His original compositions " Plastic People" and "Ruthie-Ruthie" (from You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1) were set to the melody of "Louie Louie" and included "Music by Richard Berry" credits. [180] 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. [181]

The Sonics released their "blistering makeover ... definitive punk arrangement" [37] as a 1965 single (Etiquette ET-23) and on the 1966 album Boom. Later versions appeared on Sinderella (1980) and Live at Easy Street (2016). The Fat Boys with producers Latin Rascals brought "Louie Louie" up to date in 1988 with a hip hop version which reached No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 46 on the UK Top 100. Their rap, with rewritten lyrics, "chronicled a pursuit of the song's real words". [291] Dave Marsh in 1993 called their version "the last great 'Louie Louie' to date". [291] Palacios, Julian (2015). Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd: Dark Globe. Plexus Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-0859658829. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (April 19, 2021). "Mike Mitchell, guitarist on the Kingsmen's Louie Louie, dies aged 77". The Guardian . Retrieved February 28, 2022. Pronunciation has varied widely from Berry's original "Lou-ee Lou-ee" to "Lou-eye Lou-eye" (Kingsmen, 1963), "Lou-ee Lou-eye-ay" (Angels, 1964), "Lou-eye Lou-way" (Sonics, 1966; Iggy Pop, 1972), "Lou-ee-a Lou-way" (Kinks, 1964; Motörhead, 1978), "Lou-way Lou-way" (Clarke/Duke Project, 1981), and others.

Williams, David (November 17, 2015). "Being Buddy Hield: a primer on Oklahoma's star guard from the Bahamas". The Commercial Appeal . Retrieved May 9, 2023.

The American folk group The Sandpipers did a cover of the song in 1966 in Spanish with a slower tempo that peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100. Greenblatt, Mike (January 21, 2015). "Rant 'n' Roll: The Rubinoos, Frank, Barry & Bowie". The Aquarian . Retrieved October 18, 2023. Shaffer, Paul; Ritz, David (2010). We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz Saga. New York: Anchor Books. p.58. ISBN 978-0767928861. Bernie Bernie" by The Bleacher Bums (with Richard Berry writer credit). Ode to Bernie Kosar released by Leaky Records on cassette and vinyl single in 1987. [366] Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (Springsteen on Broadway)". Genius.com. December 14, 2018 . Retrieved September 28, 2021.In 2011, KFJC celebrated International Louie Louie Day with a reprise of its 1983 event, featuring multiple "Louie Louie" versions, new music by Richard Berry and appearances by musicians, DJs, and celebrities with "Louie Louie" connections. [414] In April 2015, Orme Radio broadcast the First Italian Louie Louie Marathon, playing 279 versions in 24 hours. [415] In 2023, the city of Portland hosted a 24-hour live marathon to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Kingsmen version. [416] Use in movies [ edit ] Williams, Marla (December 27, 1992). "The 1992 Louie Awards -- Sex, Sewage And Mr. Lifto Win Our Louies". Seattle Times . Retrieved May 13, 2022. The lyrics controversy resurfaced briefly in 2005 when the superintendent of the school system in Benton Harbor, Michigan, refused to let a marching band play the song in a local parade; she later relented. [400] Cultural impact [ edit ] Book [ edit ]

Support for International Louie Louie Day and other "Louie Louie"–related observances is provided by the Louie Louie Advocacy and Music Appreciation Society (LLAMAS) [431] and "Louie Louie" fans worldwide.Alec Palao in the Love That Louie CD liner notes highlighted Davies' "supremely lecherous, almost drunken vocal" and suggested that "Davies drew from 'Louie' the urchin persona that populated so much of the Kinks' early work". [37] The Sandpipers (1966) [ edit ] a b Macdonald, Cameron (June 28, 2006). "Seconds: Phil Milstein: Louie". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013 . Retrieved March 11, 2013. The 1973 song " Brother Louie" by the UK band Hot Chocolate was strongly inspired by "Louie Louie" and includes a minor-key reprise of the chorus. The song, about an interracial romance, became a No. 1 U.S. hit that same year in a cover version by the New York band Stories.

Toots & the Maytals recorded a version for their album Funky Kingston. It has been suggested that use of the Kingsmen's beat from this song may have thus helped lead to the invention of reggae music. [28] Barry, Dave (2012). Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing. p.46. ISBN 978-1449437589.Vale, V.; Juno, Andrea (1993). Re/Search #14: Incredibly Strange Music, Volume 1. San Francisco: RE/Search Publications. p.183. Warner, Jay (1992). The Da Capo Book of American Singing Groups: A History 1940-1990. Boston: Da Capo Press. p.522. ISBN 0-306-80923-0. Jasmin, Ernest (July 16, 2013). "Me gotta go now? Never". The Olympian . Retrieved October 12, 2023. Sutherland, Steve (October 11, 2019). "Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston". Hi-Fi News & Record Review.