Louie Louie (musician)

Louie Louie (born Louis Cordero ^[1] ) is a Puerto Rican/American musician, record producer, and actor. He released four full-length albums (two of them on major record labels and one under his full name of Louie Cordero), as well as a number of singles, but only two of the singles, 1990's "Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury" and "I Wanna Get Back with You", charted in the United States.

He played Madonna's boyfriend in the video for "Borderline" and also played Rick in House Party 2 . He and his band performed on Arsenio Hall two times. Louie toured the United States and Canada with Erasure. ^[2]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US [3]	AUS [4]
The State I'm In	Released: 1990 Label: WTG Formats: CD, CS, LP	136	177
Let's Get Started	Released: 1993 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, CS	—	—
Louie Cordero (as Louie Cordero)	Released: 1996 Label: Trauma Format: CD	—	—
Dance Love Work	Released: 2002 Label: DLW Format: CD	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		AUS [5]	US [6]	UK [1]
"The Girl Who Seduced the World"	1987	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury"	1990	51	19	—	The State I'm In
"I Wanna Get Back with You"		—	69	—
"Rodeo Clown"		144	—	—
"The Thought of It"	1993	183	—	34	Let's Get Started
"Brother Louie"		—	—	—
"Walk with Me"		—	—	—
"Don't Say You Love Me"	1996	—	—	—	Louie Cordero
"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"		—	—	—
"Mad Love"	2002	—	—	—	Dance Love Work
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 330. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
2. "Louie Louie you're gonna fly". Las Vegas Sun . September 17, 1999. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
3. Billboard, Allmusic.com.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Louis Louis ARIA chart history to June 2025". ARIA. Retrieved June 17, 2025– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
5. Peak chart positions in Australia:
   • "Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 171.
   • "Rodeo Clown": "Bubbling Down Under: Week commencing 21 January 1991" . Retrieved February 20, 2022.
6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955–2006. 11th edition, 2007.

External links

• Louie Louie at AllMusic
• Louie Louie discography at Discogs