Louie, Louie : The Story Behind the Song & The FBI Investigation (The Kingsmen)
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2020
- A 1960's band called The Kingsmen recorded the most famous version of the well known song called "Louie, Louie." The lyrics were famously hard to understand, which led to an FBI investigation. Find out what they uncovered (or didn't) right now: • Louie, Louie : The Sto...
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It's heartwarming to know that the original black composer retired a millionaire, from that one song, at a time he needed it most.
And yet, it was whites that stole the song and made the most money from it!!!
SAD!!!!
THAT WAS WAY THINGS WERE THEN!!!
👍😃
Yeah, yeah yeah. Indeed
This is what I came for.
He did?
If the FBI couldnt make out the lyrics, how could teenage kids
Who Are You? Suka! Teenage kids are far smarter than any FBI agent.
Except teens actually have better hearing than adults. That's why adults generally can't hear the "mosquito tone".
As kids we heard the lyrics were obscene. We listened carefully to the record and sure enough we were able to discern what the filthy lyrics were (or what we thought they were). Then we compared notes and improved our interpretation. Problem was, having been told the lyrics were 'dirty' that's what we looked for and that's what we found (self-fulfilling prophecy). Once I finally read the actual lyrics (decades later) I could suddenly hear and understand what was being sung - just what the (not 'dirty') lyrics said was being sung. It turns out to be nothing more than a song about a guy sailing a boat (alone) to get back to his girlfriend.
Jim Dandy Yes, but the FBI SHOULD have had far better equipment...
Looks like we've got a mystery on our hands.
A group of people in Florida sued a radio station to keep the song off the air claiming the lyrics were obscene. The judge threw the case out, saying the lyrics were unintelligible.
It was not the state of Florida but it was the governor of Indiana that requested the van
The judge threw the case out because the accusation was obscene.
Imagine a world where enough helicopter moms get so worked up by weird song lyrics that they're able to get the actual FBI to investigate the damn song. Wild man lol
Yeah, kind of looks like 2021 doesn't it?
Better get it right or it's my life I'm willing to end over this bulkshit wrong..and you know why ...because I'm tired of demons upgrading and us angel's downgrading I'm the first and last so let's go
For better or for worst so I'm going to arrest us all
Imagine a world where the FBI investigates parents because they are concerned with what the schools are teaching their children.
That mentality is no different today. It’s just focused on something else that gets their knickers in a twist!
I was 16 at the time this song came out. I was at an all night party, a wild party at someone’s house in Suffern, NY and this song came blasting over the radio and I loved it. I’m 75 now and finally decided to pull up the lyrics to see what all the fuss was about. I, too, heard that the lyrics were dirty but I could never figure out why. That’s because the lead singer slurred most of the words so that all I ever heard was Louie Louie we gotta go. And after going back to look at the lyrics I still don’t understand what the heck the song was all about. All I remember was the tune was great to dance to and I loved the melody. And don’t get be started on the FBI and its founders Hoover, Roosevelt and Bonaparte taking 2 years out of their busy schedules to investigate the words to the song. It is unbelievable and yet believable all the same.
I thought "My Ding-a-ling" was the 'dirtiest'!
When I was young , we thought, LAY Lady LAY, B,DYLAN, also LETS SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER, THE StONES, AND YES MY DING A LING, ALL seemed so suggestive, but now they all seem so innocent ,,, 🙂
@@junebermingham9300 I'd heard somewhere that when the Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, he had them change the song to, "Let's Spend Some Time Together", because he thought the title was too suggestive.
@@nancyking I still play all those 60 s songs, It was a great time to be young,,,, and looking back, the world was a much better place,, Stay safe and well, ,, from Ireland. ☘️💚☘️
I loved that song when I was a kid, especially the part about snappin' turtle creek 😂
@@theophany1770 Can you remind me what song that was from? 🙂
I’m so happy to hear that Barry came out on TOP. Sounds like a great guy.
I'm happy for him, too.
Yes! God is GOOD!
Ahhhhh
Groovie man. Am sooo...glad in the end Barry an his family lived well.
