Mar282024

Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners - the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe - were a British post-punk and Northern Soul band who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. The word Dexys in this case, comes from a colloquialism of dextroamphetamine, a type of amphetamine diet pill that was a popular 'upper' drug with England's Northern Soul scene in the 1960s. Founded in 1978 by former singer of the Killjoys, Kevin Rowland, and guitarist Kevin "Al" Archer Read more on Last.fm

Track: Seven Days Too Long

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Come on Eileen
6562275
2Come On Eileen - Single Edit
521953
3Geno
282975
4Geno - 2000 Remaster
132646
5Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
131173
6The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)
79863
7Let's Make This Precious
69045
8Plan B
58393
9Seven Days Too Long
53990
10Come On Eileen - Album Edit
50059

Other Album Releases:

The Feminine Divine
Too-Rye-Ay (As It Should Have Sounded 2022)
Live At The Royal Court Liverpool 2003
The Projected Passion Revue
Don't Stand Me Down
Too Rye Ay
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
I'm Going To Get Free (2024)
My Goddess Is
My Submission

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