Well here's one for the "well I didn't know that" fact book.
If I say "Louie Louie" to you.. you probably envision that seen from Animal House, or just in general the Kingsmen version of the song.
Now, did you know there was quite the controversy over the lyrics of it, because nobody could understand it, the prudes at the time assumed it was something naughty.
Well, that song wasn't written by the Kingsmen, rather one Richard Berry (no relation to Chuck... or his imaginary cousin Marvin - points if you get that reference). Well, Richard Berry and the Pharoahs.
They wrote the song in 1955, recorded and released in 1957. It was 6 years later the Kingsmen would cover it.
Well, in honour of Richard, today is called International Louie Louie Day.
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