The band was and has always been Hot Chocolate. The record company felt that they needed some caucasians to broaden the bands pop audience appeal. Famously, the studio powers demaded the addition of "some marshmellows", hence the two white boys.
There's just some kind of soul to Ian Lloyd's voice that makes the Stories version my favorite. I grew up listening to that version on the radio....love it! "Aint no difference if your black or white - brothers you know what I mean"!!! KILLER!!
@lonergan24681 Well they outnumber the other two significantly, so your comment wouldn't really make any sense. If it makes you feel better they don't look out of place because they're white rather because they're standing/sitting with their arms crossed awkwardly while the other four look rather casual.
First grade teachers made us listen to this while we watched them blow stuff up on t.v. in Vietnam, every night Vietnam was on t.v. and this stuff and all the riots were going on, and they really tried to make kids feel like they and their families sucked. One teacher put up violent people in foreign governments up on her chalkboard, lol --4 awhile, we lived where weather undergr. blew up a house in nyc. the adults never cared how any of it affected kids, they just "did their thing."
I disagree. This version sounds like a cover sorry. I grew up in the 70s - born 1961 and the version I remember the radio playing all the time was way better!
From The Sounds of the 70s - won't let me put the link here.
@Dragonslayer1361 well that depends on where you grew up i guess...americans would be familiar to the Stories' version, whereas europeans would know the Hot Chocolate version. as it has happened with a lot of songs.
Alexis Korner was NOT responsible in the slightest for discovering Hot Chocolate. After briefly being signed to Apple Records (they had impressed John Lennon with a cover of "Give Peace A Chance") their success was down to hard work and their relationship with producer Mickie Most.
@hershelmccoy The "no spooks in my family" voice-over was done by the late, great DJ/promoter Alexis Korner who was largely responsible for discovering Hot Cho0colate and making them the success they were in the 70-80's
@selgahmi I heard this as a kid but I dont think I ever heard the full lyrics, only the end chorus. CK's show brought me back, in many ways.Though this isn't the version I remember. The chorus is much shorter in this.
This song is good, but you have to admit the Stories version has ALL the character. The song was mediocre until they got hold of it. Now it's a classic that everyone can recognize. Original is not always best.
@newBIGmedia give respect where respect is do stories knew that this song is a hit & the potential of it if they put their twist on it dont get me wrong i love stories version too but i cant say its better then the original thats blasphemy
I'm very familiar with the story's version. This is the first time I've heard Hot Chocolate's original version. I must admit I like this one better. This should have been a big hit for them here in the US.
The song still is about interracial love, a hot topic then. I myself am a product of this and have pretty much been eschewed by my black side as I am so white looking and acting to them. Their nickname for me was "Carlton"
They just funked this thing up so well. The original is from 1963 sung by the Kingsmen. The song was initially banned then as people thought the instrumental duh, duh, duh in the original was about him fxxking his wife. In fact the song is about interracial love, a controversial topic in the early 60s, but quite acceptabel by the mid 70s when Hot Chocolate did this version.
@princette 'Louie Louie' by the Kingsmen is a completely different song :) This is the original of 'Brother Louie', written by Errol Brown and Anthony Wilson. The Stories covered it.
...Prior to the "Disco invasion",Hot Chocolate had Really Good Recordings that was affiliated w/Funk & Rock, "Emma-line" & "You Could've Been a Lady"(later a top 10 for "April Wine") were much an early milestone For the Bands beginnings.it was John Lennon That admired their up beat reggae version of "Give Peace a Chance"!
My name is Louie, my skin is very much whiter than white. My (ex) girlfriend is black. I can't believe I never thought of this song in all the time that we were going out. The only difference is that my parents loved her and still do.
@vratis69 Louis C.K. re-recorded the song with a backing track similar to the Hot Chocolate version (done by Reggie Watts) and hired Stories' Ian Lloyd to sing the vocals.
@joshuamiller419 Yes, of course Stories did a way earlier cover, but Louis, on a recent Opie and Anthony appearance, said that it was way too expensive to pay for the Stories cover itself, so he actually looked up Stories singer Ian Lloyd and paid him to re-record the song with Reggie Watts' background music (he mentions that Lloyd probably lost money by doing this, since he would have gotten a bump in royalties from the Stories' 1973 cover).
