Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (No. 73, 17th July 1982)

The debut "live" television performance of 'Come On Eileen', on the children's TV show, No. 73 on 17th July 1982, two days after their debut television on Top of the Pops. This video has audio (from Newcastle 1982).
(ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 28/03/2021)

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  • @geoffreykelly5763
    @geoffreykelly5763 Жыл бұрын

    2023 this song will never get old

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    I agree because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @mannyescamilla716
    @mannyescamilla7163 ай бұрын

    March 2024 and this song still ROCKS!!

  • @llcortazar286

    @llcortazar286

    Ай бұрын

    May 2024 too

  • @terryhughes7349
    @terryhughes734927 күн бұрын

    this song was on permanent rotation for all weddings in the 80s and 90s/

  • @omarmateus8015
    @omarmateus8015Күн бұрын

    He escuchado esta canción 2789 veces y es que no me canso...casi siento que estuve allí mismo viéndolos en vivo, que cosa adictiva!

  • @JavierDunk
    @JavierDunk2 сағат бұрын

    I love this song.👌 Live performance

  • @ameralbadry6825
    @ameralbadry6825 Жыл бұрын

    No matter how sad or low I feel, this song always puts a big smile on my face ❤

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @spkanava

    @spkanava

    11 ай бұрын

    82

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    @@spkanava I am a woman

  • @monicawood9942
    @monicawood9942 Жыл бұрын

    No matter how lousy a day I'm having, hearing Come On Eileen can make me happy.

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @spkanava

    @spkanava

    11 ай бұрын

    82

  • @jpturner171

    @jpturner171

    7 ай бұрын

  • @dorothyross6774
    @dorothyross677410 ай бұрын

    This song and band brings back many happy memories for me, happy ones.

  • @jackfitzpatrick8173
    @jackfitzpatrick81733 ай бұрын

    One of the great classics of the 80s...performed live!

  • @robertgrayson4406

    @robertgrayson4406

    26 күн бұрын

    I don't believe this is live but pre-recorded. I hear a brass section but there isn't one in the video.

  • @jackfitzpatrick8173

    @jackfitzpatrick8173

    26 күн бұрын

    @@robertgrayson4406 The brass could have been off camera. Unlike many performances of this sort *this* one clearly isn't just lip syncing.

  • @robertgrayson4406

    @robertgrayson4406

    26 күн бұрын

    @@jackfitzpatrick8173 Sorry but they are playing to a backing track at minimum. I'm a musician and have run sound for years. That is not a completely live performance. The sound is too full and mixed for what they have on stage. I'm sure they are playing along but we are also hearing a studio track. Here is a live version kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWemyZapo8euqNo.html

  • @alanoneill3065

    @alanoneill3065

    5 күн бұрын

    @@jackfitzpatrick8173 nope

  • @joec3073
    @joec30739 ай бұрын

    Dexy every time he sings this song he puts his heart into it , great song

  • @joeromack6188

    @joeromack6188

    28 күн бұрын

    nobody in the Band is named "Dexy"

  • @timmcgee5574
    @timmcgee5574 Жыл бұрын

    Ahhh the Fabulous 80s when music was diverse original and fun. Loved it No better decade. This song was the epitome of that. Originality in the respect of having a billboard No 1 hit featuring banjo and violins and still forty years later being enjoyed at bars and weddings. Bravo Dexys well done

  • @GoranWC51

    @GoranWC51

    Жыл бұрын

    8 9.. 9

  • @spkanava

    @spkanava

    Жыл бұрын

    82

  • @sexobscura

    @sexobscura

    Жыл бұрын

    It STILL is you old grump

  • @deletebilderberg

    @deletebilderberg

    7 ай бұрын

    A world that no longer exists.

  • @Arandomperson_online
    @Arandomperson_online4 күн бұрын

    Such a beautiful song 🎶

  • @erikvernarsky2281
    @erikvernarsky22812 ай бұрын

    One of most beautiful things I ever seen and hear

  • @GratuitousSets
    @GratuitousSets10 ай бұрын

    I've never seen such a YOUNG Sandi Toksvig !!!

  • @xr6lad

    @xr6lad

    3 ай бұрын

    Before she got a bit bitter!

