Apr232024

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: This is What She%27s Like

Album: Don't Stand Me Down

Album Details:
Album Don't Stand Me Down
Label
Release Date 1985-09
Total Tracks 7
Track Listing:
1The Occasional Flicker05:49
2This Is What She's Like12:20
3Knowledge Of Beauty07:00
4One Of Those Things05:57
5Reminisce - Pt.203:32
6Listen To This03:18
7The Waltz08:22

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Come on Eileen
6704299
2Come On Eileen - Single Edit
534803
3Geno
283312
4Geno - 2000 Remaster
134937
5Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
132390
6The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)
80764
7Let's Make This Precious
69529
8Plan B
58629
9Seven Days Too Long
54044
10Come On Eileen - Album Edit
50060

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
Dance With Me (Dutch Uncles Remix)
I'm Going To Get Free (2024)
My Goddess Is

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