He re-recorded "Louie Louie" in 1976 and again in 1980, and these versions appear on multiple 60s hit compilations credited to "Jack Ely (formerly of the Kingsmen)" or "re-recordings by the original artists". 85-12 in the state legislature, citing the need for a "contemporary theme song that can be used to engender a sense of pride and community, and in the enhancement of tourism and economic development". 1) were set to the melody of "Louie Louie" and included Richard Berry co-writer credits. 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"[17], The Kingsmen's recording was the subject of an FBI investigation about the supposed, but nonexistent, obscenity of the lyrics that ended without prosecution. (1983), and The Last Madman of Rock and Roll (1986, DVD). "[166][168], His original compositions "Plastic People" and "Ruthie-Ruthie" (from You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 26 in 1964, and to date remains the last "Louie Louie" version to appear on the US or UK charts. Released as a single (Atlantic 2322), the track was not included on Wammack's first album in 1972 or any thereafter. ", Excerpts from the FBI file about the song, A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, Episode 106: Louie Louie by the Kingsmen, Lyrics transcription with comments from Jack Ely, The Louie Louie Advocacy and Music Appreciation Society (LLAMAS), The Almost-Complete Louie Louie Discography, Orme Radio 2015 Louie Louie Marathon playlist, Reported 7" Vinyl Singles & EPs for Louie, Louie & Related Songs. #2 in 1963. [58] Known for his dynamic onstage performances, Roberts added "Louie Louie" to the band's set and, in 1960 recorded the track with the Wailers as his backing band. Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie 1973 She was black as the nightLouie was whiter than whiteDanger, danger when you taste brown sugarLouie fell in love over nigh. [156], With the only instrumental version to make the charts, Travis Wammack reached No. (Marsh, 1993, p. 116). It is best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock. [358] They subsequently worked with choreographer Maurice Bjart on a "Psych Rock"-based score for the ballet Messe pour le temps prsent. [276] Notable live performances in 1988 included Club MTV and the MTV Video Music Awards. [285][286] As the Los Angeles Times noted, "Joe Roth obviously knows the importance of the "Louie Louie" lyric controversy".[287]. Louie Anderson was a comedian and actor who starred in "Baskets" and created the cartoon series "Life With Louie." We invite you to share condolences for Louie Anderson in our Guest Book.. (Trivia: 'Louie' is written, directed, edited and produced by comedian Louis C.K.) Trojan's compilation of Jamaica Independence Festival songs from 1966-1975 one piece of text really jumped out at me: 1974's 'Play De Music' by Tinga Stewart - a monster hit and the very last one of the archetypal Festival Songs, celebrating the [138], The Kinks recorded "Louie Louie" on October 18, 1964. In the liner notes to Baba Boom! ", James Marshall, writing in the February 1993 issue of, Taken from the "Sandinista Sessions" tracks not used for the, The FBI file states, " the record was played at various speeds but none of the speeds assisted in determining the words of the song on the record." Released on: 1993-01-01 Producer. Last October, original members from The Kingsmen came together to. On 25 October 1978 a pre-recording of the band playing the song was broadcast on the BBC show Top of the Pops,[226] and was subsequently released on the 2005 album BBC Live & In-Session. [363] Other stations used the same idea to introduce format changes including KROX (Dallas), WNOR (Norfolk), and WRQN (Toledo). Entered chart May 14, 1966, for two weeks. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! [84], Critic Dave Marsh suggests it is this moment that gives the recording greatness: "[Ely] went for it so avidly you'd have thought he'd spotted the jugular of a lifelong enemy, so crudely that, at that instant, Ely sounds like Donald Duck on helium. More recent rhythm action games featured individual artist versions including Rocksmith (Joan Jett), Just Dance (Iggy Pop), and Rocksmith 2014 (Motrhead). At the time the record was made, the group consisted of the following members (listed alphabetically): Lynn Easton, drums Jack Ely, rhythm guitar Don Gallucci, keyboards [57], In 1959, Roberts left the Bluenotes and began singing with another local band, the Wailers, famed for their "hard-nosed R&B/rock fusion". 91 on the Billboard, Cashbox, and Record World charts, respectively. Dave Marsh in 1993 called their version "the last great "Louie Louie" to date".