  • @spkanava

    @spkanava

    Ай бұрын

    82

  • @Arandomperson_online
    @Arandomperson_online4 күн бұрын

    He puts his heart and soul in this love ❤️ it and him

  • @boom-headshot2654
    @boom-headshot2654 Жыл бұрын

    Ohh wow. I've watched QI for years and as soon as I heard that voice, I didn't even have to look at the screen to know it was her haha. Sandy, what a legend she is.

  • @youknowcrimedontpay9257
    @youknowcrimedontpay92572 жыл бұрын

    This tune never got old to me. Knocked Michael Jackson's Billy Jean off the charts for a couple months.

  • @abraham_benson_official

    @abraham_benson_official

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually Come on Eileen knocked off Billie Jean for only a week.

  • @abdulhakdavutburcek5227

    @abdulhakdavutburcek5227

    2 жыл бұрын

    What a great versus compared to today's charts.

  • @jimjones4838

    @jimjones4838

    2 жыл бұрын

    even the king gets knocked off sometimes

  • @youknowcrimedontpay9257

    @youknowcrimedontpay9257

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@abraham_benson_official Actually "Come On Eileen" took over number one from "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson. It held on for a week before Michael Jackson returned to the top of the chart with his "Beat It." & Not Billie Jean.

  • @abraham_benson_official

    @abraham_benson_official

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@youknowcrimedontpay9257 I know.

  • @RyanSymons
    @RyanSymons Жыл бұрын

    That was a great era of music but this song is right up there with one of the best ever... it's iconic.

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    I agree because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @spkanava

    @spkanava

    11 ай бұрын

    82

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    @@spkanava I am a woman

  • @mikemeiring6710
    @mikemeiring67108 ай бұрын

    This is a good example of how people's minds work so different and I'm so glad, I'm 67 and have always loved this song

  • @da1op
    @da1op2 жыл бұрын

    the best live version of this song

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    I agree because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @Newt939
    @Newt939 Жыл бұрын

    I’m Eileen,! Yes being a teenager this tormented us😂 but now I bloody love it 🥰

  • @JK-qr9rt

    @JK-qr9rt

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, cos now you enjoy being come on.

  • @jamesbrook16

    @jamesbrook16

    9 күн бұрын

    I knew a girl called Irene who still hates this song! It’s not even her name… Mind you… when I married my second wife called Karen, the registrar twice called her Carol and corrected herself. You guessed it, my first wife is called Carol.

  • @robertdestefanis992
    @robertdestefanis9927 ай бұрын

    This is an excellent version of this song. I never heard it before.

  • @michaelhyde9070
    @michaelhyde907011 ай бұрын

    ❤ And iv bn dancing to this for the last 40 year's 😮🎉❤

  • @thomaskennedy3057
    @thomaskennedy30577 ай бұрын

    If I am driving for any length of time, I will eventually hear this song on the radio. Never get tired of it. I hope they had a good contract and get royalties regularly.

  • @amygrier8272
    @amygrier8272 Жыл бұрын

    I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM ALL OVER AGAIN!YOU STILL GIVE ME GOOSE BUMPS!❤️❤️❤️

  • @ugadawgs1990
    @ugadawgs19907 ай бұрын

    This is a great live version. Love that Phil Collins played drums with them on this recording.

  • @teresarondo7398
    @teresarondo7398 Жыл бұрын

    que linda cancion a pesar que del año 82 no me canso de escuchar este tema muyyyyyyyyyyy lindo y recordar a mi querido hermano cuando eran jovencito y le gustaba esta cancion ahora esta en el cielo😪

  • @davarosmith1334
    @davarosmith1334 Жыл бұрын

    I will always remember this song blasting out my mum and dad's stereogram. Every disco I went to had that song playing , I done a few disco's as well. I played this folk love it!

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @spkanava

    @spkanava

    2 ай бұрын

    82

  • @JeremyGoodwin
    @JeremyGoodwin6 ай бұрын

    I never looked at this song closely for 41 years. I just danced and sang the only 3 words I knew. After reading about the origins and watching videos like this one… I understand it much better now. Brilliant. This is great art.

