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词条 Come On Eileen
释义

  1. Composition

  2. Single and album versions

  3. Music video

  4. Chart success

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts  Certifications and sales 

  5. Other uses

  6. Personnel

  7. See also

  8. References

  9. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2011}}{{Infobox song
| name = Come On Eileen
| cover = DexysMidnightRunnerComeOnEileen7InchSingleCover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dexys Midnight Runners
| album = Too-Rye-Ay
| B-side = {{unbulleted list|"Dubious" (7" & 12")|"Liars A to E (New Version)" (on 12" only)}}
| released = 25 June 1982
| format = {{hlist|7"|12"}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|New wave[1]|Celtic folk[2]|pop[2]|blue-eyed soul[2]}}
| length = 4:16 (US single version)
4:48 (album version)
4:02 (UK 7" single)
3:28 (Short version)
| label = Mercury
| writer = {{hlist|Kevin Rowland|Jim Paterson|Billy Adams}}
| producer = {{hlist|Clive Langer|Alan Winstanley}}
| chronology = Dexys Midnight Runners
| prev_title = The Celtic Soul Brothers
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
| next_year = 1982
}}

"Come On Eileen" is a song by English group Dexys Midnight Runners (credited to Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express), released in the United Kingdom on 25 June 1982[3] as a single from their 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". The song was written by Kevin Rowland, Jim Paterson and Billy Adams, and was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

"Come On Eileen" won Best British Single at the 1983 Brit Awards and in 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's sixth favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.[4] It was ranked number 18 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.[7]

Composition

There are various versions of the song, some in addition to the main section featuring either an intro of a Celtic fiddle solo, or an a cappella coda both based on Thomas Moore's Irish folk song "Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms".

The main section begins with a Celtic-style fiddle played over a drum beat, with the bass guitar and piano providing accompaniment.

The lyrics of the song begin with the lines:

{{unbulleted list|Poor old Johnnie Ray|Sounded sad upon the radio|Moved a million hearts in mono|Our mothers cried, sang along|Who would blame them?}}

The phrase "Come on Eileen" is used as the chorus to the song, which was loosely inspired by the song "A Man Like Me" by the 1960s British soul group Jimmy James and the Vagabonds.[5][6]

The bridge of "Come On Eileen" features an improvised counter-melody which begins in a slow tempo and gets faster and faster over an accelerando vocal backing. The chord sequence of the bridge is actually the same as the verses, but transposed up by a whole tone.

Throughout the song, there are numerous tempo changes and key changes:

Key changes throughout the song
SectionIntroductionVersesChorus and bridge
KeyF majorC majorD major

Although often believed to have been inspired by a childhood friend with whom Kevin Rowland had a romantic, and later sexual, relationship in his teens,[7] there was actually no real Eileen. "In fact she was composite, to make a point about Catholic repression."[8]

Single and album versions

Dexys Midnight Runners' CD compilations again omit the introduction and coda but use the unedited main section (4.06).[9]

  • The worldwide 12"[10] and UK/US 7"[11] singles featured the intro and the unedited main section (4.12). This version has only been released on CD on a Kevin Rowland CD single "Tonight".[12] [Note: This version is present on the Compact Disc "A Kick Up the 80s Volume 2": Track 5. OG3251, Old Gold Records, 1990]
  • The album version features the unedited main section and the coda (4.32).[13] An exception to this is the 2002 US only release of Too-Rye-Ay which uniquely features both introduction and coda (4.47).[14]

Music video

The 1982 music video was filmed in the inner south London suburb of Kennington in the vicinity of the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street, then Austral Street and Holyoak Road. The character of "Eileen" in the music video, as well as on the single cover, is played by Máire Fahey, sister of Siobhan Fahey from Bananarama.[15]

Archival footage of Johnnie Ray arriving at London Heathrow Airport in 1954 was featured in the video.{{Sfn|Mann|2003|p=185}}

Chart success

In a poll by Channel 4, a UK TV channel, the song was placed at number 38 in the 100 greatest number one singles of all time.[16] Similar polls by the music channel VH1 placed the song at number three in the 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders of all time,[17] number 18 in VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980's[18] and number one in the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s[19] (the group had a previous number-one single in the UK—"Geno" in 1980—but "Come On Eileen" was their only US hit). "Come on Eileen" has sold 1.33 million copies in the UK as of June 2013.[20]

The song reached number one in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 charts during the week ending 23 April 1983. "Come on Eileen" prevented Michael Jackson from having back-to-back number one hits in the US: "Billie Jean" was the number one single the previous week, while "Beat It" was the number one song the following week.