[275]. The John Belushi version is on the soundtrack album. Metallic KO (1976) featured a provocative version with impromptu obscene lyrics from the last performance of Iggy and the Stooges in 1974 at the Michigan Palace in Detroit where, according to Lester Bangs, "you can actually hear hurled beer bottles breaking on guitar strings". thecourtsmen 33 subscribers Subscribe 86 Share Save 58K views 14 years ago Jack Ely ofcourse. He died in Las Vegas after undergoing . The one person they never interviewed was the man who actually sang the words in question, Jack Ely, whose name apparently never came up because he was no longer with the Kingsmen. Commemorations of International Louie Louie Day have included newspaper articles,[398] magazine stories,[399][400] and radio programs with discussions of the song's history and playlists of multiple "Louie Louie" versions. A crowd of 4,000, estimated by press reports, convened at the state capitol that day for speeches, singalongs, and performances by the Wailers, the Kingsmen, and Paul Revere & the Raiders. [102], Another factor in the success of the record may have been the rumor that the lyrics were intentionally slurred by the Kingsmento cover up lyrics that were allegedly laced with profanity, graphically depicting sex between the sailor and his lady. But you couldn't understand the words, they were all garbled.". Louie Louie: Rockin Robin Roberts: March 1961: Louie Louie: Paul Revere and The Raiders: April 1963: Louie Louie: The Kingsmen [US1] May 1963: Louie Louie: I. Kadez: November 1963: Louie Louie: The Wailers [US] December 1963: Louie Louie: Otis Redding: February 1964: Louie Louie: The Surfaris [US1] February 1964: Louie Louie: The Beach Boys . [18] The nearly unintelligible (and innocuous) lyrics were widely misinterpreted, and the song was banned by radio stations. The full score with multiple mixes of "Psych Rock" was released the same year on the album Mtamorphose. [396][397] and "Louie Louie" fans worldwide. [138][213][214] Her cover version has been described as tapping "directly into the primal, urchin-like spirit of rock's renaissance".[215]. The Kingsmen's studio version was recorded in one partial and one full take. Some sources have the quote as "believe them" vs. "believe me". Am Ain't no diff'rence 'tween black or white Em Dm Am Brothers, you know what I mean Am Dm Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie Am Dm Louie, Louie, Louie, Lou-I Am Dm Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie Em Dm Am Louie, Louie, you're gonna cry Instrumental : Am Dm x3 Em Dm Am Am Dm There he stood in the night Am Dm Knowing what's wrong from what's right Am Dm He . 1 hit "Guantanamera", the Sandpipers, with producer Tommy LiPuma and arranger Nick DeCaro, "cleverly revived"[153] the same soft rock, smooth ballad, Spanish language approach with a "quiet, yet majestic",[36] "sweet interpretation"[154] of "Louie Louie", reaching No. 'Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go', "The Greatest Debut 45 Records In History", "10 Times Studio Mistakes Created Music Magic", "Herb Alpert Talks Passing on the Kingsmen, Loving the Beatles, and Recording His New LP", "How the Kingsmen Stirred Up Controversy With 'Louie Louie', "After 23 years, 'Louie Louie' cooler than ever", "Indiana Gov. Same version re-issued as "Louie Louie 64-65-66". The film's soundtrack producer Kenny Vance (formerly of Jay and the Americans) also released a version with his group The Planotones on the 2007 album Dancin' And Romancin'. [16] American Songwriter summarized, "It might be the best-known rock song of all time. Lyrics, Meaning & Videos: Waltz with a Swing / Americana (from "Every Sunday") [2022 Remaster], Yours and Mine (from "Broadway Melody of 1938") [Outtake] [2022 Remaster], Your Broadway and My Broadway (from "Broadway Melody of [391], April 2, 1986 "Louie Louie Day" proclaimed by the state of Oregon. Holden recorded an unreleased version, backed by the Thunderbirds, for the Nite Owl label in 1959. [147] Other sources stated that Davies wrote "You Really Got Me" while trying to work out the chords of "Louie Louie" at the suggestion of the group's manager, Larry Page. Where can you hear the instrumental. Consequence called this version "a rock standard blown up from the inside out" and said, "The bands cover of 'Louie Louie' somehow both honors their rock n roll forebears and spits on their legacy. [404][405], The largest "Louie Louie" parade, organized by WWMR deejay John DeBella, was held in Philadelphia from 1985 to 1989 with proceeds going to leukemia victims. And it's the reason true rock 'n' roll, and true rock 'n' roll bands, will never die. Louie often calls his oldest brother Huey "nerd". 65 in Cashbox, No. Three nights and days we sailed the sea. For the American singer, see, Second Wand release with "Lead vocal by Jack Ely" text, Original version by Richard Berry and the Pharaohs, Rockin' Robin Roberts and the Wailers (1961), Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1967), Entered chart November 9, 1963, and remained for 16 weeks; peaked in February 1964. [365] In April 2015 Orme Radio broadcast the First Italian Louie Louie Marathon, playing 279 versions in 24 hours. The song was written by Richard Berry in the 1950s, but it is most famous for the 1963 cover by the Kingsmen. [150], Whether directly or indirectly, the Kingsmen version influenced the musical style of the early Kinks. The song is based on the tune "El Loco Cha Cha" popularized