Explicit Cee-Lo song goes viral

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CATCHY TUNE: Cee-Lo's eplicit new song has gone viral.

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A catchy but expletive-laden new song from Cee-Lo has quickly gone viral.

The title includes an expletive but racked up more than 1.8 million views by Tuesday afternoon after being posted last week on Cee-Lo's YouTube page.

Cee-Lo is best known as half of the duo Gnarles Barkley. The video is merely a colourful stream of the song's lyrics but has created a stir nonetheless.

The song bounces to an up-tempo, '50s soul beat, but the lyrics are a message to a gold-digging ex-girlfriend.

A clean version has played on British radio with the words "forget you" substituted.

Cee-Lo tweeted that "a bit of history" had been made with the song and that he was "amazed".

It has already spawned mash-up videos and a response featuring 50 Cent (explicit warning).

Check out the original here (explicit warning).

- AP