Dexys Midnight Runners

Songwriter: Mickey Billingham Jim Paterson Kevin Rowland

Producer: Alan Winstanley Clive Langer

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Introducing the Celtic Soul Brothers and featuring the Strong Devoted
Ladies and gentlemen, would you now please take your leave

Because we've sat back looking and nearly been took
Even been scared but now I don't care and I'm telling anyone who'll listen
I've seen what's on show and now there's no more to know
And I've been there, I've been seen there, I've seemed it, dreamed it, schemed it, beaned it

We're coming through
How do you do?

Excuse me please, you're standing in my space
So step aside, now your time's up
Come on my friends, I would now like to propose a toast

To the strength I see that's surrounding me
Cause I've been scared but now I don't care and I'm telling anyone who'll listen
I've seen what's on show and now there's no more to know
And I've been there, I've been seen there, seemed it, dreamed it, schemed it

You see I know this to be true
Now would I lie to you?
And I'm not waiting for approval from you
We're coming through
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How do you do?
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What do you trust?
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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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