Reposting a Dexys song I have always liked from a year and a half ago. Did all the vocals.

Unbelievably, “Come On Eileen” was nearly passed over by Dexys’ record label, as Rowland later told M: “By the time the song was finished my confidence in it had really been knocked, and when the record label said they didn’t want to release it, I didn’t put up much of a fight. It was actually a radio plugger who persuaded them that it would make a great single in the end.”

Helped along by Rowland’s new band uniform – they dressed like a vagabond troupe, dirtied dungarees and all – “Come On Eileen” became an enormous hit, justifying the singer’s faith in the song. It was the biggest-selling single of 1982 in the UK, hit No. 1 in the US and Top 10s worldwide. As Rowland later told M: “Not bad for a song that nearly split up the band, sent me to the verge of mania, and then almost wasn’t released. I always knew it was a good one!”