Lil Louis is the stage name used by Chicago -born house music producer and DJ Louis Burns . He scored a number of hits on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1980s and 1990s, three of which hit #1 . His best known song , " French Kiss ," featured vocals by Shawn Christopher and spent two weeks at #1 on the dance chart in 1989. The house track features a several-minutes-long breakdown in which the music gradually slowed down in tempo to a stop. Even with its sensual sound, it crossed over to some pop radio stations and climbed to #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was a big success throughout Europe reaching # 2 in the UK Singles Chart and in Germany . Laurent Garnier 's 1997 12" single "Flashback" contained a remix made by Lil Louis called "Lil Louis Civilized Instrumental P...