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1982–1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[21]1
France (IFOP)[22]5
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[23]1
Spain (AFYVE)[24]17
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[28]31
US Billboard Hot 100[25]1
US Billboard Top Tracks[25]6
US Cash Box[26]1
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Year-end charts

Chart (1982)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[27]12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[28]8
Canada (RPM Top Singles)[29]32
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30]28
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31]34
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32]5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33]1
Chart (1983)Rank
US Billboard Hot 100[34]13
US Cash Box[35]12

Certifications and sales

{{Certification Table Top}}{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Canada|artist=Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners|title=Come On Eileen|award=Gold|certyear=1983|salesamount=50,000}}{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Dexys Midnight Runners|title=Come On Eileen|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1982|salesamount=1,425,474|salesref=[20]}}{{Certification Table Bottom}}{{col-end}}

Other uses

In 1997, ska band Save Ferris released a cover of the song as a single.[36]

In 2004, the band 4-4-2 was formed to cover the song as "Come On England" with altered lyrics to support the England national football team during their appearance in the 2004 European Championships.[37]

On 7 August 2005, the song was used to wake the astronauts of Space Shuttle Discovery on the final day of STS-114 in reference to commander Eileen Collins.[38]

The song was used in the films Tommy Boy,[39] Take Me Home Tonight[40] and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.[41]

Personnel

  • Kevin Rowland – lead vocals
  • Billy Adams – banjo, guitar, backing vocals
  • Giorgio Kilkenny – bass, backing vocals
  • Seb Shelton – drums, backing vocals
  • Mickey Billingham – piano, accordion, backing vocals
  • Helen O'Hara – fiddle
  • Steve Brennan – fiddle
  • Jennifer Tobis – fiddle
  • Roger MacDuff (real name Roger Huckle)[42] – fiddle
  • "Big" Jim Paterson – trombone
  • Paul Speare – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Brian Maurice – alto saxophone

See also

  • List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
  • List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom
  • List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983
  • List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1983
  • List of number-one singles of 1982 (Ireland)
  • List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)
  • List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland)
  • List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s

References

1. ^{{cite book|first= Brent |last= Mann |title= 99 Red Balloons...and 100 Other All-Time Great One-Hit Wonders |publisher= Citadel Press |quote= New Wave spawned some of pop music's classic one-hit wonders, artists who are vividly remembered today: Dexys Midnight Runners ("Come on Eileen"), Nena ("99 Luftballons"), and Thomas Dolby ("She Blinded Me with Science"), to name just a few. |year= 2003 |page= 46 |isbn= 978-0-8065-2516-7}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Dexys Midnight Runners – Artist Biography |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dexys-midnight-runners-mn0000251361/biography |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |quote= "Come on Eileen," a distinctive fusion of '80s pop, Celtic folk, and blue-eyed soul. |accessdate= 28 July 2013}}
3. ^{{cite magazine|date= 19 June 1982 |magazine= NME |location= London, England |page= 34}}
4. ^{{cite news|first= Caroline |last= Westbrook |title= The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut |newspaper= Metro |date= 25 July 2015 |accessdate= 27 July 2015 |url= http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/25/the-nations-favourite-80s-number-one-12-more-classic-80s-chart-toppers-which-didnt-make-the-cut-5312786/}}
5. ^{{cite video|title= Jimmy James - A Man Like Me |date= 12 June 2009 |publisher= YouTube |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYsyov8ikcU&feature=player_detailpage#t=147s |accessdate= 26 January 2012}}
6. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.dexys.co.uk/audio.htm |title= Audio |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090301101131/http://www.dexys.co.uk/audio.htm |archivedate= 1 March 2009}}. Dexys.co.uk.
7. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2401 |title= Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners |publisher= Songfacts |accessdate= 3 August 2014}}
8. ^{{cite news|first= Dave |last= Simpson |title= 'We were always hard workers': Kevin Rowland and Big Jim Paterson on their favourite Dexys songs |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/16/-sp-kevin-rowland-and-big-jim-paterson-favourite-dexys-songs |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 16 October 2014 |accessdate= 9 July 2015}}
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10. ^{{cite web|title= Dexys Midnight Runners & Emerald Express, The – Come On Eileen |publisher= Discogs |accessdate= 29 January 2014 |url= http://www.discogs.com/Dexys-Midnight-Runners-Emerald-Express-Come-On-Eileen/release/616145}}
11. ^{{cite web|title= Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen |publisher= Discogs |accessdate= 29 January 2014 |url= http://www.discogs.com/Dexys-Midnight-Runners-Come-On-Eileen/release/4460178}}
12. ^{{cite web|title= Kevin Rowland Of Dexys Midnight Runners – Tonight |publisher= Discogs |accessdate= 29 January 2014 |url= http://www.discogs.com/Kevin-Rowland-Of-Dexys-Midnight-Runners-Tonight/release/1401886}}
13. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/Kevin-Rowland-Dexys-Midnight-Runners-Too-Rye-Ay/release/2134591 |title= Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay |publisher= Discogs |accessdate= 29 January 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/Kevin-Rowland-Dexys-Midnight-Runners-Too-Rye-Ay/release/1452882 |title= Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay |publisher= Discogs |accessdate= 29 January 2014}}
15. ^{{cite web|title= 5 Things You Didn't Know: "Come On Eileen" By Dexys Midnight Runners |publisher= WCBS-FM |date= 29 March 2013 |accessdate= 3 June 2017 |url= http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2013/03/29/5-things-you-didnt-know-come-on-eileen-by-dexys-midnight-runners/}}
16. ^{{cite web|title= Channel 4 - 100 Greatest Number One Singles in the UK |publisher= Classic Whitney |accessdate= 21 July 2013 |url= http://www.classicwhitney.com/newsfile/reports/salesandstats/C4_100GreatestSingles.htm}}
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