Actually , back in that day , good strategic move if the lyrics were done deliberately that way to up on sales. Not only was it a cool song but not being able to tell what the words were left it to the imagination. Is it or isn't it dirty. Crazy right ? Who cares everyone wanted to buy it just to figure it out an be able to tell your friends you bought it to was cool to.
this one had a great ending. you don't hear it end that way often enough.
gordtron Agreed.
Yes. I enjoy hearing stories that end on a positive note.
Other than the dying part.
Lyrics
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Fine little girl waits for me
Catch a ship across the sea
Sail that ship about, all alone
Never know if I make it home
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Three nights and days I sail the sea
Think of girl, constantly
On that ship, I dream she's there
I smell the rose in her hair.
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!
See Jamaica, the moon above
It won't be long, me see me love
Take her in my arms again
Tell her I'll never leave again
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Let's take it on outta here now
Let's go!
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Richard Berry
Louie Louie lyrics © Emi Longitude Music
The Kingsmen version is the best one ever , but two years to investigate a song is way overboard , but the US is like that it is one of its many talents being overboard
Paul Revere and the Raiders had the best version, but the the Kingsmen had better backing from their record company.
Our tax dollars at work.
Listen to Motörhead cover of Louie Louie.
People were offended by the lyrics they created in their own imaginations.
Exactly. I remember. There was a huge fuss about the supposedly "dirty lyrics" in the song at the time in my school. All the kids were talking about it, and the song got banned on local stations, so of course everyone wanted to buy the record. There were all kinds of imaginary stories going around about what the lyrics supposedly said, but like you say, they were just made up in people's imaginations. It was one of the biggest rows about absolutely nothing that I can recall from that time.
Sometimes the respectable folks have dirtier minds than their "wild" adolescent kids.
Or conceived notions about a lot of things. Sometimes our imaginations fill in such perverse, nightmarish stuff. We assume the worst or a lot of people do.
same with the "meaning" of Hotel California...
@@hermask815 well, it's not just 'sometimes' it is practically 'all the times', you know. I guess it has something to do w/the experience 🤣
Glad to know that the writer was able to finally benefit substantially from his song.
Nothing dirtier than the imagination of "the man" put in "suspicion mode"
😅😅
So, if you listen to The Kingsmen's version with the lyrics, you can completely tell what's being said. Not sure why the investigation would take 2 years. It should have taken five minutes.
C'mon, now - when have you ever seen the Federal government perform any job quickly? LOL
They always trying to find a way to take innocent people down. They call good people witches. But the people killing witches are the only witches. witches made Hollywood but nevermind. I'm just crazy. Nothing to see here
Well you just tell the chief you're still investigating it and then kick your feet up on the desk and play cards the rest of the day! Then repeat.........
J.Edgar Hoover was an insane person.
Great video! It's important to also note that The Kingsmen didn't hear the song from Richard Berry first, but rather The Wailers, a band in Seattle which arguably started the entire Garage Rock movement. The Wailers were the first to cover Louie Louie, and the Kingsmen covered it after hearing their version on the radio. The Wailers would also go on to inspire The Sonics which are probably the quintessential 60s garage rock band and would then inspire future rock acts, specifically 90s grunge bands which grew up listening to the Sonics and other bands from 1960s Seattle.
I have heard that the singer was wearing braces when the song was recorded and that had a big impact on his ability to enunciate the words too. Crazy stuff happening in those days, like the FBI didn't have anything worthwhile to do like investigate mobster.
Offensive lyrics?
So what would all the lyrics of today's rap music be considered.
Or pop music. Like Miley's
Baby shark..
All? Maybe don't listen to mainstream rap and you'll actually find topics that are quite interesting. People like Watsky, Atmosphere, and Krizz Kaliko make great songs about life, love, and struggles and are hardly what you could consider vulgar or offensive.
@@enjamessimpson agreed... Along with Sevin, Bizzle, Lecrae, Derek Minor, Andy Mineo, etc.. All clean..
@@Trayleen Miley’s image is sex but her lyrics are for the most part real deep some ppl judge her based on her image and don’t look beyond that to see her real talent
And now, even after watching your video, we don’t know anything more than we did before we watched.😂 Well done! Brilliant!
