Critical Reception
Billboard magazine said of the single, "Cee-Lo scorches the vocal hook--"Who's gonna save my soul now?"--and it stops the moderately paced dance cut dead in its tracks." The magazine also said it "might be his finest performance to date." Entertainment Weekly called the song "dolefully paced: and "nearly dirgelike," while People called it "a gritty, gospel-infused plea." Performing Songwriter praised the song as "a stark song with plucked strings and bass so heavy and distant it could be a psychic echo." USA Today said of the single, "Nobody lays bare their broken heart more painfully or more plaintively than Cee-Lo," and named the tune its "Pick of the Week" in late January 2009. It was featured in the closing scene of the final episode of the first season of the AMC original series Breaking Bad and Detroit 1-8-7 in its 17th episode.
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