by bandleader Ren Touzet and is an example of Afro-Cuban influence on American popular music. [p] The Kingsmen version also appeared on More American Graffiti (1975) and Good Morning Vietnam (1987) compilations, but was not used in either movie. [60] Dave Marsh dedicated his 1993 book, "For Richard Berry, who gave birth to this unruly child, and Rockin' Robin Roberts, who first raised it to glory. "[339], The following month an outraged parent wrote to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy alleging that the lyrics of "Louie Louie" were obscene, saying, "The lyrics are so filthy that I can-not [sic] enclose them in this letter. [138], Otis Redding's "spunky free-associating"[36] version was released on his 1964 album Pain in My Heart. "), Martin Short, Young MC, and others. A shorter version was released as a 1972 single in Jamaica (Jaguar J.49) and the U.K. (Trojan TR-7865) with a longer version included on the 1973 Funky Kingston album, described by rock critic Lester Bangs writing in Stereo Review as "Perfection, the most exciting and diversified set of reggae tunes by a single artist yet released". [218][219] The first occurrence was at a Buzzcocks concert at the Band on the Wall venue on May 2, 1977,[220] which he described: I think the Buzzcocks left the stage and the microphone was there and a little voice must have been calling, 'This is your moment, Jon.' E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg played "Louie Louie" on his 2017 live Jukebox show,[233] and guitarist Nils Lofgren credited some of his success to "I just happened to play 'Louie Louie' a little different than the other guys. Described as a major influence on punk and garage music worldwide,[159] the group's characteristic hard-edged, fuzz-drenched sound and "abrasive, all-out approach"[160] "took the Northwest garage sound to its most primitive extreme"[161] and made their "Louie Louie" version ahead of its time. The Kingsmen recorded the song at Northwestern Inc. Motion Pictures & Recording Studios at 411 SW 13th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. While the House did not pass it, the Senate's Resolution 1985-37 declared April 12, 1985, "Louie Louie Day". [81][87], First released in May 1963, the single was initially issued by the small Jerden label, before being picked up by the larger Wand Records in October 1963. There is good in the night, Knowing what's wrong from what's right. [123], April 1, 1985 First annual WMMR Louie Louie Parade in Philadelphia. [98], Due to the lyrics controversy and supported by the band's heavy touring schedule, the single continued to sell throughout 1965 and briefly reappeared on the charts in 1966, reaching No. Music critic Dave Marsh wrote a 245-page book about the song, Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock 'n Roll Song, Including the Full Details of Its Torture and Persecution at the Hands of the Kingsmen, J.Edgar Hoover's F.B.I, and a Cast of Millions.[369]. Early foreign language versions included:[318], In 1966 the Sandpipers, a US group, released a slower tempo Spanish language version that reached No. [406] DeBella described it as " a parade for no reason and the no reason would be 'Louie Louie'. The result, Ely would say over the years, was that he had to stand on his toes, lean his head back and shout as loudly as he could just to be heard over the drums and guitars. [200] ("55 Minute Louie-Louie", released in 2017 by Shave on their High Alert digital album, commemorated the occasion.) On the ship, I dream she there. Entered chart October 17, 1966, for nine weeks. Last updated: May 13 2021. "[201], Pop later wrote a new version with political and satirical verses instead of obscenities that was released on American Caesar in 1993. [142], Sources vary on the impact of "Louie Louie" on the writing of "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night". Louie Louie sung by The Kingsmen in either 1955 or 1963. 103 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The Who were impacted in their early recording career by the riff/rhythm of "Louie Louie", owing to the song's influence on the Kinks, who were also produced by Shel Talmy. Although Richard Berry released his original version of the song in 1957, and the song had been popular with local bands in the Northwest following Rockin' Robin Roberts' 1961 single, the mythical Faber College was based on Dartmouth College in the Northeast U.S., so the use of "Louie Louie" was an anachronism.[227]. 128 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 in April 1966. Peak chart position reached in February 1964. [91] In total, the Kingsmen's version spent 16 weeks on the Hot 100, selling a million copies by April 1964. Later versions appeared on Sinderella (1980) and Live at Easy Street (2016). No strangers to controversy themselves, the band pummel the song with their trademark pre-Henry Rollins era guitar sludge, while singer Dez Cadena spits out his nihilistic rewording of the most misunderstood lyrics in rock history."