@joshuamiller419 The other way to tell the difference is that for the Louie credits you can hear Lloyd sing one line as "Louie, Louie, you're gonna die!", a lyric that isn't in the original (where the lyric stays "Louie, Louie, you're gonna sigh/cry!"
There are many vastly inferior versions of this song if you are thinking of doing a cover please don't bother! like most songs the original is by far the best & does not need covering. From1973nitram
According to Wikipedia the song "Brother Louie" was written and sung by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson of the group Hot Chocolate, and was a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart for the band in 1973, Alexis Korner has a spoken part in this version of the song.The song was COVERED by the American band, Stories, (featuring singer Ian Lloyd) about six months after Hot Chocolate's UK hit, and the Stories version made number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. So there you have it! From1973nitram
@qsbird This IS the original. Hot Chocolate did it first in 1973, then Stories ripped it off.Written by Errol Brown (of Hot Chocolate !!! ).Pax to all from 73soulboy.Xxx.
@73soulboy Stories performed it FIRST in 1973 ~therefore it is the ORIGINAL (always the one who introduced the Song to the PUBLIC first) ~ the song was written by Errol Brown ~ HOT CHOCOLATE released it in 1974 on the Cicero Park Album
@qsbird I'm sorry to contradict,but in England 'Brother Louie' by 'Hot Chocolate' was hit in April 1973,reaching number 7. It was also recorded by 'Stories' in 1973, but their version did not chart in England although it did reach number 1 in America also in 1973 not 1974. 'Hot Chocolate's' version was,is and remains the ORIGINAL. Pax to all from 73soulboy .Xxx. :-)
i like the stories version. it always makes me hurt inside. in the stories version i feel the racial tension of the seventies and the pain ofit. with this version it seems like just a song
@whitestag1963 I love your answer ~ STORIES made that song THEIR SONG because they put all the pain in there ~~~ HOT CHOCOLATE did a same great Job with their Emma Song
Been looking for this one for quite some time. My parents used to listen to this in their car. As soon as I found out the title, and heard Stories' version, it just felt wrong. Then I found out Hot Chocolate had covered it, and remembered we also had a Hot Chocolate cassette. So I looked this up, and after 2 seconds I immidiately knew it. This was right. Awesome piece of music right here..
this is a great band! when the stories did this song they took the meaning away, the race issue words were missing, like honky & spook. the radio was way to strict back then. this band has several great songs. the stories had 2. mammy blue /long version is great. by the way i wonder wat words hot chocolate would of used if the lovers were mexican & arab?
Both versions are great, but Hot Chocolate's ORIGINAL version definitely has the better instrumentation while The Stories version really has got the vocal passion.
Hot Chocolate: Emma, You Sexy Thing, (my fav. Everyone's a Winner) I never knew they covered Brother Louie! Weird? Now I'm going to sound like Robert Plant it makes you wonder....
I love the look of the dude on the far right. Nice shirt and belt brother man! Never heard this before Fxs show Louie and loved it instantly. Sounds like a slightly different version though. Jungle fever!
This was a top 10 single in the UK for HC in 1973. The spoken bits really drive the point home for me (compared with The Stories version). Plus, you can hear the pain in Errol's vocal.
no offense, but since i heard the stories version first, as a kid and it was so impactful, i love it more. it was so raw. Hot Chocolate wrote it though, kudos. i wonder if they liked the Stories version
The Stories cover version is better
spd3x 4 days ago
70`s funk these guys was kings
smithdvr 2 weeks ago
#1 song when i was born..lol
badastinner 3 weeks ago
@badastinner Me too, but it was the Stories version. I like each version for different reasons.
johchadow 3 weeks ago
Fab !
lorinstoll 3 weeks ago
The band was and has always been Hot Chocolate. The record company felt that they needed some caucasians to broaden the bands pop audience appeal. Famously, the studio powers demaded the addition of "some marshmellows", hence the two white boys.
chronodiver300 4 weeks ago
@chronodiver300 yeah right, they were probably the brains behind the op.
maroonoasis 3 weeks ago
louie ck brought me here... :)
R1ProductionHouse 1 month ago
Hi youtubers, kool to read some of good things about this song !
For me the best Version still the cover from Undisputed Truth.
