Dexys Midnight Runners

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Contrary to what might be expected, Dexys Midnight Runners is consistently spelled without an apostrophe. The word Dexy, in this case, comes from a colloquialism of dextroamphetamine or purple hearts, a type of amphetamine diet pill that was a popular "upper" drug with England's Northern Soul scene in the 1960s.

Discussion about the capitalization of "Come On Eileen".

Annotation last modified on 2011-06-12 06:08 UTC.

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Dexys Midnight Runners (currently called Dexys) are an English pop group with soul influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid-1980s. They are best known for their songs "Come On Eileen" and "Geno", both of which went No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Discography

Album

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1980 Searching for the Young Soul Rebels Dexys Midnight Runners 5 6
1982 Too-Rye-Ay Dexys Midnight Runners 4 6
1985 Don't Stand Me Down Dexys Midnight Runners 5

Album + Compilation

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1983 Geno Compilation Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1991 The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners Compilation Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1993 Because of You Compilation Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1996 It Was Like This Compilation Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1996 Master Series: Dexys Midnight Runners Compilation Dexys Midnight Runners 1
2003 Let's Make This Precious: The Best of Dexys Midnight Runners Compilation Dexys Midnight Runners 1
2007 The Projected Passion Revue Compilation Dexys Midnight Runners 1
— The Very Best Of Compilation Dexys Midnight Runners 1

Album + Live

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1993 BBC Radio One Live in Concert Live Dexys Midnight Runners 2
1995 1980-1982: The Radio 1 Sessions Live Dexys Midnight Runners 1

Single

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1979 Dance Stance / I'm Just Looking Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1980 Geno Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1980 There, There My Dear Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1981 Show Me / Soon Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1986 Because of You Dexys Midnight Runners 1
1987 Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners & The Emerald Express 2

Live

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
— 1982-10-10: Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK Live Dexys Midnight Runners 1
— 1982-11-13: L'Eldorado, Paris, France Live Dexys Midnight Runners 1
— 2003-10-04: Radio 2 FM, Baltic Centre, Newcastle, UK Live Dexys Midnight Runners 1

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