Brother Louie

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Brother Louie
Modern talking
publication January 27, 1986
length 3:41
Genre (s) Synthpop , Euro Disco
Author (s) Dieter Bohlen
Producer (s) Dieter Bohlen
Label Hansa Records , BMG
album Ready for romance
Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Singles
Brother Louie ( Modern Talking )
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 02/17/1986 (17 weeks)
  AT 2 03/01/1986 (12 weeks)
  CH 2 02/09/1986 (12 weeks)
  UK 4th 08/16/1986 (10 weeks)
Brother Louie '98 (Modern Talking)
  DE 16 08/03/1998 (11 weeks)
  AT 17th 08/23/1998 (10 weeks)
  CH 21st 08/16/1998 (9 weeks)
Louis Louis ( Kay One )
  DE 9 05/26/2017 (19 weeks)
  AT 16 06/02/2017 (15 weeks)
  CH 58 05/28/2017 (8 weeks)
Brother Louie ( VIZE x Imanbek x Dieter Bohlen feat. Leony )
  DE 64 07/17/2020 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2020 where.)

Brother Louie is a synth-pop / euro disco song by Modern Talking from 1986. It was released as a single in January 1986 and on the album Ready for Romance in May of that year .

Creation and publication

According to Dieter Bohlen, who wrote and produced the song himself, the song is dedicated to his friend, co-producer Luis Rodriguez . The single was released on January 27, 1986.

The music video features surreal effects and scenes from the film Once Upon a Time in America .

reception

The song became a number one hit in Germany and Sweden . In Switzerland and Austria , the single reached number two. In the United Kingdom , the title reached number four, by far the duo's greatest chart success in the British charts.

The single achieved silver status in France and Great Britain and gold in Belgium .

In 1998 and 1999 further new recordings of the song appeared under the title Brother Louie '98 and '99 , respectively , whereby the former was able to place in the top 20 of the German hit parade, in which it reached number 16. It reached 17th place in Austria and 21st place in Switzerland.

Cover versions

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK
  2. a b c d Modern Talking - Brother Louie , hitparade.ch
  3. ^ A b Brother Louie , formel-eins.tv
  4. Music video on Dailymotion.com ( memento of the original from October 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dailymotion.com
  5. Modern Talking , officialcharts.com
  6. Gold & Platinum Awards 1986. Music & Media Magazine, December 27, 1986, accessed October 7, 2019 (English, page 34).
  7. Modern Talking - Brother Louie '98 , hitparade.ch