Louie Louie
Song by Richard BerryWikipedia
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Search complete. 23 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Louie Louie".
Oct 12, 2026
Jacob KnightHOST
You know? Like, and them doing Shout.
Jacob KnightHOST
Like, Louie Louie, there's a cover of Louie Louie in all three of the films-
Martin CarlsonHOST
[laughs]
Jacob KnightHOST
... that we're talking about today.
MooshHOST
Um, this was...
MooshHOST
Uh, that was Frank Zappa and the, the Mothers of Invention back in 1967, and it borrows Richard Berry's, uh, Louie Louie, which we kinda heard at the beginning, amongst other, uh, different types of famous riffs of that era.
MooshHOST
Um, but Brad, I chose this song 'cause as I was doing research and I, I already like the, the premise of the song and how, like, anti-establishment and anti-conformity and anti-materialism this is, which is something I love.
MooshHOST
Um, one of the anecdotes that I confirmed for this song, Bradley, is in the song Cold World off of the album-
Mod MykeHOST
It was recorded in 1968 but put out in 2018 by Beat Rocket Records.
Mod MykeHOST
After that we had The Feelies doing their version of Louie Louie on the Jordan label from 1968.
Mod MykeHOST
After that we had She doing Piece of You.
Mod MykeHOST
This was recorded in 1970 and first issued to vinyl in 2009 by Causeway Records.
DJ Pup DaddyHOST
Speaking of R&B legends, our next hit was another 50s tune that charted several times for someone else in the 60s.
DJ Pup DaddyHOST
I'm talking about Louie Louie.
DJ Pup DaddyHOST
The Kingsmen made it a classic, and it hit number two in 1963.
DJ Pup DaddyHOST
But here it is by Richard Berry & the Pharaohs from 1957 on Flip Records.
Weldon Gardner-HunterHOST
And my first thought is, no, you're doing a Richard Berry thing.
Weldon Gardner-HunterHOST
It's a Louie Louie thing.
Weldon Gardner-HunterHOST
Yeah.
Weldon Gardner-HunterHOST
It's only an English kind of thing.
MarkHOST
Hmm.
Nicole BatcherHOST
Very familiar with Louie Louie.
MarkHOST
Yeah.
MarkHOST
So Louie Louie, that's the 1956 original by Richard Berry.
Nicole BatcherHOST
Marching band classic.
MarkHOST
Oh, yeah.
MarkHOST
But this progression kind of has fallen out of fashion in the last like 30, 40 years.
MarkHOST
But the
Jack RabidHOST
It's quite interesting.
Jack RabidHOST
She'd been discovered by the songwriter Richard Berry, you know, the guy who gave us Louie Louie.
Jack RabidHOST
or at least the original version.
Jack RabidHOST
He, too, would be kind of discarded in terms of fame over the years.
Travis WammackGUEST
You can go on YouTube and listen to it.
Travis WammackGUEST
I cut the Louie Louie, I cut an instrumental on Louie Louie.
Travis WammackGUEST
Oh, really? I cut Stay by Race Williams and the Zodiacs.
Travis WammackGUEST
I cut the instrumental and used it on it.
BrianHOST
Read some of the lyrics to the original version by this guy Richard Berry.
MurdockHOST
"Louie, Louie, me gotta go.
MurdockHOST
Fine little girl, she wait for me.
MurdockHOST
Me catch the ship across the sea.
MurdockHOST
I sail the ship all alone.
MurdockHOST
I never think I'll make it home.
MurdockHOST
Louie, Louie, I said, me gotta go.
MurdockHOST
Three nights and days, me sail the sea.
LucasHOST
he, he was, uh, they replaced the famously the Mariners for the seventh inning stretch.
LucasHOST
Always played Louie.
LucasHOST
Yeah.
LucasHOST
They replaced it with a Macklemore song.
LucasHOST
Hmm.
LucasHOST
Everyone was mad just because they wanted to do Louie Louie.
LucasHOST
They wanted Louie Louie.
LucasHOST
Louie Louie is a classic.