The vocal is just amazin' and give a better emotion than Hot Chocolate. (personnal opinion)
But i like the original one :) it's a pure dope !
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SuckMyGroove 1 month ago
WHOA! Just when I thought I had listened to just about all of the essentials.....
Annamandabella 1 month ago
@Annamandabella I just fell into the Alexis Korner WikipediaHole
Annamandabella 1 month ago
There's just some kind of soul to Ian Lloyd's voice that makes the Stories version my favorite. I grew up listening to that version on the radio....love it! "Aint no difference if your black or white - brothers you know what I mean"!!! KILLER!!
AceFrehleyArchive 1 month ago
@AceFrehleyArchive
"no difference if your black or white"
you + are = YOU'RE
SoundOfYourDestiny 1 month ago
@SoundOfYourDestiny - Ooooops, you're right!!!
AceFrehleyArchive 1 month ago
funny here in holland we had a commercial who used this song but changed it as juli july. it was i think a commercial of the beer brand heineken.
makkie211175 1 month ago
Always been my favourite band.....
MsAnitaj22 2 months ago
These two white guys look so out of place lol. They don't even look like they should be in a band. Look more like computer nerds.
MightyZarkon 2 months ago
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lonergan24681 2 months ago
@MightyZarkon
Bit of a racist remark, no doubt if I posted a comment stating that the other four wer out of place..I would get plenty of remarks !
lonergan24681 2 months ago
@lonergan24681 Well they outnumber the other two significantly, so your comment wouldn't really make any sense. If it makes you feel better they don't look out of place because they're white rather because they're standing/sitting with their arms crossed awkwardly while the other four look rather casual.
Quimby3000 1 month ago
song speak for life and love re 60s/70s .We still blind not a whole lot change!??
BIG up bbrother Lewis Hamalton a WINNER F1 good luck next season ya hot !
geeroots1 2 months ago
I like Stories better..
CamelliaSpyder 2 months ago
First grade teachers made us listen to this while we watched them blow stuff up on t.v. in Vietnam, every night Vietnam was on t.v. and this stuff and all the riots were going on, and they really tried to make kids feel like they and their families sucked. One teacher put up violent people in foreign governments up on her chalkboard, lol --4 awhile, we lived where weather undergr. blew up a house in nyc. the adults never cared how any of it affected kids, they just "did their thing."
westchesterny 2 months ago
i like this version better than any other atleast 100 times
faziljaved 3 months ago
IF IM NOT MISTAKEN THE STORIES DID THE ORIGINAL VERSION
lilcarter8 4 months ago
I disagree. This version sounds like a cover sorry. I grew up in the 70s - born 1961 and the version I remember the radio playing all the time was way better!
From The Sounds of the 70s - won't let me put the link here.
Dragonslayer1361 4 months ago
@Dragonslayer1361 well that depends on where you grew up i guess...americans would be familiar to the Stories' version, whereas europeans would know the Hot Chocolate version. as it has happened with a lot of songs.
either way, this is indeed the original.
Boghylden 4 months ago
@Dragonslayer1361 nah..i agree with the other guy. this is definitly the best version of this song
rupertreddle 2 months ago
brilliant
jasonptify 4 months ago
tuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnneeeeeee
megabootsie 4 months ago
@TheSouITwins
Alexis Korner was NOT responsible in the slightest for discovering Hot Chocolate. After briefly being signed to Apple Records (they had impressed John Lennon with a cover of "Give Peace A Chance") their success was down to hard work and their relationship with producer Mickie Most.
oldwulf1974 4 months ago
good song!!!!
360000k 4 months ago
Love it!
MakeGyoza 4 months ago
Does anyone else think the guy on the right looks a lot like Nick Kroll.
TheR4k3 5 months ago
@TheR4k3 Hahaha, good call.
M3ntok 4 months ago
Emma is very much like this. An urban tragedy.
4bibimimi 5 months ago
awesome
aprilspring770 5 months ago
c.r.a.z.y.
djWillieG 5 months ago
Get it, no spook in my family!
hershelmccoy 5 months ago 2
@hershelmccoy The "no spooks in my family" voice-over was done by the late, great DJ/promoter Alexis Korner who was largely responsible for discovering Hot Cho0colate and making them the success they were in the 70-80's
TheSoulTwins 4 months ago
Is the lead singer with Hot Chocolate a bit snooty? That's the impression I got from an article I read about him years and years ago. Lord Snooty!
squirell1952 5 months ago
@squirell1952 what a weird comment.