  • @vagnerazevedo2014
    @vagnerazevedo20147 ай бұрын

    Saudade dos anos 80. Uma época em que parece que vivíamos em uma outra dimensão. Época maravilhosa, amizades verdadeiras, música de verdade, melodias profundas, amor ao próximo. Tudo isso se foi, mas não o amor que sinto por essa época. Feliz de quem viveu essa época. Abraços aqui do Brasil.

  • @ahknabi
    @ahknabi7 ай бұрын

    This is such a cool song and performance! 😊

  • @Arandomperson_online
    @Arandomperson_online25 күн бұрын

    Listen to this song 🎶 every day

  • @Michelle03971
    @Michelle039712 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite songs

  • @PimpMacSlickBac
    @PimpMacSlickBac2 жыл бұрын

    Holy F. I could tell that was Sandi by her voice, but further by her hand movements while she talked!

  • @nickprica3127
    @nickprica3127 Жыл бұрын

    for you dave brook miss you loads

  • @Am3rIca16
    @Am3rIca162 жыл бұрын

    Come on Eileen Come on Eileen Poor old Johnny Ray Sounded sad upon the radio He moved a million hearts in mono Our mothers used To sing along, who'd blame them You're grown (a grown up), So grown (so grown up), now I must say more than ever (Come on Eileen) Toora loora toora loo rye aye And we can sing just like our fathers Come on Eileen, oh I swear (well he means) At this moment, you mean everything You in that dress, oh my thoughts I confess Verge on dirty Ah come on Eileen Come on Eileen These people round here Wear beaten down eyes Sunk in smoke dried faces Resigned to what their fate is But not us (no never), no not us (no never) We are far too young and clever Remember Toora loora toora loo rye aye Eileen I'll hum this tune forever Eileen I'll hum this tune forever Come on Eileen oh I swear (well he means) Ah come on, let's take off everything That pretty red dress, oh Eileen tell him yes Ah come on let's, Ah come on Eileen Come on Eileen oh I swear (well he means) At this moment you mean everything Come on Eileen too-loo rye-aye Come on Eileen too-loo rye-aye Toora toora-too-loora Oh, Eileen Oh, Eileen We are far too young and clever And things wont ever change I say toora loora toora loo rye aye Come on Eileen, oh I swear (well he means) At this moment, you mean everything to me You mean everything

  • @karlgeissler9204
    @karlgeissler9204 Жыл бұрын

    With my 69 years I can only think of Eileen in the Dublin Disco.....

  • @nervo6321
    @nervo6321 Жыл бұрын

    2023 still fantastic

  • @lifehappy183
    @lifehappy183 Жыл бұрын

    当時中学生だった。そう、これが音楽、、どうやったらこんなすごい曲が作れるのかいまだにわからない。。曲に命を吹き込む天才だ。

  • @Arandomperson_online
    @Arandomperson_online25 күн бұрын

    Love ❤️ his voice

  • @RazvanCosti
    @RazvanCosti Жыл бұрын

    during the first 30 seconds or so i was convinced this was a playback effort, mimicking against pre-recorded original song. Once the differences start kicking in..WOW! This was actually how good and tight they played. Real musicians

  • @fcool

    @fcool

    11 ай бұрын

    there's a perceptible change in the sound at 3:21. then it comes back at 3:34. they were using a base to play over it.

  • @3DimeMedia
    @3DimeMedia8 ай бұрын

    Absolute Banger 🔥

  • @levigerrardhades
    @levigerrardhades2 жыл бұрын

    God I love this song 😭💜

  • @BOTAFOGO_1980

    @BOTAFOGO_1980

    10 ай бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @danae5578
    @danae55782 жыл бұрын

    My Irish self just loves jamming to this song

  • @1220b
    @1220b Жыл бұрын

    Remember watching this on a Saturday morning age 8.

  • @silvanofebroni6176
    @silvanofebroni61769 ай бұрын

    I love this song, thanks londonnnn

  • @ROCKINGMAN
    @ROCKINGMAN Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant band. Great hits.

  • @christineayres7199
    @christineayres71992 жыл бұрын

    Amazing live version

  • @kimkimiaroch7117
    @kimkimiaroch7117 Жыл бұрын

    "This it's for fun" nice way to stop a trouble 🤣🤣

  • @markkelly4508
    @markkelly45088 ай бұрын

    Top Tune

  • @nancylarosadaga1642
    @nancylarosadaga16428 ай бұрын

    Ala que canción tan bella, no la recordaba, linda, linda❤

  • @FussyFuzzBall
    @FussyFuzzBall Жыл бұрын

    Why have I find 15 years without seeing this masterpiece...

