Few pop songs evoke such an overwhelming, immediate rush of pure joy more than Dexys Midnight Runners’ No. 1 hit “Come On Eileen.” In the world of 1982 pop radio, there was simply nothing like it – ...

Four decades ago, soulful British post-punks Dexys Midnight Runners, now simply known as Dexys, became unlikely pop superstars when their skiffle-inflected banjo jam “Come On Eileen” went to No. 1 in ...

Context is a funny thing. In the UK, Dexys Midnight Runners were a troubled institution -- a chaotic young band who couldn't stop breaking apart and reforming and who still managed to tap into some ...

Rowland recalled being interviewed by a “really good-looking” woman who reminded him of “being a teenager, surrounded by Irish Catholic girls you couldn’t touch but at the same time with these ...

As part of NPR's series One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs, musician Ted Leo says the British band known for "Come On Eileen" has more to offer... Forget Eileen: Ted Leo On The Unsung Greatness Of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Sometime around 2016, Kevin Rowland, the driving force behind the ...

(CBS 11) - If you are into 80s pop/rock music, you know about Dexys Midnight Runners. This band is British, originally from Birmingham, England. They formed in 1978 and were active through 1986, then ...

The band formerly known as the Midnight Runners hopes to move beyond one-hit wonder status in the U.S. with "One Day I'm Going to Soar." By Jonathan Bernstein Dexys One Day I'm Going to Soar Album - P ...

This week, Morning Edition begins a series called One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs. Each segment focuses on a musician or band whose career in the United States is defined by a single monster hit, ...