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In January 1964, Indiana governor Matthew E. Welsh, acting on multiple complaint letters, determined the lyrics to be pornographic because his "ears tingled" when he listened to the record. [377] [378] He referred the matter to the FCC and also requested that the Indiana Broadcasters Association advise their member stations to pull the record from their playlists. An initial FCC investigation found the song "unintelligible at any speed". [379] The Dave Matthews Band, in some of their early 1990s setlists. A version was included on the 2000 album The Best Of What's Around Vol. 1. [318] Taylor, Angus (2009). "Toots and the Maytals Funky Kingston Review". BBC.com . Retrieved October 8, 2021. A recreation of the 1965 The Kingsmen in Person album cover occurs when the main characters, dressed in cardigan sweaters, walk down the Janss Steps located on the UCLA campus. Wheway, Daniel (2017). "Meat Loaf Tours". Everything Louder Than Everything Else: Meat Loaf Guide. ISBN 978-0463226698.

Iggy Pop again recorded a version of the song, with political and satirical verses instead of obscenities, in his 1993 American Caesar album. This version was used during the opening credits of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story and as an ending song in Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes in which Pop took part as himself. Bruce Springsteen Releasing 'The Legendary 1979 'No Nukes' Concerts' ". Vermilion County First. September 23, 2021 . Retrieved September 29, 2021. Bruce Springsteen has had a long association with "Louie Louie", playing it at multiple concerts and guest appearances, and commenting often on its significance. Blecha, Peter (February 15, 2003). "Louie Louie – the Saga of a Pacific Northwest Hit Song". HistoryLink . Retrieved March 5, 2016. Thompson, Ben (August 12, 2007). "Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee, Two Bands and a Legend". The Guardian.Eddie Angel and Johnny Rabb with The Trashmen, live at the Turf Club in St. Paul, MN on November 22, 2008. Vale, V.; Juno, Andrea (1993). Re/Search #14: Incredibly Strange Music, Volume 1. San Francisco: RE/Search Publications. p.183. 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] Reynolds, Simon (2006). "Living for the Future: Cabaret Voltaire, the Human League, and the Sheffield Scene". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. London: Penguin Publishing Group. p.92. ISBN 978-0143036722. Bernstein, Scott (February 7, 2019). "Early Dave Matthews Band Recording From 1992 Surfaces" . Retrieved February 10, 2019.

Some bands have taken liberties with the lyrics, including attempts to record the supposed "obscene lyrics". It is believed the first artists to do so were The Stooges, whose version can be heard on their live album Metallic K.O. Iggy Poplater recorded a more civilized cover version of the song, with new lyrics composed by Pop, for his 1993 album American Caesar. He continues to play it live at shows. Steve Jordan, released an innovative, "blatantly personal" [327] Tejano conjunto version on his 2005 album 25 Golden Hits. [328] 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.Lazell, Barry (November 29, 1986). "Why Louie Louie won't lie down" (PDF). Music Week . Retrieved December 24, 2021.

Brennan, Collin (April 21, 2022). "Iggy Pop in 10 Songs". consequence.net . Retrieved April 25, 2022. Stosuy, Brandon (November 6, 2008). "New Live Smashing Pumpkins Video – "99 Floors" ". Stereogum . Retrieved September 30, 2021. Milano, Brett (March 16, 2023). "The Greatest Debut 45 Records In History". uDiscovermusic . Retrieved March 21, 2023. In a 1964 interview, Lynn Easton of the Kingsmen said, "We took the words from the original version and recorded them faithfully", [378] and group member Barry Curtis later added, "Richard Berry never wrote dirty lyrics ... you listen and you hear what you want to hear." [18] Richard Berry told Esquire Magazine in 1988 that the Kingsmen had sung the song exactly as written [25] and often deflected questions about the lyrics by saying, "If I told you the words, you wouldn't believe me anyway." [393] [394]

Beta, Andy; De Silverio, Victoria; Kandell, Steve; Marchese, Dave; Mihaly, John; Montandon, Mac; Peisner, David; Petrusich, Amanda (October 2008). "Strange Bedfellows". Spin Magazine. p.98. Australian Crawl recorded a live version of the song on their 1983 album Phalanx and also released the song as a single. Blecha, Peter (September 27, 2009b). "Richard Berry, Los Angeles R&B singer, brings "Louie Louie" to Seattle on September 21, 1957". HistoryLink . Retrieved June 19, 2023. Plastic People" by Frank Zappa (with Richard Berry co-writer credit). Included on Absolutely Free in 1967 and on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 in 1988. [362] Curry, Jessica (June 20, 2019). "Richard Berry: Los Angeles Native Turned Tacoma Icon". Tacoma Music History . Retrieved February 28, 2023.