For once a humble talented man received his due .
Glad that happened
Richard Berry isnt just someone. He also wrote have love will travel.
Oh I thought he let his cousin chuck berry hear this crazy kid playing johnny b goode at the enchantment under the sea dance
Black keys version is a jam
@@alexandersoricelli3891 the sonics version is amazing too
Thank you.Being one of my favourite top 10 rock n roll songs, appreciate this video.
Glad the songwriter got his royalties at the end of the day
"They played it backwards..." Yes. That oughta do the trick.
Louie Louie, oh no, you take me where ya gotta go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby
Louie Louie, oh baby, take me where ya gotta go
A fine little girl, she waits for me
Me catch the ship across the sea
Me sailed the ship all alone
Me never think I'll make it home
Louie Louie, oh no no no, me gotta go, oh no
Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go
Three nights and days I sailed the sea
Me think of girl constantly
On the ship, I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair
Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby
Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go
Okay, let's give it to 'em right now
Me see
Me see Jamaica, the moon above
It won't be long me see me love
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I'll never leave again
Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby
Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go
I said me gotta go now
Let's hustle on out of here
Let's go
wildman50645
You did what the FBI couldn’t...I salute you 🤨
What disgusting filth. I want to wash my eyes out with swarfega
Oh lord take me now,😎😎😎😎
Every night at I ....
wildman50645 A poor imitation of Chuck Berry’s Havana Moon.
It's awesome to hear Berry got his publishing rights back! Way too many times, you hear these old-timer's dieing broke! Great ending, to a great story!
@dan cussin Yes, I remember that well. Always felt that was Jackson being greedy...just my opinion.
only 2 years? i have been listening to the song for 30 years and i still have no idea
Finally - someone (you) actually acknowledges that there WAS an obscenity (not by today's standards) in the original version of "Louie, Louie"!!!! I stumbled across it in the mid '60s simply by wearing a pair of good Sennheiser headphones while sprawled out on a sofa in a friend's clubroom. I was half listening to the song, sorta thinking about other stuff, and since the actual "F" obscenity was between verses of the song (NOT in the song's words), it suddenly stood out like a sore thumb. I jumped up, went back, played that section of the song two more times, and there it was. What Congress, the censors, the FBI, and God know whatever other moral guardians were doing wrong was that they were hyper-focused on the WORDS of the song, NOT what was being said in the background.
I ended up making a significant amount of coin (about $300+) winning bets on whether there was 'dirty words' in 'Louie Louie'. Some people were so sure about it that they ready to actually fight, where I just stated "Put your money down, and if I'm wrong, you win". All I needed to do was to crank up a good stereo, turn down the bass, tweak up the treble, and tell the folks "Watch my raised hand... when it drops, listen closely to the background". I never got tired of watching people's eyes get big, and their jaws hit the floor when they heard the 'word'. Some diehards would demand that I replay the record again, but each time you heard it, the "F" bomb would hit them in the face like a brick harder and harder. Ka ching....
Years ago, I got into a friendly debate with Rusty Humphries, a conservative talk radio host, who was a good friend of one of the Kingsmen. He discussed "Louie Louie" & the song's investigation debacle, and stated that there was never any obscene words in the song. No, I told him, there was on the record itself, but he refused to listen, referring to his good friend, and finally ended the debate. Rusty, the bet is still open if you want to take me up on it.... ! I only bet when I know I'll win.
For the younger generations who scratch their heads and wonder what all of the controversy was about, you need to realize that that standards of what could be said (or shown) on radio, TV, the movies, in print, etc. was far stricter back then than today. Regardless of one's political affiliation, no one supported anything near what you see or hear today in multimedia. By the end of the '60s, however, it was slowly becoming more and more relaxed.
Motorhead's version take it to another limit! Harsh Lemmy's voice fits perfect!
This is what I was looking for
Bruno VallésMuñoz \.,./ Hell yeah.
Hell yeahhhh
@@joshuapollack2921 me too.
The Clash and the Stooges do this one right!
