With the launch of MTV in 1981, British bands swept into the U.S. with bright and edgy pop. Among the groups that had immediate success was Dexys Midnight Runners, with the hit “Come On Eileen ...

Few pop songs evoke such an overwhelming, immediate rush of pure joy more than Dexys Midnight Runners’ No. 1 hit “Come On Eileen.” In the world of 1982 pop radio, there was simply nothing ...

Anatomy of a Song How ‘Come On Eileen’ Was Really About a Girl Named Jeanette British band Dexys Midnight Runners arrived in the U.S. with the MTV video age, replacing Michael Jackson’s ...