Louie Louie by the Kingsmen

The Kingsmen's interpretation of the song Louie Louie in 1963 was a major smash. It's a song that almost all of us have heard, but none of us can probably sing because nobody is familiar with the lyrics. Although the song has a great melody, the singer's lyrics are completely incomprehensible. That was the main factor in the song's temporary ban, in fact.

The song was outlawed in Indiana in 1964, and the governor went a step further by asking the FBI to look into it on a criminal level for being pornographic. Those nonsense lyrics had to be fairly bad, right? The FBI didn't agree, but it took them two years to get to that conclusion.

After two years of research into the music, the law enforcement agency released a 119-page report that found that, no, the song was not pornographic. This came after agents from as many as six different bureaus listened to the song repeatedly, both at high and low speeds, in an effort to understand what the hell it was about.

Many parents said that they, too, had heard obscene lyrics in letters to the FBI and the Attorney General. But none were really discovered. For what it's worth, the Indianapolis office really asked the record label for a copy of the lyrics and