Brother Louie (1973)

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Brother Louie is a song written and sung by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson of the group Hot Chocolate, and was produced by Mickie Most. The song narrated an interracial love affair between a white man and a black woman, and the subsequent disowning of the man by his parents because of it, and reached 7th position hit in the UK Singles Chart for the band in 1973.[1] Alexis Korner has a spoken word part in this version of the song, Phil Dennys arrangement of the string section.[2]

Key Lyrics

’All right, what's all this about?’

’I love her, man’

'Oh yeah, man, let me tell you

I don't want no honky in my family, you dig?'

’No honky in my family’


See what I mean?

Louie really caused a scene

He did, I tell you

Ain't no diff'rence 'tween black or white

Brothers, you know what I mean

Other Versions

Another cover was released in 1973 by Roy Ayers on his album Virgo Red, playing vibes instead of singing. It has since been covered by many other artists including The Undisputed Truth, The Quireboys, Peter Beckett, Louie Louie, Matumbi, The Oppressed and Scarecrow. Vandenberg singer Bert Heerink had a top 10 hit in 1995 in the Netherlands with a Dutch version titled "Julie July". More recently, the song has been covered by Bon Jovi and the hip hop group Code Red.[3]

Australian hip hop group 1200 Techniques sampled the riff heavily for their single "Karma" in 2002.</ref>"1200 Techniques's Karma sample of Hot Chocolate's Brother Louie". whosampled.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.</ref>

References

  1. David Roberts. British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). 2006. London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 259. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Retrieved from Wikipedia, January 31, 2021.
  2. "Brother Louie by Hot Chocolate". Songfacts.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. Brother Louie (Hot Chocolate song). Wikipedia. Retrieved January 31, 2021.