Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1963
"Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go."
What's actually sung
"Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go." Louie Louie — The Kingsmen (1963)
Why the ear defaults
The Kingsmen's unintelligible recording prompted a 1964 FBI investigation for obscenity. After 31 months of analysis, the bureau concluded: "Unintelligible at any speed."
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