David Archuleta: American Idol

David Archuleta sang the song “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley, but unfortunately, the DJ Danger Mouse, a partial ownder, wouldn’t let American Idol air the video.  Apparently, it was a great version, but DJ Danger Mouse said no:

“The song was Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. Gnarls Barkley is made up of 2 DJs, Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse. (1) And it’s owned a third by public domain, which they originally took the tune from, I guess, and then each one of them. Cee-Lo cleared it, public domain cleared it, so we said, ‘Go ahead, sing the song, it’s OK,’ and then Danger Mouse came in and said, ‘No, I do not want you to use the song.’ We put it on a DVD and sent it out to him and asked him to please look at these three, they are fabulous and one of the best performances we’ve ever had, and he said no. So we couldn’t show any one one of them singing it. “  More from the interview here.

It’s too bad.  Apparently, they’ve been doing everything they can to remove even the original song video itself from YouTube ‘n’ such. Well, we found one original version…we only wish we could show David Archuleta singing it:

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