"Brother Louie" is Modern Talking's first single from their third album, Ready for Romance. It was their fourth consecutive single to top the German Singles Chart, after "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", "You Can Win If You Want" and "Cheri, Cheri Lady". "Brother Louie" was released on 27 January 1986 and it peaked at No. 1 on 3 March1986 in Germany. The single spent four weeks at the top and total of 17 weeks in the German single chart. In the UK, it peaked at No. 4 in the charts and went silver for selling over 250,000 units. "Brother Louie" was also certified silver in France for selling over 250,000 units. In 1998, not long after the duo's reunion, a remixed version of the single was released entitled "Brother Louie '98". The single, released in a new sleeve, was also successful. It went gold in France for selling over 250,000 units.
Music video
The music video of "Brother Louie" was directed by Pit Weyrich and contains footage from the 1984 filmOnce Upon a Time in America, interspersed with the band members playing on a stage surrounded by dancing fans.
"Brother Louie '98" is Modern Talking's second single from their seventh album, Back for Good, and also the second single after the duo's reunion. "Brother Louie '98" is the re-packaged version of the original 1986 version of "Brother Louie". The single, as the first single "You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98" off Back For Good features Eric Singleton. "Brother Louie '98" was released in Germany and in other European territories on 20 July 1998. While, the single entered the top-20 in Germany and Austria, it managed to enter number-one in Hungary, the top-5 in France and the top-10 in Sweden. In France, "Brother Louie '98" reached a gold status for selling over 250,000 units.
Brother Louie '99 is Modern Talking's re-packaged version of the original "Brother Louie" from their album Back for Good. This version was released for the UK market only and contains remixes that were not included on "Brother Louie '98".
The song was released by German rapper and singer Kay One in 2017 as "Louis Louis". The adaptation borrows largely from the original, but with an all-German new lyrics and an added rap section, the latter including additional sampling from the song. The single reached #9 on the German Singles Chart. The song also charted in Austria and Switzerland. The song was included to the compilation album Die Mega Hits. ;Music video Kay One also released a music video that opens with some verses of the original Modern Talking song "Brother Louie" with Kay One browsing a number of Modern Talking release covers. ;Charts
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Vize version
In July 2020, German DJ duo Vize, Kazakh DJ Imanbek and Modern Talking composer and producer Dieter Bohlen covered the song with Leony singing the chorus parts.