  • @Ross-uk6jg
    @Ross-uk6jg Жыл бұрын

    Literal yo bailando como la mujer de falda amarilla jajaja. Que hermosa canción 🤩

  • @txemanovelo
    @txemanovelo Жыл бұрын

    Greatest hit in the history of the UK (with "Blue Boy" from Orange Juice!)

  • @sandronaranjo7007
    @sandronaranjo70072 жыл бұрын

    Mis respetos... Que grupo... La disciplina lleva muy lejos a las personas... Ellos dieron ejemplo... Felicidades

  • @noryaht
    @noryaht Жыл бұрын

    PERFECT ♥

  • @abraham_benson_official
    @abraham_benson_official2 жыл бұрын

    I can see that Billy likes the way Sandi looks. He can’t stop looking at her while slightly smiling

  • @michaelmcknight8419
    @michaelmcknight841910 ай бұрын

    That is badass.

  • @afitzsimons
    @afitzsimons2 жыл бұрын

    We are much too young and clever (or so it seemed) brilliant lyrics.

  • @Javen64
    @Javen64 Жыл бұрын

    Eileen ill hum this tune forever✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

  • @cotopaxipauli6502
    @cotopaxipauli65029 ай бұрын

    Goat no less.

  • @Mona.Lisa1503
    @Mona.Lisa1503 Жыл бұрын

    The best time, with the best groups and songs.

  • @FMariposasAmarillas
    @FMariposasAmarillas2 жыл бұрын

    Masterpiece!!

  • @margaritapb6523
    @margaritapb6523 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! I wish I was watching them live!

  • @MissStabby
    @MissStabby Жыл бұрын

    Saturday TV for the kids 17th July 1982

  • @andressaavedra7532
    @andressaavedra7532 Жыл бұрын

    Hermoso. Tema. Me. Encanta. Bien. Exelente. Y. Más😎👌🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

  • @youknowcrimedontpay9257
    @youknowcrimedontpay92572 жыл бұрын

    Hum this tune forever!

  • @seanmcmurray7551
    @seanmcmurray75518 ай бұрын

    And I think they were one hit wonders

  • @madmextupapa
    @madmextupapa7 ай бұрын

    I’m 64 and remember when this song came out dang this is an incredible live version good stuff here

  • @michaelmcknight8419
    @michaelmcknight841910 ай бұрын

    Brings back great memories!!! Gura mile

  • @vincegedeon6583
    @vincegedeon6583 Жыл бұрын

    Such an awesome song they are very talented I just love the piano banjo violin mandalin thing they got going it's amazing mix🔥🔥🔥

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @regisducreux9196
    @regisducreux9196 Жыл бұрын

    the best song ever written !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @robertthomas5736
    @robertthomas57362 жыл бұрын

    Incredible Video with Dexys Midnight Runners, This is Called, Come on Eileen!😎

  • @whitediver45
    @whitediver4511 ай бұрын

    Ohhhhhh, Eileennnnnn !

  • @alexakalennon
    @alexakalennon Жыл бұрын

    Back when there was no autotune. Awesome

  • @lunaticfringe896
    @lunaticfringe8969 ай бұрын

    Still rockin' it in '23.... Ha It never ceases to crack me up just how skinny they are, especially Rowland!

  • @philcallahan583
    @philcallahan58311 ай бұрын

    I keep expecting the Young Ones to burst in.

  • @bellestarr6484
    @bellestarr6484 Жыл бұрын

    I'm addicted to Kevin and DMR. We need them desperately now in stifled America 2023

  • @CristianGomez-rl5vb
    @CristianGomez-rl5vb2 жыл бұрын

    This is probably one of the best live version of the song I know the other one was horrendous not sure if in that situation his voice kind of gave out but

  • @MSJChem

    @MSJChem

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it’s not live but still a good version.

  • @thecoach1683

    @thecoach1683

    Жыл бұрын

    @Uncle Gilbert how did you get that impression? they stop and start within the song and it's not the same version as the studio one.

