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Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners - the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe - was 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's 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
8740377
2Come On Eileen - Single Edit
714260
3Geno
290626
4Geno - 2000 Remaster
172489
5Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
153983
6The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)
97091
7Let's Make This Precious
77297
8Plan B
62306
9Come On Eileen - Album Edit
50066
10Old
47411

Other Album Releases:

The Feminine Divine + Dexys Classics: Live!
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)
My Submission

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