"Brother Louie" | ||||
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Single by Hot Chocolate | ||||
B-side | "I Want to Be Free" | |||
Released | 1973 | |||
Length | 4:23 | |||
Label | Rak | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Mickie Most | |||
Hot Chocolate singles chronology | ||||
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"Brother Louie" is a song by British soul band Hot Chocolate. Written by members Errol Brown and Tony Wilson and produced by Mickie Most, the song discusses an interracial love affair between a white man and a black woman, and the subsequent rejection of both by their parents because of it. Upon its release as a single, "Brother Louie" peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in 1973.[1] Alexis Korner has a spoken word part in this version of the song.[2] Phil Dennys arranged the string section.