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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
2** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGr3cBuM8Zw "Fuck You!"]]
3** "Crazy" and "Smiley Faces" by Gnarls Barkley.
4* FanonDiscontinuity: As far as fans are concerned, there is ''no'' version of "Fuck You" called "Forget You."
5* HilariousInHindsight: In "Fuck You!", Cee Lo sings that "She's an Platform/{{Xbox}} and I'm more Platform/{{Atari|2600}}." Nearly five years later, his song made it onto Platform/{{Xbox 360}} and Platform/XboxOne (albeit in {{bowdlerise}}d form) in the rhythm game ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}: Music Evolved''. Guess who's an Xbox (360 or One) now?
6* IAmNotShazam: There are a good number of people who thought "Gnarls Barkley" was his name.
7* MisaimedFandom: A rare positive example. According to a JET magazine interview, [=CeeLo=] said the main reason he wrote "Fuck You" was to get forced out of his contract with Creator/AtlanticRecords, since he felt that the company constrained his sense of creativity. Ironically enough, despite the song primarily designed as a TakeThat to Atlantic, the company ''loved'' the single and enthusiastically advertised the song afterward, along with the album ''The Lady Killer''. That's not to say Cee Lo wasn't grateful for the odd change of heart.
8* NarmCharm: Before "Fuck You" got {{Bowdlerized}} as "Forget You," there was a different censored version called "F U." It didn't take as well, but has such a hilariously juvenile charm to it that it's difficult to see why.
9* SequelDisplacement: Despite Cee Lo's connections to Goodie Mob, his Gnarls Barkley material, and even his previous solo albums, a surprising number of listeners (mostly older R&B fans) think he's a new artist, and that ''The Lady Killer'' was his first album ever, rather than his first full fledged R&B album.
10* SignatureSong: "Crazy" with Gnarls Barkley, "Fuck You!" solo.
11* TearJerker: His song with Gnarls Barkley, "Just a Thought".
12* {{Wangst}}:
13** Parodied with the Gnarls Barkley single [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPVA3AEioE "Whatever".]]
14** Played straight with solo track "Robin Williams", a GriefSong about the death of the titular comedian.

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