Dexys

Joe Jackson, Paul Weller, even Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners could be a better hint of where he's at musically than say, James Hunter who is blue eyed soul through and through.

Michael Giltz: Music: Mavis Staples Shines, Fitz & Tantrums Party Michael Giltz 2011

Joe Jackson, Paul Weller, even Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners could be a better hint of where he's at musically than say, James Hunter who is blue eyed soul through and through.

Michael Giltz: Music: Mavis Staples Shines, Fitz & Tantrums Party Michael Giltz 2011

This is even more anthemic than their debut, with the rumbustious gang feel of early Dexys, chiming guitars and a chorus to bellow very loudly.

F&M playlist 2011

Like Dexys, the Heartstrings have a stance, an aesthetic running through everything from Francis's quiff (modelled on James Dean) to guitarist Michael McKnight's penchant for plus fours.

Frankie and the Heartstrings: 'Music needs a bit o' spite' 2010

After Dexys 'brilliant horn-powered debut album, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, Rowland decided that, for equally brilliant album number two, his band should all wear dungarees and learn new instruments.

Call that a change of direction? 2010

This one is a remake of the 1982 Dexys Midnight Runners No1, substituting Come On Eileen with "Come on England".

England 2010 World Cup songs: the rundown 2010

It's not that they couldn't come up with another hit, it's that the US music industry and record buying public couldn't be bothered with exploring and hearing all the other great stuff Dexys no apostrophe created.

Top 50 Non Hip Hop Songs Of The 80’s That Hip Hop Fans Loved (As Compiled By Dart Adams) Dart Adams 2007

With some horrible floating disco full of Semtex and Dexys Midnight Runners.

Incendiary Chris Cleave 2005

It was like an earthquake the way the plates rattled when Dexys Midnight Runners sang COME ON EILEEN.

Incendiary Chris Cleave 2005

The police love Dexys Midnight Runners and I should bleeding know.

Incendiary Chris Cleave 2005