IAmKingBonzo 5 months ago
thanx MUM :)
MsSchwarzerrabe 5 months ago
I like the Version from the Group S T O R I E S better
Micky2009ish 5 months ago 2
Stories remake is waaaay better, but this one still rocks.
memofromturner 6 months ago
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Thumbs Up if Louie on FX with Louis C.K. brought you here
selgahmi 6 months ago 173
@selgahmi thumbs up if people think ur an ass & people got here because of the band!!
tommieparch 6 months ago
@selgahmi : :)))
Starlightmare1 5 months ago
@selgahmi I heard this as a kid but I dont think I ever heard the full lyrics, only the end chorus. CK's show brought me back, in many ways.Though this isn't the version I remember. The chorus is much shorter in this.
FrankDamage 5 months ago
@FrankDamage My mate sez the version u [and i] are thinking of is by Stories.
4bibimimi 5 months ago
@4bibimimi Yeah he's right! I found it shortly after seeing this. My guess is this one is the original. Still a good version in any case.
FrankDamage 5 months ago
i wish i lived in the seventies
DirtyMikeballin 7 months ago 10
@DirtyMikeballin It was great....good music,kung movies and good people...you would've had a really good time!!
PumaDown 1 month ago
woooo hooo good song!!.....xD
nikola45998 7 months ago
i guess this is really a song. gg louis ck. whiter than white!!!
lessobvious 7 months ago 3
bombay bombay..
maessj98 7 months ago
Damn......they bring this so HARD!!!! Wooooooo
PEACE
ddesign63 7 months ago
This is the original, and as usually the original is the best, by far...
MrDimikor 7 months ago 34
@MrDimikor -- Hot Chocolate invented and wrote this song and they did a good job but the Stories version is better.
Just like Blue Swede re-did the great song Hooked on a Feeling a little better than the original from BJ Thomas.
BeerHits 2 months ago
@BeerHits I respect your opinion but there's no way to change mine. Once I heard both of them was enough to compare.
MrDimikor 2 months ago
@MrDimikor
Agreed: just listened to 'The Stories' version and its not even in the same league as Erroll and his crew
TheHansVogel 3 weeks ago
this is fire some 1 need to sample this
stanzanyc 7 months ago
I like hot chocolate's version better than stories. Just sayin
cltoo1 7 months ago
WOW. I didn't know Hot Chocolate made this. I guess The Stories version is more popular.
JEDI7ACEN 7 months ago
kiedy biorę za mikrofon, to frajerzy się smucą..
jebik 7 months ago
This song is good, but you have to admit the Stories version has ALL the character. The song was mediocre until they got hold of it. Now it's a classic that everyone can recognize. Original is not always best.
newBIGmedia 7 months ago
@newBIGmedia give respect where respect is do stories knew that this song is a hit & the potential of it if they put their twist on it dont get me wrong i love stories version too but i cant say its better then the original thats blasphemy
stanzanyc 7 months ago
i like the music in this version better, but ill take stories vocals.
TxInMyBlood 7 months ago
for some reason this song reminds me of Phil Lynott
....I guess maybe because it's about a boy who falls in love with brown sugar....
zealberg 7 months ago
I'm very familiar with the story's version. This is the first time I've heard Hot Chocolate's original version. I must admit I like this one better. This should have been a big hit for them here in the US.
MidnightMoses69 8 months ago
Stories' original way better
Chariss40 8 months ago
Stories' original way better!
Chariss40 8 months ago
@Chariss40 See you`re just try`n to cause a scene cause you know Hot Chocolate was the original
LordGandor3 8 months ago
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The Stories did a cover of this track in 1973, and took it to #1 on the US Billboard top-100 chart.