[256]. The Kingsmen initially ignored the rumors, but soon "news networks were filing reports from New Orleans, Florida, Michigan, and elsewhere about an American public nearly hysterical over the possible dangers of this record". [272], In White's arrangement, "Louie Louie" emerges as an up-tempo Latin groove, driven by timbales and congas and punctuated by brilliant trumpet riffs, while White supplements the chorus with the plaintive interpolation "Comin' home, Jamaaaica!" Ely, however, missed his mark, coming in two bars too soon, before the restatement of the riff. They had not been paid royalties on the songs since the 1960s. Am Dm He took her home to meet his mama and papa, Em Dm Am Man, he had a terrible fight. [258][259] A live version of "Louie Louie", recorded by the band's 1985 lineup, was released on the live album Who's Got the 10?, with Rollins improvising his own lyrics.[260]. "Louie Louie (Where Did She Roam)", 1996, "Louie Louie Music", 2012, Armitage Shanks (, "I Wanna Louie Louie (All Night Long)", 2020, Charles Albright (, 1999: Mutha Funkin, "Say It Again" (12" single, UK release), This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 17:09. You're yearning for 'Where's that big party that I know is out there, but I can't find it'. Louie . When the Monkees sang ''I thought love was more or less a giving thing,'' in their 1966 song, ''I`m a Believer,'' my personal version had love as ''moral lessons and given things.'' And it was. "[32] In the Love That Louie CD booklet, Alec Palao wrote,[36]. [256] Demo versions of both tracks, recorded with Cadena, were included on the 1982 compilation album Everything Went Black. 1 on the Cashbox and Music Vendor/Record World pop charts, as well as No. Another live 1978 version was released on Lock Up Your Daughters (1990) and a 1978 alternate studio track appeared Over the Top: The Rarities (2000). And there are actually practical reasons why the lyrics are so difficult to understand. 's, 1967), Mario Allison (De Fiesta, 1967), and Rey Davila (On His Own, 1971). Ely's controversial song was a monster hit. In 1967 French composers Michel Colombier and Pierre Henry, collaborating as Les Yper-Sound, produced a synthesizer and musique concrte work based on the "Louie Louie" riff titled "Psych Rock". [381] After a spirited debate, the legislature ultimately preserved "Washington, My Home" as the state song while also adopting Woody Guthrie's "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" as the official folk song. [370], In 2015 Microsoft Messenger introduced the Zya Ditty app which allowed users to create short text-to-autotune music videos using a library of pre-licensed songs including "Louie Louie" and others. "[206] Rolling Stone wrote, "And it passes the toughest test of any 'Louie Louie' remake it rocks hard"[207] while Hi-Fi News & Record Review cited its "incomprehensible majesty" and "crazy vigour" that made it "the best version ever". [22][30] The single was a regional hit on the West Coast, particularly in San Francisco, and when Berry toured the Pacific Northwest, local R&B bands began to play the song, increasing its popularity. The song's combination of narration and singing within a storytelling structure elicited a variety of critic's reactions ranging from "appealing"[264] and "imaginative adaptation"[261] to "probably the funkiest version of 'Louie Louie' ever recorded". The movie trailer also used the Richard Berry and Kingsmen versions. [41] It has been released or performed by a wide range of artists from reggae to hard rock, from jazz to psychedelic, from hip hop to easy listening. behind the guitar solo. Louie, Louie you're gonna cry. Then we heard The Kingsmen and he had that lazy, throwaway, laid-back drawl in his voice, and it was magic. It entered the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for December 7, and peaked at No. and earn IQ. [22], "Louie Louie" is the world's most recorded rock song,[37][38] with published estimates ranging from over 1,600[6] to more than 2,000[39][40] "with ever more still being released and performed". [20] Jacob McMurray in Taking Punk To The Masses noted, "All of this only fueled the popularity of the song imprinting this grunge ur-message onto successive generations of youth, all of whom amplified and rebroadcast its powerful sonic meme ."[21], Richard Berry was inspired to write the song in 1955 after listening to an R&B interpretation of "El Loco Cha Cha" performed by the Latin group Ricky Rillera and the Rhythm Rockers. A version of the song by The Fall with Jon on vocals appeared on the Live 1977 album which was described by Stewart Home as taking "the amateurism of the Kingsmen to its logical conclusion with grossly incompetent musicianship and a drummer who seems to be experiencing extreme difficulty simply keeping time". April 11 (Richard Berry's birthday) is celebrated as International Louie Louie Day[384][385] and is listed by Chase's Calendar of Events, the National Special Events Registry,[386] and other sources. "[122], Paul Revere & the Raiders also recorded a "cleaner, more accomplished"[36] version of "Louie Louie", probably