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Kevin Rowland and Dexy’s Midnight
Kevin Rowland and Dexy’s Midnight Runners had the greatest one hit wonder of the 80s with the catchy feel good dance ditty: Come On Eileen. For Kevin Rowland it came at a high price as his band almost split up, he was on the verge of mania and he absolutely hated the mix of the song. So much so that he refused to listen to it for 4 decades until her remixed it a few years back… Come ON Eileen was so big that the song stopped Michael Jackson from replacing himself at #1. Come On Eileen and it’s Too Rye AYE Irish Phrase put he band into heavy MTV rotation with a cool video as the lyrics and feeling came from years before when Kevin was an altar boy and was told that having sexual thoughts were shameful and dirty… He turned that repression into 1983 greatest one hitter. A bottled lightning classic.
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It’s time for another edition of our series Bottled Lightning where we celebrate a song or album that was king for a day or many days… Here we honor artists and bands and that rocketed up the charts… but for reasons unknown weren’t able to sustain that success. Called by some ‘one hit wonders’, we celebrate them instead as lightening in a bottle. Today we are heading back to 1982 to take a closer look at Dexys Midnight Runners #1 hit, Come On Eileen.
Conceived by vocalist and guitarist Kevin Rowland, Dexys Midnight Runners were one of the most original and eclectic UK bands to break out in the 80s. Rowland, along with rhythm guitarist Al Archer were previously members of punk outfit the Killjoys before forming Dexys in 1978. Adding several other members to the line-up... the initial grouping was a miniature orchestra, featuring musicians on bass, drums, piano, tenor sax, alto sax, trumpet and trombone. The band took their name from the amphetamine Dexedrine, which Northern Soul fans commonly used as a recreational drug. Rowland, the undisputable band leader, fashioned the band’s image straight out of the 1973 Robert De Niro movie Mean Streets.
The result was a chic New York Italian docker ensemble. Dexys Midnight Runners scored a top 40 UK hit right off the bat with their November 1979 debut single, ‘Dance Stance’ But it was their major label follow-up ‘Geno’ that really broke them in the UK, going all the way #1 in May 1980. However, only months after the release of their debut album ‘Searching for the Young Soul Rebels,’ Kevin Rowland was facing a mutiny. Their speedy chart success notwithstanding, Rowland’s supporting cast was put off by his dictatorial leadership style. And in November 1980, five members, defected to form a new band they called The Bureau.
Then the following January, Dexy co-founder Kevin ‘Al’ Archer jumped ship as well, forming The Blue Ox Babes.
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- 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9
- Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ
- 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX
- Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk
- Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl
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Executive Producer:
Brandon Fugal
Honorary Producers
Em Bee, Paul Moore II, Tee Atwell, Mike Millet, Mark Thompson, fakeaorta, Eric Farque, Jared Norris, Peter Kim, Moon Comix, Jacob Flores, Walter O. Wright II, Zachery Perry
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It’s time for another edition of our series Bottled Lightning where we celebrate a song or album that was king for a day or many days… Here we honor artists and bands and that rocketed up the charts… but for reasons unknown weren’t able to sustain that success. Called by some ‘one hit wonders’, we celebrate them instead as lightening in a bottle. Today we are heading back to 1982 to take a closer look at Dexys Midnight Runners #1 hit, Come On Eileen.
Conceived by vocalist and guitarist Kevin Rowland, Dexys Midnight Runners were one of the most original and eclectic UK bands to break out in the 80s. Rowland, along with rhythm guitarist Al Archer were previously members of punk outfit the Killjoys before forming Dexys in 1978. Adding several other members to the line-up... the initial grouping was a miniature orchestra, featuring musicians on bass, drums, piano, tenor sax, alto sax, trumpet and trombone. The band took their name from the amphetamine Dexedrine, which Northern Soul fans commonly used as a recreational drug. Rowland, the undisputable band leader, fashioned the band’s image straight out of the 1973 Robert De Niro movie Mean Streets.
The result was a chic New York Italian docker ensemble. Dexys Midnight Runners scored a top 40 UK hit right off the bat with their November 1979 debut single, ‘Dance Stance’ But it was their major label follow-up ‘Geno’ that really broke them in the UK, going all the way #1 in May 1980. However, only months after the release of their debut album ‘Searching for the Young Soul Rebels,’ Kevin Rowland was facing a mutiny. Their speedy chart success notwithstanding, Rowland’s supporting cast was put off by his dictatorial leadership style. And in November 1980, five members, defected to form a new band they called The Bureau.
Then the following January, Dexy co-founder Kevin ‘Al’ Archer jumped ship as well, forming The Blue Ox Babes.
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