Jul062025

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

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# Title Plays
1Come on Eileen
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2Come On Eileen - Single Edit
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3Geno
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4Geno - 2000 Remaster
171705
5Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
153491
6The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)
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7Let's Make This Precious
77082
8Plan B
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9Come On Eileen - Album Edit
50066
10Old
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