The big day is finally here! The day where we wrap up our 12 Days of Christmas series with the number one song of the decade, according the Rolling Stone magazine. Coincidentally, today also happens to be Christmas. The entire AudioADD crew would like to wish you and yours a safe and happy holiday season. Now that we've gotten the necessary holiday cheer out of the way, lets get on with the important stuff. Sitting at the top of the list is a smash hit by a duo that originally began as a parody. Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" steals Santa's cookies this year. (Hopefully Danger Mouse ate them all as Santa and Cee-Lo could use to lose a few LB's)

While there are other songs that AudioADD feels could have contended for the number one spot, we have long been fans of Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo's colaborations, as well as their past individual projects. (Goodie Mob)

Rolling Stone magazine had the following to say about Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy":

In this frazzled and fragmented decade, when the Top 40 broke down into squabbling niches, the idea of a universal pop hit, a song anybody could love, seemed like a sweet old-fashioned notion. Then these guys showed up. Atlanta rapper Cee-Lo and indie producer Danger Mouse decided it would be a gas to pretend to be the world's greatest pop group, and so they gave the world "Crazy." Everybody loved this song, from your mom to your ex-girlfriend's art professor. It blasted in punk clubs and Burger King bathrooms. Every sucky band on earth tried a lame cover. For the summer of 2006, "Crazy" united us all into one nation under a groove. Gnarls Barkley packed a career's worth of genius ideas into three minutes — and then they basically disappeared. Does that make them crazy? Probably. But was this the most glorious pop thrill of our time? Totally.

If you haven't spun the track since late 2007 (a year after release) like we had, I suggest you give it another listen. AudioADD thinks it's a pretty catchy diddy.

Here's a clip of Gnarls Barkley performing Crazy at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards:

 

 

Now we have to get back to some chores around the AudioADD digs, like fixing the chimney that Santa's fat ass broke last night. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, music-land.