Victor1970s 8 months ago
ilove bon jovi versions
richiebonjovi1 8 months ago
sounds like one of my ancestors
RogerPymp 8 months ago
The song still is about interracial love, a hot topic then. I myself am a product of this and have pretty much been eschewed by my black side as I am so white looking and acting to them. Their nickname for me was "Carlton"
princette 8 months ago
the good old fucked up days
raidouble 8 months ago
They just funked this thing up so well. The original is from 1963 sung by the Kingsmen. The song was initially banned then as people thought the instrumental duh, duh, duh in the original was about him fxxking his wife. In fact the song is about interracial love, a controversial topic in the early 60s, but quite acceptabel by the mid 70s when Hot Chocolate did this version.
princette 8 months ago
@princette 'Louie Louie' by the Kingsmen is a completely different song :) This is the original of 'Brother Louie', written by Errol Brown and Anthony Wilson. The Stories covered it.
BORROVAN26 8 months ago
@princette The Kingsmen did Louie Louie, not Brother Louie
loungezinger 8 months ago
I tkink that it´s not the original record!
I didn´t like it! I prefer Stories!
jaakriaj 9 months ago
...Prior to the "Disco invasion",Hot Chocolate had Really Good Recordings that was affiliated w/Funk & Rock, "Emma-line" & "You Could've Been a Lady"(later a top 10 for "April Wine") were much an early milestone For the Bands beginnings.it was John Lennon That admired their up beat reggae version of "Give Peace a Chance"!
wabankik 9 months ago
@wabankik the song isnt called emma-line its just called emma
SuperBlondie1993 6 months ago
The band should be called "Hot Chocolate with Two Marshmallows"
MrGysbertiHodenpyl 9 months ago 2
@MrGysbertiHodenpyl LOL this is too funny HAHAHA
whee76 8 months ago
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My name is Louie, my skin is very much whiter than white. My (ex) girlfriend is black. I can't believe I never thought of this song in all the time that we were going out. The only difference is that my parents loved her and still do.
realmusicforlife 9 months ago
If this would be the original... and too bad... it isn't :'(
MarjaKamans 9 months ago
the clue of this number is NO discrimination
JRproductionsful 9 months ago
And here I thought that 1200 Techniques were original.
Dimsta1986 9 months ago
Great and from BRIXTON
dublinbruno 9 months ago
I'm 15 and loving it!!!!
MrFunkypug 9 months ago
Never heard this one the instrustment are cold blooded
vopoxmuzyque 9 months ago
it dont matter if your black or white......its all pink in the middle!
esweet7 9 months ago
white guys in black bands and black guys in white bands. Ahhhh the 70s
roscoegino 9 months ago 2
prefer this to the stories version
roscoegino 9 months ago 2
Awesome. I DO enjoy the angst in the vocals of the Stories cover.
GuitarMirth 9 months ago
we in Coventry call him the singing Maltesa... Errol...lol.
allenparsons31 10 months ago
GREAT SONG!!!!!!
oximaxi13 10 months ago
Which version do they play on the brilliant Fox comedy series LOUIE staring LOUIE C.K.?
vratis69 10 months ago
@vratis69 The Stories and yea i love that show too!
stefanavich2000 9 months ago
@vratis69 Louis C.K. re-recorded the song with a backing track similar to the Hot Chocolate version (done by Reggie Watts) and hired Stories' Ian Lloyd to sing the vocals.
sonnyjjchiba 9 months ago
@sonnyjjchiba
Uhhh... Stories did a cover of this WAY before Louis C.K. ever did anything. Just saying... But, he used their version for his show on FX "Louie"
joshuamiller419 9 months ago
@joshuamiller419 Yes, of course Stories did a way earlier cover, but Louis, on a recent Opie and Anthony appearance, said that it was way too expensive to pay for the Stories cover itself, so he actually looked up Stories singer Ian Lloyd and paid him to re-record the song with Reggie Watts' background music (he mentions that Lloyd probably lost money by doing this, since he would have gotten a bump in royalties from the Stories' 1973 cover).
sonnyjjchiba 9 months ago
@joshuamiller419 The other way to tell the difference is that for the Louie credits you can hear Lloyd sing one line as "Louie, Louie, you're gonna die!", a lyric that isn't in the original (where the lyric stays "Louie, Louie, you're gonna sigh/cry!"
sonnyjjchiba 9 months ago
Didn't know this was the original band. Learn something new everyday (try to anyway) dig?
