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Dexy's Midnight Runners — Come on Eileen
Album: Too-Rye-Ay
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Released: 1982
Length: 4:08
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Come on Eileen
Come on Eileen

Poor old Johnnie Ray
Sounded sad upon the radio
But he moved a million hearts in mono
Our mothers cried
Sang along
Who'd blame them?

You've grown (you're grown up)
So grown (so grown up).
Now I must say more than ever

Come on Eileen

Too-ra-loo-ra, too-ra-loo-rye, aye
And we can sing just like our fathers

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear (what he means)
At this moment you mean everything
You in that dress
My thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty
Oh, come on Eileen

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

Too-ra-loo-ra, too-ra-loo-rye, aye
Eileen I'll hum this tune forever

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear what (what he means)
Ah, come on let's take off everything
Pretty red dress
Eileen (tell him yes)
Ah, come on let's
Ah, come on Eileen

Pretty red dress
Eileen (tell him yes)
Ah, come on let's
Ah, come on Eileen, please

Come on Eileen, too-loo-rye-aye
Come on Eileen, too-loo-rye-aye
Now you're all grown
Now you have shown
Oh, Eileen

Say, come on Eileen
These things they are real
And I know how you feel
Now I must say more than ever
Things 'round here have changed

I say, too-ra-loo-ra, too-ra-loo-rye-aye

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear (what he means)
At this moment you mean everything
You in that dress,
My thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty
Ah, come on Eileen

Ah, come on Eileen
Oh, I swear (what he means)
At this moment you mean everything
You in that dress,
My thoughts I confess
Well, they're dirty
Come on Eileen

Come on Eileen
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My wife and I LOVE this song.  It brings back fond memories or our party years right after we were married.  Bombing around in my 1980 Mazda RX7 - the gas pedal always got closer to the floorboards when we played this song!
Posted 3 years ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
Love this so much, and I have since the first time I heard it.
Posted 3 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by dmiklitz    [ Reply ]
 intothehills wrote:
A classic. Just is.
 
I don’t think so 
Posted 3 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 steuss wrote:
Barf
 
I agree
Posted 3 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Barf
Posted 3 years ago by steuss    [ Reply ]
A classic. Just is.
Posted 4 years ago by intothehills    [ Reply ]
 HectorPascal wrote:
This is just the sort of staple BBC Radio 2 fodder I come here to escape from. 

Bill has just sneaked this little number in as a deliberate act of self-sabotage because only God is perfect.

It's okay, Bill, we see what you are doing here.
 
Yeah they are a Gino Washington rip off band. I came here to escape Radio 2 too!
Posted 4 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
 MattRudely wrote:


Medley.

Geno.

Jackie Wilson Said.
 
Don't forget "There There My Dear"...
Posted 4 years ago by boffyflow    [ Reply ]
Married a girl named Eileen  (and she's the rare GenX "Eileen") so this gets a 10 from me.  Also turned the stereo to 11 (except it isn't really a stereo).
Posted 4 years ago by csetti    [ Reply ]
This is just the sort of staple BBC Radio 2 fodder I come here to escape from. 

Bill has just sneaked this little number in as a deliberate act of self-sabotage because only God is perfect.

It's okay, Bill, we see what you are doing here.
Posted 4 years ago by HectorPascal    [ Reply ]
I am struggling to think of a song which makes me vomit as speedily as this one.
Posted 4 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 duffy11 wrote:
Always good to hear a meddly of their greatest hit. 
 

Medley.

Geno.