Richard Berry….you’d see his name on all the “Louie Louie” recordings back in the 70’s and 80’s and he became like a mystery man. The only other song of his I knew of back in those days was Henry Rollins Band doing “Crazy Lover” on their “Hot Animal Machine” album.
I once heard an interview with Paul Revere of Paul Revere & the Raiders. Supposedly, the Raiders actually recorded their version first, but the Kingsmen got released first. According to that interview, the lead singer had braces, forgot the lyrics and just faked his way through. That combination led to the supposed "dirty" lyrics.
I think that went on a lot back then. I've read tales of one band hearing another band recording a song in another room at the same studio and rushing to record their own version and put it out first.
Not only that but the 2 bands recorded their differing versions in the same recording studio in the Pacific Northwest basically the same week. The studio engineer must have thought "what's going on here?" And yes, Jack Ely of the Kingsmen was a young man (I believe 16) and he had braces when he sang which caused his garbled pronunciation. The version by the Raiders is pretty raw and hot as well.
the dirty lyrics were real. move on.
In your mind, maybe. I'll take Paul Revere's word over yours.
WOW!! Richard Berry hit the lottery with his talent late in his life!!!! It only goes to show , NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS!!!!!😮😮😮
There is LITERALLY NOTHING in the lyrics that can be read as obscene on any level. WTF??
Welcome to the 60s
The original singer who was fired before the single came out (for being too old) said that during the recording session the Mic was put above his head in the ceiling so that he had to look straight up and strain his voice to get the vocal, it was what the producer wanted. Great Classic Tune, glad Richard Berry got paid. There is a youtube video that tells the story better.
Richard Berry also did have love will travel and a duet with Etta James work with me henry a unsung brother in the early days of soul and rock and roll
@@jimmiesmith5811 I've heard that tune. It's a good one.
Awesome story. I had no idea this went on. Keep up the videos man, they're getting better and better 🤘
Thanks! I can’t wait to unveil my new format in April
Thank you Rock N' Roll True Stories - the hands-down absolute best part of this mini docu is the turn of events for the original song writer. Truly an amazing and heartwarming read considering all things today! Wow.
This was the first song I learned to play on guitar back in 1966. It was the Bass riff, but I learned it on a six-string guitar at the time. Some years ago (2003 or so) I had the honor to play this song in a Guinness World Record attempt called "1000 Guitars." Organized and attended by both The Kingsmen and the Fabulous Wailers at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma WA. The goal was to play this song with 1000 guitars all at the same time. We missed the record by some 300 guitarists, but it was way cool just the same. Not only did I get to meet the two bands, but I also met Nokie Edwards, formerly the lead guitarist for the Ventures. What a day that was. BTW, we left out all the dirty words.
Hacksaw Henry ..what an event that "1000 Guitars" attempt must have been. The Ventures were another blast from the past.
Loved that you didn't say 'the bad words' ..Danced our socks off at many dances n clubs from 1963 onwards.(Louie Louie still makes m e smile - 60 years later eh!)n VancouverBC and beyond .
Saw and danced to Bo Duddkeybin 1968 in San Diego...another classic night.
Thanks Richard Berry n all
Lynne in Australia now
My Dad worked @ KISN radio & I danced @ Parker’s Ballroom on Hwy 99, Seattle WA. The song became the state song. Love it😎
My elementary school P.E. teacher played this song for us back in the day... It's only now, being 10 years removed from that school that I've started getting into early rock music from the 50s and early 60s. The only other song I remember from the playlist was Runaround Sue... I wish I remembered more of the songs on there
Cool bit of trivia. So glad the OG writer finally got some much deserved cash. Louie Louie is a classic garage rock song. One of the first songs I learned to sing and play on the guitar. 🤘🏼
My mom told me about the controversary when I was little, but I never knew, nor imagined, a full-on investigation. Great video!
I never could make out the lyrics by listening to the recording. At Berkeley in early 80's was voted best party song of all time. Glad Mr. Berry received due compensation.
