#too-rye-ay

[retropopcult]

"Come On Eileen" is a 1982 song by English group Dexys Midnight Runners, released as a single from their album Too-Rye-Ay.  It reached number one in the United States, as well as in their native UK.  The song was written by the band’s lead singer Kevin Rowland, but Rowland later stated that the essence of the tune should be attributed to Kevin Archer.  Other contributors were Jim Paterson and Billy Adams.

The music video was directed by Julien Temple and filmed in the London suburb of Kennington in the vicinity of the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street, then Austral Street and Holyoak Road. The character of "Eileen" in the music video, as well as on the single cover, is played by Máire Fahey, sister of Siobhan Fahey from Bananarama.  The video also features archival footage of Johnnie Ray arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport.

[bestofmidi]

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Come on Eileen These people 'round here Wear beaten-down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces They're so resigned to what their fate is But not us (no, never) No, not us (no, never) We are far too young and clever Remember

original midi at https://web.archive.org/web/19980514132533if_/http://neburton.simplenet.com:80/midi/pop2/Eileen.mid

[kidpix-album-covers]

Dexys Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay (1982)

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[rainingmusic]

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen 

[thethingsireallylike]

One if the greatest songs of the 80s. Such a fantastic tune!

[mitjalovse]

I propose a strange definition for the unfashionable musicians or whatever you want to call them – they are those that succeeded with something so out of the ordinary they can't continue easily. Dexys Midnight Runners, for instance, are more than their biggest hit – I think some are learning this fact lately –, yet think about the latter as well, since the piece ends up on many 80's compilations thanks to the tune being popular then, but remind yourself how out of place the composition sounds on most of them. I keep thinking the song feels closer to the Celtic pop revival from the early 90's than anything from the 80's. Moreover, one cannot be surprised over the triumph of this, the entire enterprise is a ramshackle drunk singalong that contains a deeply buried melancholy.

[diegolr]

“... y pensar que la música puede llevarte al cielo, y bajarte al infierno sin dificultad alguna ...”

[iheartvelma]

And here’s Too-Rye-Ay doing ‘Come On Eileen,’ because reasons