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===2012β2015: Super Bowl XLVI and autobiography=== [[File:2012 Super Bowl halftime show (6844800645).jpg|thumb|left|Green (left) performing with [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] at the [[Super Bowl XLVI halftime show]], 2012]] In March 2012, Green performed at a fundraiser for President [[Barack Obama]], who attended.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2012/03/obama-in-atl-friday-tyler-perry-to.html|title=Carla Caldwell, "Obama in Atl. Friday; Tyler Perry to host, Cee Lo to perform", March 16, 2012|publisher=Bizjournals.com|date=March 16, 2012|access-date=December 19, 2012}}</ref> Green began singing "Fuck You" with the original lyrics, but then switched to the clean version.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/cee-lo-green-sings-f-you-at-obama-fundraiser/?fb_ref=abc-fb-recs|title="Cee Lo Green Sings 'F*** You' at Obama Fundraiser", ''ABC News'', March 16, 2012|publisher=Abcnews.go.com|date=March 16, 2012|access-date=December 19, 2012}}</ref> He released the song "I Love Football" in September 2012, set to the tune of "[[Blitzkrieg Bop]]" by [[Ramones]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.at40.com/news-article/cee-lo-green-wants-in-on-the-football-anthem-action/22638|title=Cee Lo Green Wants In On The Football Anthem Action β News β American Top 40 With Ryan Seacrest|publisher=At40.com|date=August 17, 2012|access-date=October 31, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318081138/http://www.at40.com/news-article/cee-lo-green-wants-in-on-the-football-anthem-action/22638|archive-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> It was chosen by the [[National Football League]] as the theme song of ''[[Thursday Night Football]]'' 2013.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cee-lo-green-to-record-song-for-nfl-20120816|title=Cee Lo Green to Record Song for NFL|date=August 16, 2012}}</ref> On February 5, 2013, Green released the song "[[Only You (Cee Lo Green song)|Only You]]", featuring Lauriana Mae, a contestant on ''[[P. Diddy's Starmaker]]''. It was set to be on Green's upcoming fourth album,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cee-lo-green-professes-love-to-lauriana-mae-in-only-you-song-premiere-20130129|title=Cee Lo Green Professes Love to Lauriana Mae in 'Only You' Song Premiere β Music News β Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 29, 2013|access-date=January 30, 2013}}</ref> tentatively titled ''Girl Power'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1552312/ceelo-green-talks-las-vegas-residency-girl-power-solo-album|newspaper=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=CeeLo Green Talks Las Vegas Residency, 'Girl Power' Solo Album|last=Lipshutz|date=March 15, 2013|first=Jason}}</ref> but in the end did not appear on an album. In the same month, Green kicked off his "CeeLo Green Presents Loberace" [[concert residency]] (or simply "Loberace").<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|url=http://www.lvrj.com/neon/ceelo-green-unveiling-loberace-192459341.html|title=CeeLo Green unveiling 'Loberace'|date=February 22, 2013|last=Weatherford|first=Mike|access-date=February 23, 2013}}</ref> Originally intended to be unveiled at the [[Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino]] on February 21, 2013, the event was rescheduled to a later date after a fatal shooting along the [[Las Vegas Strip]], where the resort is situated.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|title=Cee Lo postpones Vegas arrival amid Strip closure|date=February 21, 2013}}</ref> A few months after, on September 10, Green's autobiography ''Everybody's Brother'' was released.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wild|first=David|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wild/everybodys-brother-a-brot_b_3897540.html|title='Everybody's Brother': A Brotherly Playlist For CeeLo's New Book|date=September 10, 2013|website=Huffington Post}}</ref> From June to August 2014, Green toured alongside [[Lionel Richie]] for his North American [[All the Hits All Night Long Tour|All the Hits All Night Long tour]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Warner|title=Cee Lo Green|access-date=June 24, 2014|url=http://tickets.warnermusic.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717202442/http://tickets.warnermusic.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=27|archive-date=July 17, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/05/29/lionel-richie-on-the-road-again-all-the-hits-all-night-long-tour/9603333/|title=On the Road Again: Lionel Richie, plus hits on steroids|date=May 29, 2014|last=Mansfield|first=Brian}}</ref> Green formed a new band, the Board Memberz, led by musical director Printz Board and consisting of Timothy "Izo" Orindgreff, Lucy Graves, Jazelle Rodriguez, Ashley Dzerigan, Patty A. Miller, and Sojung "Liso" Lee. [[File:Don Echelon in the studio with Cee Lo Green x Tone Trump x Success x SmittyBeatz.png|thumb|right|Green in the studio, 2017]]
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