Sometime in the early 60's I heard this group in Hoquiam/Aberdeen, Washington at like a VFW or Grange Hall. Had never heard Louie Louie before, but they played it about a dozen times during the course of the evening. Complete pandemonium!!
I'm surprised that Louie Louie didn't make #1 (it peaked at #2). I think it was on the charts a long time in the spring of 1963. It was a welcome departure from a record market that had gotten away from rock as Phil Spector dominated the market with the girl groups (not knocking them) and Motown was on the rise (not knocking that either). Just a good alternative at that time.
Dominica by The Singing Nun kept it from the number one spot for two weeks
The story goes that billboard or the other one didn't want it at number one as they thought it was an embarrassing song.
@@rnr5682 How ironic! 😂
Enjoyed this upload very much. Well narrated, too. 👍😃
I’d say the best cover would’ve been the Motörhead cover
I remember a big controversy when this song first came out. No one new for sure what the lyrics were. I was in grade six
I've been waiting for this video for so long.
As you said, if you're listening for it you can definitely hear the drummer yell fuck. They couldn't do a 3rd take? 😂
I was in a cover band in the late 1960's, called The Kastaways form Ma. We covered this song. I had no idea what the lyrics where, I knew they where dirty words in the song but didn't know where. I basically mumbled along till I got to every night at 10 I lay her again, and everyone seemed to be satisfied.
Haha. "Every night at 10 I lay her again". Word for word from the Kingsmen recording. I've known the actual words sung on that recording from the time I was 15, in the mid '60s. Ridiculous that the FBI couldn't figure out the lyrics. All you need to do is clear the nonsense from your head & just listen to them. Yeah, "I felt my bone & I had a hair", is in there. And, "I promised her I'd never lay her again", is in there, too. Oh, how about after the guitar solo, the singer comes in too early with "I stick", then, comes back in at the correct time with the line, "I stick my finger in the hole of love ..." I won't list any other lines, as that last one was probably already too far to actually put in print. Yes, the Kingsmen singer changed the lyrics to this song & changed it to a very dirty song, especially, for the '60s. I guess the singer thought if he slurred the lyrics his changing the original lyrics wouldn't be understood & his little joke(?) wouldn't be noticed. All anyone needs to do is just listen to Berry's original recording, then, listen to the Kingsmen version. Even if you could only understand every 10th, or, even 20th word, it'd be very obvious the KM singer "ain't" singing the Berry lyrics. The Kingsmen Louie was a very naughty boy. 🤣🤣
Why didn't the FBI just Google the lyrics?
@Florida Man: WELL, it wasn't around back then, right?! BUT, I was wondering if they are now....I didn't look, but here everybody is asking!!!! LOL...guess they didn't look!!
😂😂😂
Great background on a great song That I heard all my life, but never knew these things!
Do a story on Jimi Hendrix Father selling Hendrixs Catalog.
The story of the original songwriter is awesome, I hope his marriage lasted.
I love this last bit of information about the original writer becoming rich overnight.
Great video! Never noticed the F word in the song before. I love that kind of hidden stuff. Now I want to find the song in all the different movies and see if the F word plays.
I listened with headphones, and at the 54sec mark of the song(like he said) you can hear the guy drop the "F bomb". I busted out laughing!
One of those songs that for my generation was listened to drunk more often than when sober. Always the 1st song the band played on party night.
Louie, Louie and House of the Rising Sun are the two tracks I always use to level a new sound system.
One of my Fav song evr! Even got to See them "the kingsmen" play it many times in seattle in the 90s and early 2000's. I never caighjt thw F word! I tought it was somethingh el;se!
Iggy & The Stooges cover of Louie, Louie is the definitive version!! PLAY LOUD 🎸🎸
Metallic ko is a great album
"They threw a Stroh's!"
1965 Indiana: In sixth grade we passed around a handwritten dirty version. I can't remember what the lyrics were except it was supposed to have described a "gang bang". The note was confiscated and was quite a scandal for a few days.
Thanks so much for another interesting and informative video
This is Portland LEGEND
Listen to Todd Snider's "Ballad of the Kingsmen." He tells this story, and it's such an awesome song!
man if the fbi spent the time they used investigating what this song said and spent it on other topics, this world would be so much different.