Jackie Wilson Said.
Posted 4 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
8

A song I keep wanting to not like for some irrational reason... but it's too damn catchy.
Posted 5 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Always good to hear a meddly of their greatest hit. 
Posted 5 years ago by duffy11    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:


I loved it then and I love it now hahaha, a 9 here LLRP for ever
 
I'm with you, except being married to an Eileen means it's a +1...yeah...this is a 10 for reasons other than it's a great song....LLRP indeed!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
I guess I like it. Was fun when it came out of course. But now, if the local radio station has an "80's Weekend" (on the odd occasion where I listen to regular radio anymore,that is) they tend to play this one over and over and over. Not the song that defines the 80's for me but...still good though. 
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
sounded great to my 7 year old ears, growing up in Jersey. 
Posted 5 years ago by niseywee    [ Reply ]
Peak MTV. 
Posted 5 years ago by Sam_Hill    [ Reply ]
Well .......... if I lived in the UK, or maybe Boston ........ but I don't.  
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:


I loved it then and I love it now hahaha, a 9 here LLRP for ever
 
No counting for lack of taste, hahaha!
Posted 5 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
 junebaby65 wrote:
I hated it then and I hate it now.
 

I loved it then and I love it now hahaha, a 9 here LLRP for ever
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
I hated it then and I hate it now.
Posted 5 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
OhgodpleaseNOO! I had to grow/throw up in the 80's listening to this overrated piece of crap on nonstop heavy roation.

Dear Bill, for the love of all things holy, stomp on this figurative record, break it in virtual pieces, light them on spiritual fire, throw the burning pieces out your proverbial window and train your hopefully real dog to put the conceptual fire out the best way a pooch can.
Posted 5 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
Home, office, wherever. This one never fails to deliver an extra little zippy step to your 3 to 4:04 minutes of pure pop. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by nancynancy    [ Reply ]
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Posted 5 years ago by nancynancy    [ Reply ]
Always wondered why Dexys were not played more on RP.
Can't really use the excuse they were played to death on FM radio....


Posted 5 years ago by nickt1    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this in an age.  Love it!  Thanks, Bill!  {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 6 years ago by scarletdancer    [ Reply ]
Oh, I do love this song! I used to dance to this back in the fab 80s....
{#Clap} {#Dancingbanana} {#Dancingbanana} {#Dancingbanana} {#Dancingbanana}  

and the fashion of  wearing those trousers without anything underneath...LOL!!!

Come on Eileen
Come on EileenPoor old Johnny Ray
Sounded sad upon the radio
But he moved a million hearts in mono
Our mothers cried, sang along, who'd blame themYou're grown (so grown up)
So grown (so grown up) now I must say more than ever
Come on Eileen
Too ra loo ra too ra loo rye aye
And we can sing just like our fathersCome on Eileen, oh I swear (what he means)
At this moment, you mean everything
You in that dress, my thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty
Ah, come on EileenCome on EileenThese people 'round here
Wear beat down eyes sunk in smoke dried faces
They're resigned to what their fate is
But not us, (no never) no not us (no never)
We are far to young and clever
Remember
Too ra loo ra too ra loo rye aye
And you'l hum this tune foreverCome on…

Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Don't see what all the whining is about. It's no platinum winner, but its good pure fun. =) Bill, please put it in rotation again.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
A one hit wonder that makes me wonder how it became a hit to begin with.
Posted 19 years ago by bergjr    [ Reply ]
Zarba wrote:
OK, I admit it. Guily Pleasure.
me too
Posted 19 years ago by Vogelfrei    [ Reply ]
I have a friend that does this song at Karaoke spot on- good times
Posted 19 years ago by Losman    [ Reply ]
I don't mind listening to that when I'm drunk, but I'm here in the office, so you see the problem, by the time I find some booze  and get in the right state 
the song will be over. 
So basically Bill, can you give us some notice for this kind of song? 
Or maybe you could play it every Friday evening at 11:30 British time (that's when we come back home pissed after the pubs have closed).
Trying to figure out what time it will be in California but I'm starting to be tipsy... Come on Eileeeeen... 
Posted 19 years ago by sbosque    [ Reply ]
horseplayer wrote:
True story. I sit in my office and all day one cool song after another plays on RP. No one else hears it. Then this POS comes on just when my boss walks in. It's not that he minds me listening; it's just that now he thinks this is the kind of crap I like. Bill, please, be careful - don't make me look bad.
Have to agree - I was tempted to turn it down incase anyone heard it through the walls.... 8O
Posted 19 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
This is NO genious but is fun ... deserves a 7 easy .... now 1 or 10 (?) OScar
Posted 19 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
Oooh... music snobbery rears its ugly head again.
Posted 19 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
winter wrote:
Oh, come on. This is fun! Not saying I'm dashing out to buy the CD, or that I'd want to hear this more than once in blue moon, but it's a fair bit o' flashback fun for those of us who grew up in the Eighties.
i grew up in the eighties, too, and that's no reason to hear this absolute crap ever again. especially here!
Posted 19 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
Patti wrote:
Hey, I like it! And I'm not ashamed to say so! It's not a 7 by a long shot, but it's fun! pbm
scatter misguided one...
Posted 19 years ago by Glockman45    [ Reply ]
winter wrote:
Oh, come on. This is fun! Not saying I'm dashing out to buy the CD, or that I'd want to hear this more than once in blue moon, but it's a fair bit o' flashback fun for those of us who grew up in the Eighties.
i lived in the 80's and it sucked then bra.
Posted 19 years ago by Glockman45    [ Reply ]
bOy this is a crowd pleaser! h4r h4r!!
Posted 19 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
Anyone notice how 'Dexy' looks like David Spade on that cover? edit--- Can you say "NO"? 7 actually.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Trottin' out some old stuff! Good on you, Bill.
Posted 19 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
OK, I admit it. Guily Pleasure.
Posted 19 years ago by Zarba    [ Reply ]
winter wrote:
Oh, come on. This is fun! Not saying I'm dashing out to buy the CD, or that I'd want to hear this more than once in blue moon, but it's a fair bit o' flashback fun for those of us who grew up in the Eighties.
Well, I did the eighties...this was painful then.
Posted 19 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Some hits have legs. Some don't...
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Uhm....Bill? Between you and me, this band really needs to stay dead, if you catch my drift... I have only two Sucko-Barfo ratings with RP...this is one of them.
Posted 19 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Hey, I like it! And I'm not ashamed to say so! It's not a 7 by a long shot, but it's fun! pbm
Posted 19 years ago by Patti    [ Reply ]
Oh, come on. This is fun! Not saying I'm dashing out to buy the CD, or that I'd want to hear this more than once in blue moon, but it's a fair bit o' flashback fun for those of us who grew up in the Eighties.
Posted 19 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Glockman45 wrote:
what the hell is this crap???? Hey Bill, put that J down......
Timberrrr.... WHY has this song been (and still is) so popular? what a horrible voice... uhg.. when does the hurting stop...
Posted 19 years ago by uritsukidoji    [ Reply ]
Nina Simone to this?? <-(
Posted 19 years ago by BoynHill    [ Reply ]
ndanger666 wrote:
Stop the madness, now.
I concur.
Posted 19 years ago by CBJr    [ Reply ]
what the hell is this crap???? Hey Bill, put that J down......
Posted 19 years ago by Glockman45    [ Reply ]
this is absolute crap. i'm tuning out for a while. the only thing worse than their music was their schtick.
Posted 19 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
It's an ok song if you're in the mood for it....but it's not what I'm looking for when I come to radioparadise. Not sure what that means about how I should rate it....I'll wait for advice. Waiting....
Posted 21 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
True story. I sit in my office and all day one cool song after another plays on RP. No one else hears it. Then this POS comes on just when my boss walks in. It\'s not that he minds me listening; it\'s just that now he thinks this is the kind of crap I like. Bill, please, be careful - don\'t make me look bad.
Posted 21 years ago by horseplayer    [ Reply ]
Whatever the next song may be, it can\'t come soon enough! Dexy gets a 1.
Posted 21 years ago by FeatFanMike    [ Reply ]
Stop the madness, now.
Posted 21 years ago by ndanger666    [ Reply ]
Noooo ooooo ooooo ooooo oooooo..............
Posted 21 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
C\'mon... make it stop! EEEEileeeeeen!
Posted 21 years ago by audiozeb    [ Reply ]