Who's Gonna Save My Soul
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| "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" | ||||
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| Single by Gnarls Barkley | ||||
| from the album The Odd Couple | ||||
| B-side | "Mystery Man" | |||
| Released | September 4, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | Warner Music | |||
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| Producer(s) | Danger Mouse | |||
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| "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" on YouTube | ||||
"Who's Gonna Save My Soul" is the third and final single taken from soul duo Gnarls Barkley's second studio album, The Odd Couple, released in late 2008. The song's official music video was directed by Chris Milk and was released on July 25, 2008.[1] The video featured work by character animator Keith Sintay and mostly features dialogue from actors Jorma Taccone and Aasha Davis.[2][3] The single was only released physically in America, in a special limited edition CD + DVD single package.[4]
The song found popular acclaim: Entertainment Weekly put the video on its "Must List" and Rolling Stone on its "Hot List" in August 2008.[5][6] On December 3, 2008, the video was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. Sintay won a 2009 D&AD Yellow Pencil Award for Music Video Animation.[3]
Billboard magazine said of the single, "Cee-Lo scorches the vocal hook--"Who's gonna save my soul now?"—and it stops the moderately paced dance cut dead in its tracks."[7] The magazine also said it "might be his finest performance to date."[8] Entertainment Weekly called the song "dolefully paced: and "nearly dirgelike,"[9] while People called it "a gritty, gospel-infused plea."[10] Performing Songwriter praised the song as "a stark song with plucked strings and bass so heavy and distant it could be a psychic echo."[11] USA Today said of the single, "Nobody lays bare their broken heart more painfully or more plaintively than Cee-Lo," and named the tune its "Pick of the Week" in late January 2009.[12] It was featured in the closing scene of the final episode of the first season of the AMC original series Breaking Bad[13] and Detroit 1-8-7 in its 17th episode.