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Jun 25, 2024 · Unbelievably, “Come On Eileen” was nearly passed over by Dexys’ record label, as Rowland later told M: “By the time the song was finished my confidence in it had really been knocked, and ...
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Aug 2, 2023 · Many fans of What We Do In The Shadows will likely be disappointed to find out that “Come On Eileen” was not written by Laszlo Cravensworth in 1852 as an ode to a local fishmonger’s wife, Eileen. The song was a single from Dexys Midnight Runners’ second album Too-Rye-Ay.
Jun 18, 2024 · According to the official credits, 'Come on Eileen' was written by Dexys Midnight Runners frontman Kevin Rowland together with Jim Paterson and Billy Adams. When he was having a bit of a personal crisis in the late 1990s, Kevin tried to shove over a fair bit of credit to ex-Dexys star Kevin Archer.
"Come On Eileen" is a song by the English group Dexys Midnight Runners (credited to Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express), released in the United Kingdom in June 1982 as a single from their second studio album Too-Rye-Ay. It reached number one in the United States and was their second number one hit in the UK, following 1980's "Geno".
Nov 12, 2022 · The lyrics for the song, however, came from Rowland and a sexual experience he had with his own Eileen. The pair had grown up within a strict Catholic community, even attending church together. The track, therefore, touches on these conflicting feelings of desire and shame, Rowland told Melody Maker: “It’s absolutely true all the way.
Jul 31, 2023 · Come On Eileen was the best-selling single to come out of 1982 but do you know the real inspiration behind the hit track by Dexys Midnight Runners?
Oct 12, 2023 · “Come On Eileen” took over airwaves around the world two years later, as the second single released from the band’s 1982 sophomore album Too-Rye-Ay. Capitalizing on that success proved ...
