Black Flag’s version of one of the most recorded songs of all time, the 1957 Richard Berry song popularized by the Kingsmen’s 1963 rendition and turned into a punk standard by the Stooges.
A studio version (featuring Dez Cadena on vocals rather than Henry Rollins, who performs here) was released on...
Louie, Louie
We gotta go
I said now Louie, Louie
We gotta go
Looking for a friend while im crawiling this trail
Always catch the head but i never get the tail
I see em' come
I see em' go
I wanna go for battle when im looking at myself
I always say HEY MAN!, get a hold of yourself
Cuz youre going so fast that i think im going slow
[guitar solo]
If all i have to do is crawl
Then i can't do no wrong at all
If all i try to do is crawl
Then i can't do no wrong at all
Ooohhhhhaaa , Crawl
Well
I tell ya
SHE SO FINE SHE SO FINE, SHE SO FINE SHE SO FINE,SHE SO FINE
SHE SO FINE SHE SO FINE, SHE SO FINE SHE SO FINE,SHE SO FINE
Walking outta jail i think im free they tell me im in jail but i know im free
Can you help me can you help me can you help me
Well i can see you and you can see and i can hear you and you can hear me and i can feel you and you can feel me
Can you help can you help me
We need to get up and go
We need to get up and go
We need to get up and go go go go go YEA ... ohh
Louie, Louie
Louie gotta go
Goin goin goin going gone thats what they say
Thats what we say
Were going
Were going
Were gone....
Louie Louie (Live) was written by Richard Berry.
Louie Louie (Live) was produced by Greg Ginn.
Black Flag released Louie Louie (Live) on Wed Mar 19 1986.