  • @lordrupertknob1882

    @lordrupertknob1882

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thecoach1683 The bass player's bass isn't plugged in and there's no amplifier lol. The backing track is obviously a tape.

  • @thecoach1683

    @thecoach1683

    Жыл бұрын

    @Uncle Gilbert I played back both versions side by side for fun, and yes the lead vocal track sounds identical, but the instruments and background vocals are not. For example the piano crescendo at 1:00 is completely different.

  • @thecoach1683

    @thecoach1683

    Жыл бұрын

    @Uncle Gilbert What are you even talking about? The cable is plugged in and going down the back of his leg. You also haven't addressed the piano yet. Don't be jerk.

  • @lilJennmanley
    @lilJennmanley10 ай бұрын

    Love love this song but their fashion sense was wild back then 😂❤ love it though

  • @ilmarsilvasilva3558
    @ilmarsilvasilva3558Ай бұрын

    Show!👏👏👏👏

  • @khaladsaad.al-mowallad6532
    @khaladsaad.al-mowallad6532 Жыл бұрын

    Come on, Eileen Come on, Eileen Poor old Johnnie Ray Sounded sad upon the radio… Come On Eileen" is a song by the English group Dexys Midnight Runners (credited to Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express), released in the United Kingdom in June 1982[3] as a single from their second studio album Too-Rye-Ay. It reached number one in the United States and was their second number one hit in the UK, following 1980's "Geno". 🎸🎷🥁🎶❤️

  • @Jade2781
    @Jade2781 Жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite “versions” of the song

  • @ijustdidahugeshit

    @ijustdidahugeshit

    11 ай бұрын

    Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @spkanava

    @spkanava

    Ай бұрын

    82

  • @stevereynolds5640
    @stevereynolds5640 Жыл бұрын

    🎉the best of Dexys

  • @wanderl0st486
    @wanderl0st4862 жыл бұрын

    Increibleee 🥰😍

  • @michaelmedley5932
    @michaelmedley5932 Жыл бұрын

    great sound.

  • @ahk1544
    @ahk1544 Жыл бұрын

    This was awesome to watch

  • @Nano-go5dw
    @Nano-go5dw7 ай бұрын

    3:29 i like how she got startled there lol

  • @user-ip9ev1ct5c
    @user-ip9ev1ct5c2 жыл бұрын

    This must be a very big coincidence, I was looking for this song from a top 80s and came across this show is where Neil Buchanan from my childhood show Art Attack was starring on it.

  • @piondet
    @piondet2 жыл бұрын

    La meilleure version live que j'ai entendu !

  • @romanwinter5954
    @romanwinter5954 Жыл бұрын

    To prostě nemá chybu.

  • @martinedwards4522
    @martinedwards4522 Жыл бұрын

    the song will live forever 😂

  • @excelsior2546
    @excelsior2546 Жыл бұрын

    The 80s is the best music

  • @jorgemartinez-fw1xr
    @jorgemartinez-fw1xr4 ай бұрын

    Extraordinaria Performance!

  • @tonyzacarias3948
    @tonyzacarias39482 жыл бұрын

    my god, here have the past 40 years gone.....??

  • @waltergoring8428
    @waltergoring8428 Жыл бұрын

    This has got to be the ultimate one hit wonder. It is a very good song. Deserves all the success it got.

  • @jimwolfgang9433

    @jimwolfgang9433

    Жыл бұрын

    They had quite a few hits and wrote great albums. You know nothing.

  • @Flappatackle

    @Flappatackle

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimwolfgang9433 To be fair, Walter may be coming from an American perspective. Dexy's did nothing over there other than this bangin' tune!

  • @lesliefletcher3646
    @lesliefletcher36463 ай бұрын

    It would be good to chat with people who love music around the world

  • @marcosaureliocarvalhodossa5249
    @marcosaureliocarvalhodossa524911 ай бұрын

    E viva os anos 80 😍🤩💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺❤️

  • @susiekopp3578
    @susiekopp3578 Жыл бұрын

    I still love it 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

  • @jimwolfgang9433
    @jimwolfgang9433 Жыл бұрын

    get down to 73 3 3 3!