on April 11 or 13, 1963, in the same Portland studio as the Kingsmen. [36], While the title of the song is often rendered with a comma ("Louie, Louie"), in 1988, Berry told Esquire magazine that the correct title of the song was "Louie Louie" with no comma. Tom Cruise in Knight and Day (2010) used the Kingsmen version as a ringtone/movement reminder. In 1988, Michael Doucet released a "great vocal treatment"[322] of "Louie Louie" in Cajun French on the Michael Doucet and Cajun Brew album. [169] Zappa said that he fired guitarist Alice Stuart from the Mothers of Invention because she couldn't play "Louie Louie", although this comment was obviously intended as a joke. [Intro] A D Em D A D Em Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh no, we gotta go..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, D yeah, yeah. Then he placed Ely in the middle of his fellow musicians, all in an effort to create a better "live feel" for the recording. 89, No. Before punk it was like you had to have a double degree in music. Live 1960s versions were released on bootlegs The Kinks in Germany (1965), Kinky Paris (1965), Live in San Francisco (1969), Kriminal Kinks (1972), and The Kinks at the BBC (2012). Go to google and type in Louie Louie and it'll give you several websites that have the lyrics. Wiki User. Louie Louie, me gotta go. That psyches me up!" followed by a sax intro similar to the Rockin' Robin Roberts version (guitar in later releases). [117], When Mike Mitchell died on April 16, 2021, he was the only remaining member of the Kingsmen's original lineup who still performed with the band. Described as "a committed and omnipresent figure on the punk and post-punk scene in Manchester",[216] Jon the Postman became known for waiting until headline bands like the Buzzcocks, the Fall, and Warsaw (later Joy Division)[217] had finished their sets (sometimes before they had finished) before mounting the stage in a drunken state, grabbing the microphone, and performing his own versions of "Louie Louie". [83] Ely had to stand on tiptoe to sing into a boom mike, and his braces further impeded his singing. He took her home to meet his mama and papa, Man, he had a terrible fight. The music video, directed by Scott Kalvert, was a parody of Animal House with food fights, dancing girls, and togas. King. [379] A "groundswell of public support" followed including support from the Kingsmen, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and the Wailers, an appearance by Shafer on Dick Clark's TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, and a Dubious Achievement Award from Esquire. [7] Although he characterized the Kingsmen version as an "Animal House joke",[166][167] he had a higher opinion of Berry's opus, saying, "No one may not underestimate [sic] the impact of 'Louie Louie', the original Richard Berry version. "Louie Louie" was the creation of Richard Berry, a Los Angeles sideman, session player, and singer-songwriter. Crowd noise overdubs added to simulate live version. )[93] "Louie Louie" did reach No. Released nationally on Wand label in October 1963. go Ay ay ay ay ay Louie-o Lou-ay Oh, baby We gotta. [265] One Allmusic reviewer called it "a truly bizarre rendition"[266] while another lamented that the Clarke/Duke version "criminally, never made it onto any of the various artists collections that showcased the legendary Richard Berry tune."[263]. I'm gonna make it home Louie-o Lou-ay Oh, baby We . 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[145] A 1965 letter to London's Record Mirror opined, "Besides completely copying the Kingsmen's vocal and instrumental style, The Kinks rose to fame with two watery twists of this classic."[146], Dave Marsh asserted that the Kinks "blatantly based their best early hits" on the "Louie Louie" riff. I changed the first line and reference of the "Legacy" section to make the uncertainty clear. [59], Female solo artist versions in the 1960s included Maddalena in 1967, titled "Lui Lui", as a single (RCA Italiana 3413), Tina Turner in 1968, released in 1989 on The Best of Louie Louie, Volume 2, and "a sexiest-of-all version by smokey-voiced diva Julie London"[141] released as a single (Liberty 56085) and included on her 1969 album Yummy, Yummy, Yummy. [68] Producer Jerry Dennon's local Jerden label pressed 1,000 copies. [136] As a result, Pete Townshend penned "I Can't Explain", "a desperate copy of The Kinks",[357] released in March 1965. Entered ""Bubbling Under" chart April 9, 1966, for one week. Who sang the original Louie Louie? Am Dm There he stood in the night. There was a move to make it such, but it apparently died in the legislature. Released on regional Sand label in April 1963. Me gotta go. Em Dm Am Louie, Louie, you're gonna cry. Lyrically, the first person perspective of the song was influenced by "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)", which is sung from the perspective of a customer talking to a bartender ("Louie" was the name of Berry's bartender). But it's actually a cover of a song.

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