Actually it would be exactly the same. It's the federal government. The bigger it gets the more powerful it gets.
In 1963 i took this record to my first grade class for show and tell.
Marty from harlem nyc usa.
This song my ringtone as been for years great track 🎶👍
The irony is that they also could've found the real lyrics by simply checking recent releases by other bands from the Portland area.
Paul Revere and the Raiders had, apparently, relocated to there and recorded their own version of the song and released it as a single the same month as them. In fact, they recorded it at the same studio.
Mind blowing . Louie , Louie was investigated by the FBI ? ROTFL . Why didn't anyone just ask the singer ? Holy Animal House , Batman .
Best channel on youtube
I wonder how much money was spent to investigate?
2.5 million
@dan cussin keep crying trumptard
One of my favorites.
There are laws in many countries that allow people in Barry's situation to basically ask for more money. It's a shame he didn't realize this sooner.
I was unaware of this song, until I watched "Animal House" for my high school Film Study class. We had no udea what the singer was singing, but we loved it and thought it was perfect for the scene of that film in which it was used.
I looooove that tune!!!
Great video!
Im glad berry got his money in the end , must have felt good after all those years ... even if it was short lived😊
Can you imagine the look on their faces on what music and TV is today. 😂
Great story about the original writer almost losing all the way and then getting rich . Love it !
Damn! You CAN hear the drummer drop the F-bomb.
This was a great song. IS a great song.
I'm born in 1994 currently 27 years old. I had no idea this song existed I'm just going through RUclips algorithm regarding black music and this popped out.
Recorded in downtown Portland, OR.
In Motorhead's version, the lyrics are quite distinct!
Motorheads version is pretty damn good too
This whole debate was material for a terrific scene (which you can find on RUclips) in 1990 movie "Coupe de Ville" . The movie is one of my guilty pleasures. I saw it 30 years ago but had no idea back then it was based on a real controversy.
wow! I thought the Kingsman wrote it!
Like looking at ink blot tests or clouds, what is interpreted says more of the mindset of listener than what is actually there.
I remember that California Cooler ad.
I also remember Party Animal Pinball used the song about the same time.
I was a anthem in 1964. Every dance function at the University of Wyoming was started with Louie Louie 🎶🎶🎉
My middle school band played this at our schools pep rallies when I was in seventh grade
The way it was recorded means it can never be remastered or remixed. It is what it is. That is a good thing.
I meet the drummer for the Kingsman yesterday and he laughs about the investigation and controversy to this day. He also said he had no clue what the lyrics meant at the time either
I was in high school when the song was popular. There were words being passed around that were dirty. When I read the words while listening to the song it was easy to imagine that they were singing the lyrics on the paper I was reading. Before I read the words it sounded like impossible to understand garbage. The poor recording was compounded by the fact we heard the song on crappy AM radios. Now that I know the true lyrics it's easy to hear what was really sung.
Y’all forgot to mention the movie that sent this soaring to the top again,well forever I should say
"Hotrod" by Black Oak Arkansas also has hard to understand lyrics, but you get the drift.
We used to play it in our teenage band The Romers back in the 60`s and we played the ``dirty`` version.
Crazy story but what about Link Wray's song The Rumble? It was an instrumental yet still got banned in certain places.
Missed opportunity to show Rockin' Robin and the Wailers some love.
Glad to hear a happy ending. 🎸
How crazy is that like that's insane to believe
What crappy info.
Didn't even expose the lyrics
no one knows the lyrics
Lol!!!
@@frankienorbertsteiner8167 The lyrics are well known and well published. Google them.
C Zahnter - Here are the lyrics.
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Fine little girl waits for me
Catch a ship across the sea
Sail that ship about, all alone
Never know if I make it home
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Three nights and days I sail the sea
Think of girl, constantly
On that ship, I dream she's there
I smell the rose in her hair.
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!
See Jamaica, the moon above
It won't be long, me see me love
Take her in my arms again
Tell her I'll never leave again
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Let's take it on outta here now
Let's go!