The State I'm In (Louie Louie album)

The State I'm In
The State I'm In
Studio album by Louie Louie
Released	April 1990
Genre	Pop rock; R&B;
Length	45:00
Label	WTG; Epic;
Producer	Frankie Blue; Les Pierce;
Louie Louie chronology
Singles from The State I'm In
	"Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury"; Released: 1990; "I Wanna Get Back with You"; Released: 1990; "Rodeo Clown"; Released: 1990;

The State I'm In is the debut album by the American musician Louie Louie.^[3] It was released in April 1990 via WTG Records in the US and on July 30, 1990, via Epic Records in the UK.^[4] It is his only album to date to chart on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 136.^[5] The lead single "Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury" is also his only hit so far on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 19.^[5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Frankie Blue and Les Pierce.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The State I'm In"	Louie Louie	3:22
2.	"Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury"	Louie Louie Les Pierce	4:04
3.	"I Wanna Get Back with You"	Philip Bailey Louie Louie Danny Sembello Marti Sharron	3:51
4.	"Mata Hari"	Louie Louie Les Pierce	4:13
5.	"Penny Lady"	Paul Ahlefeld Frankie Blue Gino Garcia Louie Louie Sam Masa-Rani	5:03
6.	"Stop Lookin' for Someone Else"	Louie Louie Les Pierce	4:04
7.	"Hurt Baby"	Louie Louie	3:17
8.	"Let Me Divorce You"	Louie Louie	5:53
9.	"I'm Sorry That It Happened to You"	Paul Ahlefeld Gino Garcia Louie Louie Sam Masa-Rani	3:52
10.	"Variety Is the Spice of Life"	Louie Louie Les Pierce	3:57
11.	"Rodeo Clown"	Louie Louie	3:31
Total length:			45:00

Chart performance for *The State I'm In*
Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6]	117
US Billboard 200^[5]	136

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^ Tuber, Keith (December 1990). "Louie Louie". Orange Coast. Vol. 16, no. 12. p. 30.
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^ ^a ^b ^c "Louie Louie - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
^ "Louis Louis ARIA chart history to June 2025". ARIA. Retrieved June 17, 2025 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.