Dexys Midnight Runners

Songwriter: Billy Adams Kevin Rowland Helen O’Hara

Producer: Arun Chakraverty

[Verse 1]
Because of you
These things I do
Because of you
Because of you

Bup-bum-bah, b-because of you
Because of you, ohh

[Chorus]
Oh well, you love nature
(You love nature)
You love nature
(You love nature)
You love nature don't you?
Whoa, yeah

[Verse 2]
Oh, anything you want me to do
Baby, I'd do it for you
Anything I can do
I'll do for you

Anything, anything for you
I'll see it through

[Chorus]
Oh well, you love nature
(You love nature)
You love nature
(You love nature)
You love nature don't you?

[Bridge]
And if you need some place to be
You're alright with me
You want company
You're alright with me

[Chorus]
Oh well, you love nature
(You love nature)
You love nature
(You love nature)
You love nature don't you?

[Outro]
Ahh
Ooh, uh-ahh
Yeah, yeah, yeah!

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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Because of You [single]

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Because of You [single] (1986)

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Because of You [single]