{"id":6273,"date":"2014-10-13T20:52:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T03:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2014-10-13T20:52:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T03:52:06","slug":"sonny-cher-louie-mutant-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=6273","title":{"rendered":"Sonny & Cher – LOUIE (mutant) of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for another rarity borrowed from the LOUIE YouTube universe.<\/p>\n

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“Brother Louie<\/strong>” is perhaps the most popular LOUIE LOUIE mutant<\/a>. A lot of people get it confused with Richard Berry<\/strong>‘s “LOUIE LOUIE.” Written and sung by Errol Brown<\/strong> and Tony Wilson<\/strong> of the group Hot Chocolate<\/strong>, it was a top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart for the band in 1973.<\/p>\n

In the USA, the song became a big hit it was covered by The Stories<\/strong> (featuring Ian Lloyd<\/strong> on lead vocals) six months later, becoming a number one hit record on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. When Louis C.K.<\/strong> created his “Louie<\/strong>” sitcom in 2010, this song was used as the theme song.<\/p>\n

This particular version of “Brother Louie” was performed by Sonny & Cher<\/strong> on their “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour<\/strong>,” which aired on February 20, 1974 on the CBS network<\/a>.<\/p>\n