Apr192024

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

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Come on Eileen
6685967
2Come On Eileen - Single Edit
533124
3Geno
283258
4Geno - 2000 Remaster
134599
5Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
132215
6The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)
80643
7Let's Make This Precious
69460
8Plan B
58585
9Seven Days Too Long
54040
10Come On Eileen - Album Edit
50060

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