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The lyrics to the most famously incomprehensible song of all time. Learn the story behind the 1963 rock 'n' roll classic, the FBI investigation, the original Richard Berry version and more.
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The Kingsmen are a 1960s beat/garage rock band from...
- Louie Louie
Louie Louie Lyrics: Louie, Louie / Me gotta go / Louie,...
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- Richard Berry’s “Louie Louie”
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The production “values” (or near complete lack thereof) of the Kingsmen’s record were such that lead singer Jack Ely’s vocal came out rather muddied and garbled. This led to millions of kids across the country to somehow read “dirty” lyrics into the recording. Fifty years later the prestigious New Yorker magazine addressed this record with an artic...
Here are the lyrics to “Louie Louie” as Richard Berry recorded in 1956. Both sides of the record (Flip 254 and 321) are credited to Richard Berry and The Pharaohs. For this record, the Pharaohs were one of several vocal groups that Berry was working with, At the time the record was made, the group consisted of the following members (listed alphabet...
While Jack Ely’s crazed vocal gets almost all of the attention, the Kingsmen were a group that played their own instruments and sang. 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 Mike Mitchel, lead guitar Bob Nordby, bass gui...
Reader Jim Miller posted a comment (which you can read in its brief entirety below), in which he reminded me that many people heard part of the second verse as “Every night at ten, I laid her again. I fucked that girl all kinds of ways.” According to the New Yorkerarticle (above), others heard that same line as being, “At night at ten, I lay her ag...
Although Berry’s record reputedly got some playing time and some sources claim it sold more than 100,000 copies, it did not reach any of the national best-selling surveys. But despite all the brouhaha surrounding the Kingsmen’s record, Louie Louie was a huge hit! It spent two weeks at #1 on the Cash Boxin January 1964. Louie Louie was the last char...
In their entry on Louie Louie, the contributors to Wikipedia state, “Total sales estimates for the single range from 10,000,000 to over 12,000,000 with cover versions accounting for another 300,000,000.” As the source for the first figure, they list the liner notes by Peter Blecha for the Rhino Records compilation The Best Of Louie Louiefrom 1983. ...
Compare the lyrics of Richard Berry's 1956 version of Louie Louie with the Kingsmen's 1963 version that sparked an FBI investigation. Learn the history and the controversy behind this rock & roll classic.
"Louie Louie" is a rhythm and blues song written and composed by American musician Richard Berry in 1955, recorded in 1956, and released in 1957. It is best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock.
Lyrics for The Kingsmen's most famous song: Louie Louie, from the 1963 album "The Kingsmen in Person".Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright...
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The classic rock song Louie Louie by The Kingsmen was released in 1963 and became a hit despite the controversy over its alleged obscene lyrics. See the full lyrics, the song facts, and the comments from fans and musicians.
Read the original version of the 1957 song that inspired many covers and versions. The lyrics tell the story of a sailor who misses his girl and wants to go home.
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The Kingsmen. Louie Louie Lyrics. CHORUS: Louie Louie, oh no, said we gotta go. Aye-yi-yi-yi, I. Said Louie louie, oh baby, said we gotta go. A fine little girl, she waitin' for me. Catch a ship across the sea. Sail that ship out all alone.
