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Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bryan Ferry, The English Beat, Van Morrison and Chairmen Of The Board. Those roots explain a lot about how Dexys Midnight Runners arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Undertones, Squeeze, The Jam, Adam and the Ants and Madness, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Spike Edney, The Proclaimers, Pete Wingfield, Save Ferris and The Zutons, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Dexys Midnight Runners, reaching back through Bryan Ferry and forward to Spike Edney. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Dexys Midnight Runners are an English pop rock band from Birmingham. They are best known in the UK for their songs "Come On Eileen" and "Geno", both of which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as their cover of Van Morrison's "Jackie Wilson Said ", which reached No. 5. They achieved five other UK Top 20 singles. Outside of the UK, the band are largely considered a one hit wonder, with "Come On Eileen" also having topped the US Billboard Hot 100. With extensive airplay on MTV, they were associated with the Second British Invasion.

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Dexys Midnight RunnersBryan FerryThe English BeatVan MorrisonChairmen Of The BoardSpike EdneyThe ProclaimersPete WingfieldSave FerrisThe ZutonsThe UndertonesSqueezeThe JamAdam and the AntsMadnessElvis Costello & The…ABCThe Boomtown Rats

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Dexys Midnight Runners grew out of Bryan Ferry, The English Beat, Van Morrison and Chairmen Of The Board, shares an orbit with The Undertones, Squeeze, The Jam and Adam and the Ants, went on to shape Spike Edney, The Proclaimers, Pete Wingfield and Save Ferris. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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