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Great songs of The Decade That Shall Remain Nameless: "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley

Attytood's scatter-shot list of great songs of the decade that may or may not be known as the 2000s continues with a more popular choice than yesterday's obscure kick-off, "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley. (Does that mean their caddy is Gnoward Eskin?) Anyway, the decade saw a surprisingly strong comeback for real bona fide soul music from the likes of Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and Bettye LaVette, but there was arguably no greater R&B record than this summer song from 2006. It sounds like the tunes I used to hear coming from my little transistor radio on the beach in 1972 or 1973, which is why it's one of the best songs of the 2000s: