Dexys Midnight Runners

Songwriter: Kevin Rowland Billy Adams

Producer: Alan Winstanley Helen O’Hara Billy Adams Kevin Rowland

I was thinking of a compromise when
I saw the beauty in your eyes
It heightened something in me so I'll say so
You were always near to me
And thoughts of you will stay with me
Until the day I die

You were standing next to me
In '82 and '83
In all that time
I barely proved I loved you
Well there's nothing wrong but the wrong in me
You were everything you were meant to be

Now I just want to say this to you
Listen to this, Iisten to this
I love you, I love you

Did you know that I loved you
From the start
You didn't care about my words
And why should you?
You didn't know that all the time I loved you so

I love you, I love you

Dexys Midnight Runners (currently officially Dexys, their common nickname; sometimes styled with and sometimes without an apostrophe) are an English pop band with soul influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid-1980s. They are best known in the UK for their songs “Come On Eileen” and “Geno”, both of which peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as six other top-20 singles.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dexys went through numerous personnel changes over the course of three albums and thirteen singles, with only singer/songwriter/co-founder Kevin Rowland remaining in the band through all of the transitions and only Rowland and “Big” Jim Paterson (trombone) appearing on all of the albums. By 1985, the band consisted only of Rowland and long-standing members Helen O'Hara (violin) and Billy Adams (guitar). The band broke up in 1987, with Rowland becoming a solo artist. After two failed restart attempts, Dexys was reformed by Rowland in 2003 with new members, as well as a few returning members from the band’s original lineup (known as Dexys Mark I). Dexys released their fourth album in 2012 and a fifth followed in 2016.

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From the albums

Don’t Stand Me Down (1985)
Nowhere Is Home (2014)

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