Gnarls Barkley Discography May 2026

All studio albums and singles are available on:

| Release type | Title | Year | |---|---:|---:| | Studio album | St. Elsewhere | 2006 | | Studio album | The Odd Couple | 2008 | | Major singles | "Crazy", "Smiley Faces", "Run (I'm a Natural Disaster)", "Who’s Gonna Save My Soul" | 2006–2008 | | EPs / promos / remixes | Various region-specific releases | 2006–2008 |

| Album | US Billboard 200 | UK Albums Chart | US Cert. | |--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------| | St. Elsewhere| #20 (Peak) | #1 | Platinum | | The Odd Couple| #12 (Peak) | #18 | Gold |

1. "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" The album opens not with a beat, but with a space-age synth sweep and a choir. Then, it explodes into a frantic, foot-stomping gospel number. CeeLo screams, "You got to get up, get up!" over a driving organ. It’s a mission statement: this is not your grandmother’s soul music.

2. "Crazy" What can be said? Co-written by both members, the song is built on a sample of the string section from Gianfranco Reverberi’s “Last Man Standing” (from a 1968 Spaghetti Western). Lyrically, it is a meditation on solipsism and mental health disguised as a dance track. "Does that make me crazy?" It became the first UK single to top the charts on downloads alone, and Rolling Stone later named it the #1 song of the 2000s decade.

3. "St. Elsewhere" (Interlude) A spoken-word, treated vocal piece over a reversed piano loop. It sounds like a patient’s intake form read through a broken radio. Weird, short, essential for atmosphere. gnarls barkley discography

4. "Gone Daddy Gone" A cover of the 1980s post-punk band Violent Femmes’ classic. This is the track that proved Gnarls Barkley wasn’t an R&B group; they were a pop band with no rules. Danger Mouse replaces the original’s acoustic guitar with a sinister, vibrato-heavy guitar line, and CeeLo adds a xylophone bridge. His delivery of "Beautiful girl / Love your puzzle" is both tender and detached.

5. "Smiley Faces" The second single. If “Crazy” is the dark cocktail hour, “Smiley Faces” is the morning after. It’s bouncy, optimistic, and features a glorious chorus: "Rejoice, glorious, victorious / The day the magic happened." The music video, featuring the duo in giant mascot heads riding dirt bikes, is iconic.

6. "The Boogie Monster" The horror-soul track. Over a lurching, Fender Rhodes piano loop and a burping bassline, CeeLo sings about a literal monster under his bed. But like all great Gnarls songs, it’s also about anxiety and addiction. "All he ever wanted was a taste / Now he wants to move into my place." The saxophone solo at the end is pure noir.

7. "Feng Shui" A claustrophobic track. The beat is a nervous, jittering hi-hat. CeeLo talks about rearranging furniture to fix his life. It’s a clever metaphor for control. The line "Some people rearrange the people 'round 'em / I just rearrange the house" is peak CeeLo wit.

8. "Just a Thought" The album’s emotional core. Starting with a lush, cinematic string section, this is a suicide contemplation set to a beautiful melody. "Thoughts of me / Not being here / To put your mind at ease." Rather than being bleak, CeeLo finds redemption by the end. Danger Mouse’s production is sparse—just piano, voice, and eventually a heartbreaking harp. A masterpiece. All studio albums and singles are available on:

9. "Transformer" The tempo returns. A funky, staccato guitar riff drives a song about plastic surgery and identity transformation. "I'm turning into a transformer / You might not know me by the time I'm done." It’s playful, but the subtext about fame’s erosion of self is sharp.

10. "Who Cares?" The closest thing to a traditional hip-hop track. The beat is a dusty, looped drum break. CeeLo raps-sings about relentless negativity: "Who cares? / Apparently nobody." It’s short, bitter, and brilliant.

11. "Online" A critique of internet culture (prescient in 2006). The beat is robotic, with vocoder effects. CeeLo bemoans a lover who lives in a digital world. "You'd rather chat online than talk to me." It hasn’t aged a day.

12. "Necromancing" A dark, swinging jam about a relationship that won’t die. CeeLo resurrects the metaphors: "I'm necromancing, the dead ain't dancing." The horn section is aggressive and jazzy.

13. "Storm Coming" The finale. A slow, ominous piano ballad. CeeLo warns of emotional bad weather. His voice cracks with genuine desperation. It ends not with a resolution, but with a fade into distortion and rain sounds. The storm is here to stay. | Release type | Title | Year |

B-Sides / Era Extras: St. Elsewhere produced several non-album tracks worth hunting: "Whatever" (a stomping blues-rocker), "When I Arrive" (a triumphant beat-driven anthem), and the demo version of "Crazy" (slower, rawer).

Release Date: March 18, 2008 (US), April 8, 2008 (Worldwide) Label: Downtown/Atlantic Chart Position: #2 (US Billboard 200) RIAA Certification: Gold

The sophomore slump is a cliché, but The Odd Couple defied it—though it didn’t match the commercial insanity of its predecessor. It sold 2 million fewer copies and produced no hit of “Crazy” magnitude. But artistically? The Odd Couple is arguably the superior, more cohesive album.

Where St. Elsewhere was manic and scattered (by design), The Odd Couple is focused, melancholic, and mature. The title refers to the duo’s dynamic—Danger Mouse the meticulous introvert, CeeLo the flamboyant extrovert—and the lyrical themes of broken love, paranoia, and middle-aged regret.

The album opens with a warning: they are not writing for the radio this time.

A defining moment on the album was the cover of The Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone." By reimagining an indie rock staple as a soul-pop groove, Gnarls Barkley signaled their intent to disregard the "rules" of black music in the mainstream sphere, effectively creating a new lane for "alternative black pop."