Louie Louie

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Cover of the rhythm and blues song written by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 [hit version by The Kingsmen.] After performing it on French television… Read More

Sep. 19931 viewer7K views

Louie Louie Lyrics

And now...the news:

Yeah!

Louie Louie, whoa baby
I gotta go now
Louie Louie, whoa-oh baby
I really gotta go now

The Communist world is fallin' apart
The capitalists are just breakin' hearts
Money is the reason to be
It makes me just wanna sing Louie Louie

Louie Louie, whoa baby
I gotta go now
Louie Louie, whoa-oh baby
I really gotta go now

There's a fine little girl, she's waitin' for me
But I'm as bent as Dostoevsky
I think about the meaning of my life again
And I have to sing Louie Louie again

Louie Louie, whoa baby
I gotta go now
Louie Louie, whoa-oh baby
I really gotta go now
Let's give it to' em right now!

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[Guitar solo]

Spoken:
Oh man, I dunno, like...man, like you know
I don't know, health insurance and the homeless and world peace
And...AIDS...and education... I mean, uh, I'm trying to do right, but...hey
Life after Bush and Gorbachev
The wall is down, but something is lost
Turn on the news, it looks like a movie
It makes me wanna sing Louie Louie

Louie Louie, whoa baby
I gotta go now
Louie Louie, whoa-oh baby
I really gotta go now
Say I gotta go now!
I gotta go now!
I really gotta go now!
Let's go!

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Cover of the rhythm and blues song written by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 [hit version by The Kingsmen.]

After performing it on French television, Iggy explained that he likes the song “because it’s a simple song with charm, that everybody treats like trash.”