CarrollGazette 10 months ago
The colored were definitely better dressed :-)
gorantrevise 10 months ago
There are many vastly inferior versions of this song if you are thinking of doing a cover please don't bother! like most songs the original is by far the best & does not need covering. From1973nitram
1973nitram 11 months ago
According to Wikipedia the song "Brother Louie" was written and sung by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson of the group Hot Chocolate, and was a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart for the band in 1973, Alexis Korner has a spoken part in this version of the song.The song was COVERED by the American band, Stories, (featuring singer Ian Lloyd) about six months after Hot Chocolate's UK hit, and the Stories version made number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. So there you have it! From1973nitram
1973nitram 11 months ago
y r ppl so racist :(
1044tiny 11 months ago
stories version sucks hard compared to this..
fasima 11 months ago
@fasima ORIGINAL is 1000 times better
qsbird 11 months ago
@qsbird This IS the original. Hot Chocolate did it first in 1973, then Stories ripped it off.Written by Errol Brown (of Hot Chocolate !!! ).Pax to all from 73soulboy.Xxx.
73soulboy 11 months ago
@73soulboy Stories performed it FIRST in 1973 ~therefore it is the ORIGINAL (always the one who introduced the Song to the PUBLIC first) ~ the song was written by Errol Brown ~ HOT CHOCOLATE released it in 1974 on the Cicero Park Album
qsbird 11 months ago
@qsbird I'm sorry to contradict,but in England 'Brother Louie' by 'Hot Chocolate' was hit in April 1973,reaching number 7. It was also recorded by 'Stories' in 1973, but their version did not chart in England although it did reach number 1 in America also in 1973 not 1974. 'Hot Chocolate's' version was,is and remains the ORIGINAL. Pax to all from 73soulboy .Xxx. :-)
73soulboy 11 months ago
@qsbird You're wrong matey boy!!!!!
73soulboy 11 months ago
@qsbird this IS the original, made in BRITAIN!!!!!!
dseanc 11 months ago
@qsbird sometimes original isn't always better. not too bad though.
2eyejoe2 10 months ago
alot more angst in the stories version of this song
baddmanners1 11 months ago
Great band! Great song!
littlemorella 1 year ago
I like Hot Chocolate and I like this song a lot, too. Thanks for posting!
71mikefox 1 year ago
i like the stories version. it always makes me hurt inside. in the stories version i feel the racial tension of the seventies and the pain ofit. with this version it seems like just a song
whitestag1963 1 year ago 2
@whitestag1963 more tension in h. choc. version, cause they say the real word, i dont get u?
tommieparch 1 year ago
@whitestag1963 I love your answer ~ STORIES made that song THEIR SONG because they put all the pain in there ~~~ HOT CHOCOLATE did a same great Job with their Emma Song
qsbird 11 months ago
please see the version of the fantastic french singer CLAUDE FRANCOIS the title is 'dis lui pour moi' he 's the best thanks!!
06dreamliner 1 year ago
Been looking for this one for quite some time. My parents used to listen to this in their car. As soon as I found out the title, and heard Stories' version, it just felt wrong. Then I found out Hot Chocolate had covered it, and remembered we also had a Hot Chocolate cassette. So I looked this up, and after 2 seconds I immidiately knew it. This was right. Awesome piece of music right here..
HooliganDeem 1 year ago
@HooliganDeem the stories covered hot chocolate by the way
tommieparch 1 year ago
LOve this song from years ago. Still play it on my tape player. Thanks for posting.
Kingmick58 1 year ago
Great stuff
tescocadaver 1 year ago
this is a great band! when the stories did this song they took the meaning away, the race issue words were missing, like honky & spook. the radio was way to strict back then. this band has several great songs. the stories had 2. mammy blue /long version is great. by the way i wonder wat words hot chocolate would of used if the lovers were mexican & arab?
tommieparch 1 year ago 2
What a utterly brilliant Song,I was only a Kid when this was in the charts.I didn't take
much notice of it.However I now know exactly what I was missing.A truly great Band
and lead singer. Rock on Errol you are great mate.
flanneryged 1 year ago 2
HC was great for ever
robbybobby71 1 year ago
Both versions are great, but Hot Chocolate's ORIGINAL version definitely has the better instrumentation while The Stories version really has got the vocal passion.
mothra1000 1 year ago
@mothra1000
I agree with you. My sentiments exactly! Both versions have good qualities to offer.
