If anyone ever needed proof that pop music need not be at all complex to be great, they simply need to listen to Gnarls Barkley’s "Crazy" one time. Within one minute, the simple bass beat, tasteful strings, and Cee-Lo’s voice drive the hook into your brain to remain for a long time. Danceable, singable…"Crazy" is as close to perfect as it gets.

Now, they’ve released a video for the song likely to go down in music history as one of the great visual moments.

The video directed by Robert Hale, based on Rorschach inkblot tests, fluidy morphs illustrations.

So who is Gnarls Barkley?

• Dangermouse aka Brian Burton is a producer, recently garnered a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year for his work with the "virtual band" Gorillaz.
• Cee-Lo aka Thomas Calloway is a wildly eclectic solo artist. His music is steeped in the gospel and blues traditions of the SouthEast, merging timeless soul with experimental funk and hip hop.
  

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