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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: Dance Stance

Album: It Was Like This

Album Details:
Album It Was Like This
Label
Release Date 1996-05-20
Total Tracks 18
Track Listing:
1Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache03:24
2Tell Me When My Light Turns Green03:44
3The Teams That Meet in Caffs04:02
4Dance Stance03:40
5Geno03:26
6I'm Just Looking04:22
7Thankfully Not Living in Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply02:55
8Seven Days Too Long02:38
9I Couldn't Help It If I Tried04:11
10Respect - Live03:34
11The Horse02:22
12Keep It03:58
13Love, Pt. 1 (Poem)01:08
14There There My Dear03:17
15Keep It, Pt. 2 (Inferiority, Pt. 1)03:54
16One Way Love03:11
17Plan B02:37
18Soul Finger02:13

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Come on Eileen
8705793
2Come On Eileen - Single Edit
711418
3Geno
290457
4Geno - 2000 Remaster
171855
5Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
153581
6The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You)
96747
7Let's Make This Precious
77115
8Plan B
62205
9Come On Eileen - Album Edit
50066
10Old
47313

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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