WDJeff 1 year ago
@mothra1000 totally agree with ya bud
xMeanBean 10 months ago
classic
niamja12345 1 year ago
goods souvenirs !!!!!!!!! i'am french man in PARIS in FRANCE !!!! 57 years !!
godiosm 1 year ago
I like this song a lot, it's my absolutely No. 1 hit of Hot Chocolate! This song makes me happy!
germansuse 1 year ago
"i don't want no spook, in my family!"
jackheaney 1 year ago
@jackheaney then you should leave.....
sassysizzle 1 year ago
@sassysizzle I was actually making a point at how good the lyrics portray a relationship torn apart by the racism of their families.
jackheaney 1 year ago
great song , great band
bernardmeyre 1 year ago
This is the hottest chocolate!!!!!
MrErol12 1 year ago 32
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iSpode 1 year ago
This wasn't a cover.
The Stories covered this song from Hot Chocolate.
goerickago 1 year ago
@goerickago I dont knew that! Anyway, The Stories version is more powerfull.
gmansi 1 year ago
My man there in the striped blue shirt is definitely some HOT CHOCOLATE
GetOffMyNutsac 1 year ago 11
@GetOffMyNutsac LOL!
shivershaver 7 months ago
Hot Chocolate: Emma, You Sexy Thing, (my fav. Everyone's a Winner) I never knew they covered Brother Louie! Weird? Now I'm going to sound like Robert Plant it makes you wonder....
loudmusic67 1 year ago
No wonder they never played this version on the radio!
Flagg1991 1 year ago
These guys were tight. Great band !!!
Toracube 1 year ago
GOOD SONG that WAS freaky when the said that i don't want no spook in the family mom and dad's is racist
anko8aug 1 year ago
It was John Lennon who gave them their name
originalpauper 1 year ago
@originalpauper really?
valladezzy615 1 year ago
@valladezzy615 sure dude
originalpauper 1 year ago
1 of the best r.n.b tracks of all time!!!
opendtuning 1 year ago 2
Great music is colorless
8888BigDave 1 year ago 22
wow never heard this version ,i like it too very different. but trip on the the one of stories.
frenchie376 1 year ago
lovin' it <3 it was my first LP song, on vinyl it's even better!
thelastdragonite 1 year ago
Sooooo soooooth!
fritzg40 1 year ago
music from heaven
TheJasonking 1 year ago
Awe man, I love this rendition...dig that funkadelic beat to it!!!...
How about that funky The Cat In The Hat piece that soul brother No. One has on at the bottom roll, heh?!!!
grumpypant 1 year ago 2
Hot chocolate singing about Brother Louie...ain't that funny :)
AFCA5691 1 year ago
is this the original version of this song
jadedheart30 1 year ago
@jadedheart30 this is original . loved it when it was first released still sounds good x
hannsmale 1 year ago
@jadedheart30 Yep, it sure is!
mratfauver 1 year ago
I love the look of the dude on the far right. Nice shirt and belt brother man! Never heard this before Fxs show Louie and loved it instantly. Sounds like a slightly different version though. Jungle fever!
berylman 1 year ago
Te cover by bert heerink are better.
Bert heerink - julie july
wesleyLYNO 1 year ago
samplé par scred connexion " trop saouler"
mamar667 1 year ago
Louis CK!
CoolerKing37 1 year ago 3
The theme song from fx's Louis, Love it!
15georgest 1 year ago
Do you know why Brother Louie has issues? Because...He's a SCOT!
Mike2747 1 year ago
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pecami7 1 year ago
This was a top 10 single in the UK for HC in 1973. The spoken bits really drive the point home for me (compared with The Stories version). Plus, you can hear the pain in Errol's vocal.
TheJessefan 1 year ago
@TheJessefan 10/10, couldn't have said it better!
censortube09 1 year ago
aye !!!! no scotsmun !!!!
g3gstflm 1 year ago
I ALWAYS LOVED THIS SONG!!
spainishgirl 1 year ago
Bert Heerink reproduced it in to Julie, for the dutch heiniken commercials
karelvvv 1 year ago
one blood
gooner556 1 year ago
no offense, but since i heard the stories version first, as a kid and it was so impactful, i love it more. it was so raw. Hot Chocolate wrote it though, kudos. i wonder if they liked the Stories version
MacGrurry 1 year ago
i want no kilt wearing scotsman in my family, you dig!
porridgeeveryday 1 year ago