![]() ![]() George from Vancouver, CanadaThis song actually prevented Michael Jackson from replacing himself at number one with Beat It and Billie Jean.George from Vancouver, CanadaIt doesn't help the creep factor that they are chasing a 13yo 'Eileen' in the video, & they're now adults.This was used for music recordings into the 1960s (including Johnny Ray's) and can be heard on most AM radio stations to this day, in contrast to "stereo", which became widespread in the 60s and is used in FM radio and all modern music recordings, including "Come On Eileen". Jeff from BostonFor those young people who might not understand the line "Broke a million hearts in mono": "Mono" is short for monophonic, a form of sound reproduction in which there is no separation between left and right channels of sound.After marriage I am known as Alison Sarah James, now a full General in SAS and SBS and first female Field Marshal: a shot from this film appears on the front cover of one of my books so I wish to make it clear I am the young 'actress' here although unpaid, SAS giving permission for me to be used. Ms A S James from BerkshireI am the little girl in this video in dungarees holding on to the pram and pursued as 'the lust object' by Kevin Rowland known to me as 'Terry' and my name is Alison Sarah Cross-Rudkin, known as 'SAS Sammie' listed at UN aged 12 as female elite special forces UK.Rowland later admitted that the sound of Too-Rye-Aye did indeed come from Archer and paid him royalties from the album. Archer was not impressed as Rowland had stolen the build-up of "What Does Anybody Ever Think About" for it and Too-Rye-Aye's whole style and sound was that of The Blue Ox Babes. Shortly afterwards this song became an international hit. I formed The Blue Ox Babes, and I lent Kevin a tape with three of our songs on including 'What Does Anybody Ever Think About.'" He got me to go round to Billy (Adams) the new guitarist's house to teach him the new chords. We met in the little Nibble caff in Bearwood and I said I was leaving. I did the (1981 single) "Plan B" demo, Kevin wasn't happy with it. He was irritable, treating everyone like they were nobody. Kevin got me to help form a new group, rehearsing in a freezing industrial unit in Birmingham. After shows we'd be in a room on our own, it became 'hate Kevin Rowland time.' We were in Switzerland, we'd played to 2,000 people, and Kevin and I got on a plane to Luxembourg and the rest got in a van and went to England. Archer explained why to Mojo magazine July 2009: "Kevin (Rowland) ruled the group with a rod of iron - he wouldn't speak to us personally. He left the group after their first album. Kevin "Al" Archer was a guitarist in the early days of Dexys Midnight Runners. And in the end it kind of finished itself." I came up with that, 'Too ra loo ra,' and I remember thinking, 'Wow, this is sounding really good.' You get a feeling when you're writing a song. I remember thinking, 'We're really onto something here.' We came up with the chord sequence ourselves and just started singing melodies over it. Lots of records we liked had that 'Bomp ba bomp, bomp ba bomp.' We felt it was a good rhythm. Lots of records we liked had that rhythm: 'Concrete and Clay,' ' It's Not Unusual' by Tom Jones. "We wanted a good rhythm and we found one. In a Songfacts interview with Kevin Rowland, he explained how the song came together: There are no synthesizers on the song, but there is banjo, accordion, fiddle and saxophone. While the song will fit nicely in an '80s music time capsule, it sounded nothing like the other hits of the era. Written by Dexys lead singer Kevin Rowland, trombone player Jim Paterson and guitarist Al Archer, "Come On Eileen" was an enormous hit, going to #1 in America, the UK and Australia. ![]()
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