<P> Billboard magazine said of the single , `` Cee - Lo scorches the vocal hook -- '' Who 's gon na 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 . </P>
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the closing scene of the final episode of the first season