# Lil Louis — French Kiss

Lil Louis’s French Kiss (1989) appears on 2 of our lists — Chicago House and The Waxonia Desk — Looped and Filtered, highest at No. 7 in Chicago House. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1989
- **Label:** Diamond / Epic
- **On:** Chicago House and The Waxonia Desk — Looped and Filtered
- **ISRC:** USSM18900036
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Lil Louis](https://waxonia.com/artist/lil-louis/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/lil-louis--french-kiss/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 7 in [Chicago House](https://waxonia.com/genre/chicago-house/)

The tempo drops to a near-halt in the middle and then climbs back. A structural gimmick that should not work, executed so confidently it became one of house music's defining moments.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Looped and Filtered](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-looped-and-filtered/)

A record whose entire architecture is one filter sweep held past the point of comfort, and then held longer. Every filtered house record of the next decade is downstream of it.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Lil%20Louis%20French%20Kiss) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=rmOAVfEDyhA)

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