Rolling Stone’s Song Of The Decade: “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley

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by Dan Fogarty | 12:14 pm, December 11th, 2009

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rollingstone Congrats are in order for our office-mates Downtown Records. Gnarls Barkley, masters of disguise and Downtown artists, are responsible for making the best song of the decade, according to Rolling Stone. “Crazy”, Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse’s wonderful pop/soul/rock/hip-hop collabo from 2006, tops the magazine’s list of the top 100 songs of the decade. “Crazy” united people in a musically-fragmented decade, “packed a career’s worth of genius ideas into three minutes”, and was loved by everyone “from your mom to your ex-girlfriend’s art professor.”

The list was made by journalists, industry insiders, and artists that included the likes of M.I.A, Kings of Leon, and Metallica. Here’s what the top 10 looks like:

1 | Gnarls Barkley — “Crazy”

2 | Jay-Z — “99 Problems”

3 | Beyoncé — “Crazy in Love”

4 | Outkast — “Hey Ya!”

5 | M.I.A. — “Paper Planes”

6 | The White Stripes — “Seven Nation Army”

7 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs — “Maps”

8 | Amy Winehouse — “Rehab”

9 | U2 — “Beautiful Day”

10 | Eminem — “Stan”

Don’t worry people in flannel shirts: MGMT‘s “Time to Pretend” came in at number 11.

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Nachi

Certainly a list of lovely, cerebral, sensitive, cultured music. Highly representative of our worst generations – with the “wrong stuff.” Stand proud!
Robert Quigley

Clearly trolling. Where is “Crank That?”
LNSmithee

I am delighted to see that “Crazy” has been so honored by Rolling Stone.

Why? Because it is a tacit (and probably unintended) admission by a bunch of unreconstructed uber-lefties (led by the disgusting Jann Wenner) that the Record of the Year and Song of the Year Grammy Awards given to the Dixie Chicks for “Not Ready To Make Nice” was massive fraud, and that the DixChix were simply rewarded by bleating liberal sheeple in the industry for speaking out against George W. Bush.

(For the record: “Not Ready To Make Nice” comes in on the RS list at … #77.)

I was watching the Grammy broadcast as the formerly megapopular trio went up on stage time and time again, winning awards they didn’t rightfully deserve. I thought, “I wish I could read the minds of the guys in Gnarls Barkley,” who were the favorite for the ROTY award. “They’ve gotta be pissed.“
LNSmithee

I just scanned the list, and only found a few songs I would consider among the best of the decade:

“Get The Party Started” by P!nk
“Poker Face” by Lady Gaga (Although I liked it better before I knew what it really meant)
“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day
“Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand
“Ms. Jackson” by OutKast
“Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley
and my choice for Song of the Decade…

“Lose Yourself” by Eminem.

Em’s not my fave artist by a longshot (neither is Green Day), but if that song doesn’t get you pumped, go to a mirror and try to fog it up — you might be dead.

Not belonging on the list whatsoever: “Toxic” by Britney Spears, “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson, “A Milli” by Lil Wayne. Hopefully we will be spared another “Weezy” CD next year after his guilty plea on gun charges.
Rachel Sklar

“Don’t worry, people in flannel shirts” – hilarious! Well done Dan.
ImNotBlue

Good song… better video. In fact, great video… one of the all time best, if you ask me.