Finally, in the chorus he asks if possessing such a mindframe indeed makes him “crazy”.

The second verse is based on the idea that even some people who may think they are sane and “in control” are indeed “crazy”, at least in the eyes of the singer.

The final verse is actually the most-poetic of the track. The general interpretation of this section is that CeeLo Green is once again questioning his own sanity, but this time he throws his “heroes” into the fray. This passage comes off as if his “heroes” are the likes of entertainers who preceded him who “had the heart to lose their lives out on the limb” in order to succeed. So basically they were willing to put it all on the line in the pursuit of success. And based on the theme of the song, it would point back to the idea of they too being a tad “crazy”. And CeeLo has adopted this selfsame attitude, thus potentially making him “crazy” also.

Misc Notes:

The track, which won a Grammy in 2007, was inspired by Spaghetti Western film scores—specifically, the song “Last Men Standing” by Gian Piero Reverberi and Gian Franco Reverberi. “Crazy” samples that track and the original songwriters for the tune are credited by Gnarles Barkley. Here’s the song Last Men Standing - YouTube