The Chaotic Story of Dexys Midnight Runners & "Come On Eileen" | New British Canon

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  @TrashTheory · 6 years ago · pinned

  So what &quot;one hit wonder&quot; do you think deserves more respect? What other songs should be in the New British Canon?<br><br><br>Trash Theory playlists - Spotify: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yxp32pjf">tinyurl.com/yxp32pjf</a> &nbsp;Deezer: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/y2mdp8h2">tinyurl.com/y2mdp8h2 </a><br>Also if you want to help out, here&apos;s my patreon link: <a href="http://patreon.com/trashtheory">patreon.com/trashtheory</a>

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  @jeffk2278 · 6 years ago

  I&apos;ve never really understood why people seemingly put down &quot;One Hit Wonder&quot; bands. &nbsp;I mean, think how many bands never had any hits. &nbsp;To have even only one hit is an accomplishment that so many others will never realize.

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  @amandamccormick · 11 months ago

  My name is Eileen. My 46 year old daughter died suddenly 6 months ago of colon cancer. This is the only song that makes me truly happy again. (I’m using her phone-never had one before)

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  @thrumylenns2207 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I used to take care of a woman who was 94 years old named Eileen. In the morning when I woke her up I would sing the song to her, well some of the chorus. Every time I hear this song now I think of Sweet Eileen God bless her soul she&apos;s not with us anymore.

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  @TheWacoKid1963 · 6 years ago

  Worthless fact: The girl taking the part of Eileen in the video is Maire Fahey, The sister of Siobhan Fahey of Bananrama.

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  @johndaarteest · 3 years ago

  Music in the eighties was such a wonderful buffet of various genres.

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  @maxhamman · 6 years ago

  my mom was a one-hit-wonder, I&apos;m an only child.

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  @justinlast2lastharder749 · 5 years ago

  &quot;Come on Eileen&quot;, The music world&apos;s greatest example of missing a much needed Comma.

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  @Nono-hk3is · 6 years ago

  &quot;I swear, you&apos;ll hum that tune forever.&quot;<br><br>Hell yeah

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  @pattisimmons67 · 4 years ago

  I LOVED this song. I had just graduated high school with absolutely NO idea what I was doing OR going to do with my life. So I settled for the small town life: Got married, had kids, was completely miserable. This song came out just before my 1st child was born (yeah, I was REALLY young) and just feeling happy. Through the years that followed my family grew and my very toxic marriage died. But that damn song! Every one of my children remembers dancing around our small apartment singing this song. Watching the kids keep up with Kevin and the rest dancing is some of my best memories!

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  @hooleyqueen · 5 years ago

  My name is Eileen named after a friend of my mother. I have an Irish mother and an Italian &nbsp;father. I have been to Ireland 7 times (includes one trip to Northern Ireland) and this is the first I knew about this video (the story of Come on Eileen) and it has been one of my all time favorite songs ever since. It was such a huge dance song on the radio all the time. Took me a long time to get all the lyrics. I love the clothes esp. the Bib Jeans (in the US they&apos;re called overalls) but I&apos;ve also heard them referred to as Farmer Jeans. I will forever love Kevin Roland for this song.

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  @jeangentles9076 · 4 years ago

  Omg they had so many hits, no way are they a one hit wonder band

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