Grammy-winning duo Gnarls Barkley recently released a new tune, "Pictures," their first single after an 18-year hiatus.
The duo, comprising of CeeLo Green and producer Danger Mouse said the dreamy pop song is from their third and final album, Atlanta, due out on March 6th via 10k Project/ Atlantic Records.
The Atlanta natives had always intended to record a third album, but "life and other creative pursuits intervened," before they reconnected last year to record the final chapter in their story, a release said.
Green described "Pictures" as a return to "square one, it's a full-circle moment. The spirit of Gnarls Barkley is always self-discovery. The sweet, the sad, and the strange. The universe, the adventure inside of yourself."
"The song came from a childhood experience. I had a middle school principal who, every Friday would tell me to go when I would get to school," Green said of the single that reminisces about the duo's teenage years in the 1990s. "Without fail. I was in 8th grade and I would leave school and ride the train alone from 8am until 2:30pm. The hook of the song is literally about being on the train. When you are in transit it's like a motion picture passing you by…staring out the window of the MARTA train."
"Looks like motion pictures/ Staring out the window of the MARTA train/ On an adventure/ Then back home again/ Looks just like pictures," he croons over Danger Mouse's simple, hypnotic organ and spare drum beat backing. "Staring out the window of the MARTA train/ It's an adventure/ Till I make it back home again."
The duo's last album, The Odd Couple, which arrived in 2008, featured Billboard Hot 100 No. 88 single "Going On." The pair's debut album, the multi-platinum St. Elsewhere, earned a Grammy nomination in 2006. The song, "Crazy," from the debut album peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in May 2006 and topped the U.K. charts for nine weeks.
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